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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...

Wairoa Stream: 3rd year of planting by Kerikeri Primary School

By Rod Brown

Aug 28, 20191 min read

Wairoa Stream: 3rd year of planting by Kerikeri Primary School

After several weather postponements Kerikeri Primary School were finally able to complete their 2019 planting along the Wairoa Stream...

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...

Wairoa Stream: Public planting Sunday, 9 June 2019

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...

Wairoa Stream Projects: 7 years in and still plenty to do

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...

Bridge extends the Wairoa Stream walkway

By Cliff Mail

Dec 22, 20181 min read

Bridge extends the Wairoa Stream walkway

Rotary Kerikeri has finished and named the latest bridge across the Wairoa Stream. The Bridge allows those walking the Wairoa Stream...

Progress on new Wairoa Stream footbridge

By Rod Brown

Nov 10, 20181 min read

Progress on new Wairoa Stream footbridge

In April the pole piles were placed for the new footbridge being built half a kilometre upstream from Cobham Rd bridge. The bridge will...

Tradescantia Terminators win national competition - next stop Boston, USA

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....

Wairoa Stream Walkway - New bridge gets Council approval and first concrete is poured

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...

Kerikeri High School Students put their studies into practice and the Community benefits

By Cliff Mail

May 16, 20182 min read

Kerikeri High School Students put their studies into practice and the Community benefits

We have put up several articles on the Tradescantia project that students at Kerikeri High School started last year. This is an example...

Another access path to Te Wairere Waterfall

By Cliff Mail

Mar 28, 20181 min read

Another access path to Te Wairere Waterfall

The Friends of Wairoa Stream have formed a new track for public access from Inlet Road to the Te Wairere waterfall. The track can be...

By Cliff Mail

Dec 13, 20171 min read

Great addition to Wairoa Stream track

Last week Rotary Waipapa installed three seats that they have contributed to the growing community effort along the Wairoa Stream Track....

New website promotes Kerikeri walking tracks

By Cliff Mail

Nov 17, 20171 min read

New website promotes Kerikeri walking tracks

Vision Kerikeri member Bob Bingham has recently created and launched a website promoting the numerous walking tracks and waterfalls that...

Funding required to extend and finish the Wairoa Stream track to Campbell Lane

By Rod Brown

Nov 9, 20171 min read

Funding required to extend and finish the Wairoa Stream track to Campbell Lane

The section of track represented by the red line on the track map (right) is now complete as far as the stream bank opposite Campbell...

By Rod Brown

Nov 1, 20171 min read

The Tradescantia Terminator Team

The Tradescantia Terminators, a Kerikeri High School year 9 and 10 problem solving team, presented a case to a mock court for the release...

By Rod Brown

Nov 1, 20171 min read

Wairoa Stream Track Re-opened

The track along the Wairoa Stream is again open after having been closed for several weeks for maintenance. A contractor has been...

Wairoa Stream Track Update - Get walking

Cliff Mail

Oct 15, 20172 min read

Wairoa Stream Track Update - Get walking

The track has been extended beyond Te Wairere Waterfall and can now be walked from the St James public carpark (bottom of Kerikeri Rd)...

Kerikeri Primary School planting on Wairoa Stream

By Cliff Mail

Sep 17, 20171 min read

Kerikeri Primary School planting on Wairoa Stream

A group of pupils from the Kerikeri Primary School planted nearly 100 native plants along side the Wairoa Stream on Friday, 15 September....

Rod Brown & the Wairoa Stream Projects get airtime on TVNZ Good Sorts

Cliff Mail

Sep 10, 20171 min read

Rod Brown & the Wairoa Stream Projects get airtime on TVNZ Good Sorts

Haydn Jones of TVNZ came along this week to see what Rod Brown and his volunteers have been up to. You can view the clip below....

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