by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | News
Our Tuesday Working Bees started in 2021 with a small team in our nursery. They’ve grown into a weekly event I’m always looking forward to as it is so nice to be with likeminded people sharing stories about plants, life, art… The Waitakere Rivercare...
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | groups
Through the Sustainable Business Network we have received funding for our Jobs4Nature team – and even before that, we worked with them on several successful fundraisers as part of Million Metres Streamside Restoration. So when they asked us to do another...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | News
Thanks to Auckland Council’s Community Coordinator Fund, we have been able to engage Brian Ireland to make our first ever education plan. With his experience at big projects like Zealandia, Auckland Zoo, Rotoroa and many others, we’re super stoked we were...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | events, News
On the 6th of November 2016 four trustees signed the sales agreement and became the owners of 111 Bethells Road, soon to be called “Matuku Link”. Five years later to the day, on Saturday 6th of November 2021 they are inviting all the people who helped to...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | bird stories
The Matuku isn’t our namesake for nothing, it is a very special bird. They are cryptic birds so we need to know more about them. Developing a database of where they were heard will increase awareness of matuku presence generally and add to knowledge of their...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | groups, News
Finally we were able to welcome the children from year 3 and 4 from our local Henderson Valley Primary school. Finally, because this trip has been planned two times before… both during last year’s lockdowns! Luckily this time this year we could go ahead...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Kimberley D’Souza from our friends at Whitebait Connection, who also have helped us installing the fish ladder, came for our first training session on water quality testing. Over the next couple of years we aim to do the testing every second month, at our...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | groups, News
We love to see groups returning to Matuku Link: they can admire the health of the trees they planted, check out the other things we’ve done and become part of our growing (excuse the pun) project. One of those groups is the Kiwi Conservation Club, Forest &...
by admin | May 12, 2021 | bird stories, News
As written by Linda Ruthe: When Liz March (local photographer), needed to take photos of Kauri, she kindly invited me to go with her to Matuku Link. There, we dutifully disinfected our shoes and walked up a track to where Kauri grow amongst companions. I spent some...
by admin | May 5, 2021 | News
Our nursery is overflowing with plants grown by all our volunteers and now we’re getting into the wetter season, we’re ready to do some planting!!! All our working bees are accessible for all ages, we can always find something appropriate for your age and...
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