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Gen-i/Telecom New Zealand—8 February 2013
A hard working group from Gen-i and Telecom NZ visited CUE Haven for a fun and productive day of track building. Gen-i, part of Telecom New Zealand, is New Zealand’s leading IT and ICT solutions provider. As part of its programme of ‘catalytic philanthropy,’ the Telecom Foundation provides each Telecom employee with a Volunteer Day…
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Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Grove and Walking Track—21-25 January 2013
2013 is the 50th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Award programme in New Zealand and to commemorate the anniversary, a special project is being undertaken to establish The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Grove at CUE Haven. This week another group of DoEHillary Award participants were on site at CUE Haven to fulfil the residential…
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Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Grove and Walking Track—14-18 January 2013
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award (DofEHillary), is an award given to young people age 14 to 25 who complete a program of activities designed to improve themselves and their community. As they progress through the award structure, participants select and set objectives in the following areas: •Volunteering: undertaking service to individuals or the community.…
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Treescape Gives CUE Haven a New Look—11 January, 2013
At CUE Haven we spend most of our time planting trees, so you might be surprised to hear that today four great guys from Treescape helped us cut down four trees. Yes. Because we are turning CUE Haven into a native New Zealand forest, we have to be careful of non-native trees which might have…
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Conservation Volunteers–January 7-11, 2013
The new year got off to a great start as a team of hard working volunteers braved heat and humidity to help us out with several important projects. The team was led by Bruce Eade, who had led one of the very first CVNZ teams to visit CUE Haven back in 2008! The group consisted…
