by BFTAdmin | Jun 13, 2018 | News
A passionate conservationist and generous philanthropist, left his house to his best friend, who is one of our trustees. In turn, he donated the house, which was going to be demolised, to Matuku Link to be used as materials for the Sustainable Wetland Education...
by BFTAdmin | Jun 13, 2018 | News
Trustee John Sumich is “Doctor John Sumich” when he’s working… as is his daughter, ‘young Doctor Sumich’! She also got roped in to follow in John’s footsteps and give a hand with the installation of the plastic side covers for...
by BFTAdmin | Jun 13, 2018 | groups, News
When Johnathan Sargisson contacted us to see if he could visit Matuku Link with his group of tamariki from Ngai Tahu, as part of their Taiao Mokihi Wananga – mokihi (reed raft) building workshop, of course we said yes! Great to hear about groups who inspire...
by BFTAdmin | May 4, 2018 | groups, News
What do a flooding, a rahui and tiny Carex plants have in common? All of them were the reason the yearly Project K groups (through the Graeme Dingle Foundation) came to help out Matuku Link. At Karanga Camp, Annalily gave a presentation about how our work at Ark in...
by BFTAdmin | May 4, 2018 | News
The floods and storms of February, March and April this year were severe: with 180.000 houses without power in March, let’s hope it is the “30 year storm” and not a regular event. For us at Matuku Link we were ‘only’ without power for...
by BFTAdmin | May 3, 2018 | News
Our volunteers seem to like our working bees, the shared lunch or the chance to walk around bare chested: whatever it is, you can join us! We usually try to see an eel, or some of our resident pateke might come and say hello. Tui song and flittering visits from our...
by BFTAdmin | Mar 9, 2018 | News
Our volunteers seem to like our working bees (or the donated Nice Blocks ice creams, or the shared lunch): almost two dozen showed up to help us with cleaning up after the storm, clearing the grass from the plants, constructing the nursery and many more tasks. The...
by BFTAdmin | Mar 9, 2018 | groups, News
The volunteers from Sustainable Coastlines came out for a second time! We had a variety of tasks they were happy to attack: relocate some plants, to replace the few which didn’t survive the drought, dig a drain for the barn, clear out the shed & recycle the...
by BFTAdmin | Mar 7, 2018 | News
On 15th of March the whole world is celebrating their rivers… and we aim to celebrate by reaching our funding goal for stream side planting. The best way to care for a river is to ensure its water stays cool and its banks won’t erode: riparian planting...
by BFTAdmin | Jan 19, 2018 | News
We’re aiming for 750 metres of stream restoration planting…and with two weeks to go, are looking for funding for the last 2/3rds! If you’ve flown last year, or are thinking of flying in 2018, why not compensate your CO2 emission with a donation towards our...
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