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October 2025 Newsletter Kia ora koutou! I hope your spring has begun well. The green is certainly returning, and at our place everything is perking up and getting going again. Sadly, the weeds are too … but more on that later. Thanks to … Moanataiari Lookout update Earlier this month, some less-than-helpful folks decided to…
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November 2025 Privet Blitz There are beautiful flowers at this time of year: kānuka, native clematis, hangehange, kōwhai, and more. But spring brings weed growth and flowers as well, and soon the sneezing starts from the privet pollen in the air. What if this spring could be different? Thanks to a generous grant from the…
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30th November 2025 Karaka Trailhead Working Bee 10am – 12 noon, Sunday 30th November Come and help us at the Karaka Track restoration site. We’ll continue cleaning the site of weeds and rubbish, lopping off small privet, before letting the remaining weed seeds germinate. It’s not possible to kill seeds, so we need to give…
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30th August 2025 Moanataiari Lookout Planting Bee Kia ora tātou! This month’s working bee is the final planting session of the season, taking place at the newly established Moanataiari Lookout on 30th August. An earlier event saw the site cleared of weeds and the picnic table installed . . . now it’s time for the…
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NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE from the Karaka Trailhead to the John William Hall Arboretum! Join us for a community working bee at the Sir John William Hall Arboretum — New Zealand’s oldest arboretum and a much-loved short loop walk for many in Thames. Unfortunately, invasive weeds like climbing asparagus, ginger, and privet are starting to…
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July 2025 Newsletter Kia ora koutou! I know all newsletters at this time of year start with “I can’t believe it’s winter already”. For me, it’s “I can’t believe it’s planting season again!”. We had a fabulous start to June (wet weather is good for planting, remember) but there’s more good news to come. Read…
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20th July 2025: Karaka Trailhead working bee NB Venue Change! IMPORTANT! We’ve had problems with traffic control, so we’re changing venue to the John William Hall Arboretum.
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PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE FOR PARAWAI SCHOOL/BUPA PLANTING DAY: Now on 5th June. Kia ora koutou! May kicked off with a small celebration to mark the opening of the Moanataiari Lookout Track, whose entrance was cleared by a TEA working bee last year. It’s looking fabulous now, especially with a picnic table at the…
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1st May 2025 Moanatairi Track entrance maintenance Earlier this week TEA met to tidy up the entrance of the Moanataiari Track which we weeded and planted last year. During the dry summer many of the planted saplings had died and plenty of persistent weeds had returned, so this was an opportunity to learn from our…
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DATE CHANGE! 5th June NZLT Bupa Pārāwai School Community Planting Day 10:00am – 1:30pm, Thursday 5th June, 2025 Come along to a community planting day for all ages! NZ Landcare Trust, Bupa, and Pārāwai School have teamed up for a multi-generational working bee at the school. We’ll start with a briefing at 10am, get working,…
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