by Grant O'Neill | April 10, 2023 | Updates
From the April Paparoa Press The volunteers of Otamatea HarbourCare Society are looking forward to planting season as the weather cools, and plants in the Station Road nursery managed by Mark MacKenzie grow ever larger. OHS grows around 20,000 plants each year from...
by Grant O'Neill | March 21, 2023 | Updates
The latest Kaipara Moana Remediation newsletter has a great story on our giant colleagues across at Kauri Park. They are growing a lot of plants! Our People: Phil, Vern and Terry Wearmouth – Kauri Park –...
by Grant O'Neill | January 28, 2023 | Updates
Over 9,000 manuka, and more than 5,000 flax as well as 3,000 grass seedlings are growing very well in the nursery right now. Many thanks to everyone who helped planting them up last year!
by Grant O'Neill | October 2, 2022 | Updates
Weather permitting, there will be a working bee in the Petley Rd nursery this Wednesday starting at 8.30-ish in the morning. We will aim to have a general tidyup and get stuff sorted for shifting to the new nusery site at Paparoa Station Road. There are pots to...
by Grant O'Neill | September 18, 2022 | Updates
Otamataea HarbourCare marked the retirement of Mark and Cindy Vincent from active roles with us by awarding them Life Membership at a dinner in September. Mark founded the organisation in 2014, and since that time he has been nursery manager and secretary, overseeing...
by Mark Vincent | June 15, 2022 | Updates
Species available:Flax, manuka, cabbage trees, and ake ake. The combination of Kaipara Moana Remediation orders and others from lifestyle blocks has resulted in about three quarters of our stock being collected or committed to planting – and it’s not even the...
