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  • Silverdale School—18 October 2013

    Silverdale School, north of Auckland is a New Zealand Enviro School.  Schools participating in the Enviro School programme take an action-based approach to education to involve students in planning, designing and implementing sustainability projects both at school and throughout the wider community.  The objective is to make students a catalyst for positive environmental change at…

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  • Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Grove—7-11 October 2013

    This week a great group of gold award participants continued to develop the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award (DoEHA) Grove at CUE Haven. The Grove is approximately one hectare near the top of the property, where gold award participants complete their residential service requirement by working on a community project. Four earlier teams have put…

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  • Student Volunteer Day—3 October 2013

    This week and next are school holidays for many students in New Zealand and today two different groups of students interested in helping out on a community project came out for the day. One group were second year School of Education students from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). AUT offers a wide range of…

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  • Unitec Landscape Design Students—1 October 2013

    A group of students from Unitec’s Department of Landscape Architecture are doing a real world assignment at CUE Haven, and today they visited to learn more about our restoration project and to identify areas where they can assist. The visit was organised by Ian Henderson, Program Director, Landscape Design, and included students Alicia, Alisa, Eleanor,…

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  • Unitec Graphic Design Students—19 September 2013

    CUE Haven has an ongoing relationship with Unitec, an Auckland based institute of technology with a dual commitment to post graduate and degree level study as well as vocational education and training. Unitec students working toward a degree in Design and Visual Arts have the opportunity to work on a live project as part of…

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