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!

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...

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...

Nursery newsIn the last Update in mid-October we had not started potting up any plants.  We were anxiously awaiting the word from our propagating nursery about plants being ready to collect, and how we would get them over the border.  I made three trips, which meant...

Nursery news The nursery is now empty.  My aim was to achieve this by the end of August, and we would have just about done this if it had not been for the latest Covid lockdown.  I will let you know when I have done the final tally on plants taken by...

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People might be wondering what has been happening with the $100M grant from Government to assist with the restoration of the health of the Kaipara Harbour.  The following panui gives a lot of information about the progress which has been made, and the shape of things...

Otamatea HarbourCare Update – 12 July 2021 AGM tomorrow night I have been remiss in not using the Update format to let you all know about the Society’s Annual General Meeting at 7.30pm tonight at the Country Club.  The agenda is below.  All welcome. Agenda for ANNUAL...