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Cliff Mail
- May 4
- 1 min
Nine years of progress along the Wairoa Stream
We recently did a walk along the length of the Wairoa stream projects and recorded video and still footage of the current state of the...

Cliff Mail
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream: Public Planting Day -Sunday 8 May - Pictures
Updated 9 May 2022 The day was a great success with a top turnout, fabulous weather and planting in record time. Peter du Graaf's article...

By Rod Brown
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
Another Successful Planting Day
Thanks to those who were able to attend the public planting day on Sunday, 27 June. It was a superb effort with more than 1000 plants...

Cliff Mail
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Thank you Hotprintz
The vandalism that we experienced over the 2019/20 summer has returned to the Wairoa Stream track. On 5 January, the NZHerald published...

Cliff Mail
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min
Wairoa Stream: 17,847 native trees, 4km of track and counting
Shortly after completing the Covid disrupted 2020 winter planting programme along the Wairoa Stream, Rod Brown sent through his updated...

Cliff Mail
- Jun 24, 2020
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream: Winter Update
The onset of winter does not see any let-up in the activity along the stream banks with the focus moving to planting and, this year, the...

By Rod Brown
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream: Track to be extended along a stream tributary
Stage 2 of a track linking the main Wairoa Stream track to Kerikeri township may now start as soon as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted....

By Rod Brown
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Let’s create more public walkways along rivers, streams and coastlines
Many in the Far North enjoy walking for exercise or pleasure, and public walking tracks along rivers are proving especially popular. In...

By Rod Brown
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream: Guides, Brownies and Pippins bust the weeds
On March 10th more than 20 Guides, Brownies and Pippins under their leader Barbara Roberts went weed busting along the Wairoa Stream...

By Cliff Mail
- Dec 30, 2019
- 1 min
Rod Brown awarded QSM in New Year honours
It was very pleasing to read that Rod has been awarded the Queen's Services Medal. Rod's achievements are summarised in this Northern...

Cliff Mail
- Nov 24, 2019
- 2 min
Wairoa Stream Projects: 'Springing into weed control mode'
Those of you who regularly walk the Wairoa Stream will be aware of the improvements to the track since it was opened in April 2017. In...

By Rod Brown
- Oct 1, 2019
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream - new track addition
Thanks to a great effort by The Friends of the Wairoa Stream, a challenging section of riverside track has been dealt with. The team have...

By Rod Brown
- Aug 28, 2019
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream: 3rd year of planting by Kerikeri Primary School
After several weather postponements Kerikeri Primary School were finally able to complete their 2019 planting along the Wairoa Stream...

By Cliff Mail
- Jun 9, 2019
- 2 min
Great turnout for planting day
After a few blustery and chilly days, the weather came to the party as did 50 enthusiastic volunteers of all ages for the public planting...

Cliff Mail
- May 23, 2019
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream: Public planting Sunday, 9 June 2019
We have recently had a further 70 metres of riverbank cleared of weeds and ageing eucalyptus trees (see images below) and now Vision...

By Cliff Mail
- May 2, 2019
- 2 min
Wairoa Stream Projects: 7 years in and still plenty to do
Last Monday the Friends of the Wairoa Stream carried out the first plantings of the short 2019 planting-window that runs from late autumn...

By Cliff Mail
- Dec 22, 2018
- 1 min
Bridge extends the Wairoa Stream walkway
Rotary Kerikeri has finished and named the latest bridge across the Wairoa Stream. The Bridge allows those walking the Wairoa Stream...

By Rod Brown
- Nov 10, 2018
- 1 min
Progress on new Wairoa Stream footbridge
In April the pole piles were placed for the new footbridge being built half a kilometre upstream from Cobham Rd bridge. The bridge will...

By Cliff Mail
- Nov 9, 2018
- 2 min
Tradescantia Terminators win national competition - next stop Boston, USA
We were delighted to learn that the Tradescantia Terminator team at Kerikeri High School have won national recognition for their efforts....

Cliff Mail
- May 23, 2018
- 1 min
Wairoa Stream Walkway - New bridge gets Council approval and first concrete is poured
Council has approved the construction of a new bridge from Sammaree reserve to Campbell Lane. During April the first steps were taken in...