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Rod Brown
Jun 17, 20231 min read
Kerikeri High School native tree planting
On Tuesday,13th June, there was another very successful planting on the Wairoa Stream walkway when 22 Kerikeri High School year 8...
Cliff Mail
Mar 29, 20223 min read
Wairoa Stream: Battling the weeds and the weather
We have seen wetter 24 hour periods than than those recorded on 20-21 March 2022. However, what the Metservice historical data does not...
Cliff Mail
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Thank you Hotprintz
The vandalism that we experienced over the 2019/20 summer has returned to the Wairoa Stream track. On 5 January, the NZHerald published...
Cliff Mail
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Wairoa Stream: 17,847 native trees, 4km of track and counting
Shortly after completing the Covid disrupted 2020 winter planting programme along the Wairoa Stream, Rod Brown sent through his updated...
Cliff Mail
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Wairoa Stream: Winter Update
The onset of winter does not see any let-up in the activity along the stream banks with the focus moving to planting and, this year, the...
By Rod Brown
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Let’s create more public walkways along rivers, streams and coastlines
Many in the Far North enjoy walking for exercise or pleasure, and public walking tracks along rivers are proving especially popular. In...
By Rod Brown
Mar 25, 20201 min read
Wairoa Stream: Guides, Brownies and Pippins bust the weeds
On March 10th more than 20 Guides, Brownies and Pippins under their leader Barbara Roberts went weed busting along the Wairoa Stream...
Cliff Mail
Nov 24, 20192 min read
Wairoa Stream Projects: 'Springing into weed control mode'
Those of you who regularly walk the Wairoa Stream will be aware of the improvements to the track since it was opened in April 2017. In...
By Rod Brown
Oct 1, 20191 min read
Wairoa Stream - new track addition
Thanks to a great effort by The Friends of the Wairoa Stream, a challenging section of riverside track has been dealt with. The team have...
Cliff Mail
Aug 9, 20192 min read
A week of it: Sewage, Domain, Local Body Elections and School Track
There has been a burst of media releases from the Far North District Council over the last few days starting with an announcement that...
By Cliff Mail
Jun 9, 20192 min read
Great turnout for planting day
After a few blustery and chilly days, the weather came to the party as did 50 enthusiastic volunteers of all ages for the public planting...
Cliff Mail
May 23, 20191 min read
Wairoa Stream: Public planting Sunday, 9 June 2019
We have recently had a further 70 metres of riverbank cleared of weeds and ageing eucalyptus trees (see images below) and now Vision...
By Cliff Mail
May 2, 20192 min read
Wairoa Stream Projects: 7 years in and still plenty to do
Last Monday the Friends of the Wairoa Stream carried out the first plantings of the short 2019 planting-window that runs from late autumn...
By Cliff Mail
Nov 9, 20182 min read
Tradescantia Terminators win national competition - next stop Boston, USA
We were delighted to learn that the Tradescantia Terminator team at Kerikeri High School have won national recognition for their efforts....
Cliff Mail
May 23, 20181 min read
Wairoa Stream Walkway - New bridge gets Council approval and first concrete is poured
Council has approved the construction of a new bridge from Sammaree reserve to Campbell Lane. During April the first steps were taken in...
