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Community Board Grant Allows Privet Tree Removal
Privet trees marked for removal by contractors. Northland Treeworks felled 10 large Privet trees along the Wairoa Stream track, which was funded by a grant of $2,898 from our Bay of Islands / Whangaroa Community Board and follows a Community Board grant last year to fell 8 large Privet Trees, for which Friends of Wairoa Stream (FOWS) is very grateful. The felling was delayed for many months because of the about 1300 mm of rainfall Kerikeri experienced between April and August
Cliff Mail
Oct 271 min read
Wairoa Stream: A Community Led Project
14 Years after first floating the project we have produced a video that looks at progress that has been made, how it has grown from that original concept and highlighting the many community groups who have made it all happen.
By Rod Brown
Sep 112 min read
Kerikeri and weeds
The Kerikeri weed problem needs Council, DOC and local residents to manage the problem. There is a collective lack of civic pride.
By Rod Brown
Oct 6, 20242 min read
KKHS students conduct eDNA sampling of the Wairoa Stream
Kerikeri High school students became forensic detectives in March this year sampling the Wairoa stream for eDNA. Just like criminals...
Sandra Leaming
Aug 23, 20242 min read
Friends of Wairoa Stream receive a Community Board grant
Community Board grants Friends of Wairoa Stream a grant to cover Tree Privet removal.
By Rod Brown
Jul 31, 20242 min read
Friends of Wairoa Stream - Annual Newsletter
The FOWS January 2024 newsletter outlines the objectives of the project, how it is progressing and the fincial breakdown of what is now a...
Cliff Mail
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Wairoa Stream: More Vandalism
Rod Brown keeps detailed records of the effort and cost that has gone into the habitat restoration, creation of public access and...
Cliff Mail
Oct 14, 20231 min read
Another fantastic planting effort by Kerikeri High School students
Students planted more native trees at their Swimming Hole site which they have been planting at since 2018. It is not an easy site, prone...
Rod Brown
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Kerikeri High School native tree planting
On Tuesday,13th June, there was another very successful planting on the Wairoa Stream walkway when 22 Kerikeri High School year 8...
Rod Brown
Jun 18, 20231 min read
Wairoa Stream Art Exhibition & Sale - 10am - 4pm, Saturday 29 April
Mary Hayman, a visitor from Wales, has been residing in Kerikeri for the last five months. During her stay she has been a regular...
Cliff Mail
Apr 28, 20231 min read
Public Planting Day Wairoa Stream - Sun, 14 May 2023 - 9am
UPDATE - 9 MAY: Despite the recent bout of wet weather the forecast for Sunday looks promising so we are intending to proceed with the...
Cliff Mail
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Wairoa Stream: NRC Video & photos taken for Environment Award
Images and video from Friends of Wairoa Stream planting day 2022
Cliff Mail
Aug 17, 20221 min read
Wairoa Stream - Second Public Planting Day, 14 June 2022
The weather forced a rescheduling from our planned Sunday planting (12 June) to the following Tuesday. It was a good decision as Tuesday...
Cliff Mail
Jun 1, 20221 min read
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
May 4, 20221 min read
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...
Cliff Mail
Apr 19, 20221 min read
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...
By Rod Brown
Jun 28, 20211 min read
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
Jan 14, 20211 min read
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
Oct 3, 20202 min read
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...
Cliff Mail
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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 23, 20201 min read
