Notice of AGM

Otamatea HarbourCare Society (Inc) Members and supporters are invited to our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 8th August 2023 starting at 6pm Paparoa Memorial Hall, Paparoa Grant O’Neill...

Planting season draws near

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...

14 million plants a year!

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 –...

Happy seedlings!

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!

Nursery Working Bee

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...

Farewell

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...