Posted 12 years, 3 months ago 0 comments
Meet at gate 2, opposite zoo car park for a brief if you can help with laying out plants before Arbor Day.
1000 volunteers are needed to plant more than 23000 plants. Starting at 10am, this is a great chance to see a large scale restoration in action. Lots of groups are invloved icluding schools and some of you will have children who will be there.
Look up \www.waiwhakareke.co.nz for more information
Posted 12 years, 3 months ago 0 comments
Some of you may have visited Mark and June's house in the Hakarimatas last year, on one of the eco home tours. Mark will be talking about the temperature monitoring setup in their home, which has been in place for over a year now. This is the link to their blog, and temperature data, http://hakarimata.dyndns.org
PLEASE RSVP - to Megan Edmeades at greenme@xtra.co.nz, or text - 021 414529 to let her know if you hope to make the meeting so we have an idea of numbers for seating arrangements.
Any queries, feel free to email Megan. She is away till May 28.
Posted 12 years, 3 months ago 0 comments
Tuesday 29th May 2012
Waikato Environment Centre, 25 Ward St, Hamilton
Everyone welcome
Starting at 5.30 Drinks and nibbles
6pm Special General Meeting
6.15pm AGM
7pm Speaker: Dr Mark Goodwin
“The importance of bees to our way of life and the increasing number of threats facing them”
Mark is the Team Leader, Pollination and Agriculture, at Plant and Food Research
RSVP to Lee Kimber, Administrator, Waikato Environment Centre, admin@envirocentre.org.nz or phone 839 4452
Please find attached 3 documents:
Nominations for new Trustees must be received 24 hours before the AGM date.
Posted 12 years, 3 months ago 0 comments
Trade Aid on Worley Place is celebrating World Fair Trade Day. Throughout the day there will be coffee, tea and chocolate tasting, colouring competitions and puzzles for children, live music.
Also this Sunday is Mothers' Day so check out their range of beautiful hand-made gifts from around the world.
If you haven’t been to see their new store then this would be a good time to do so!
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Posted 12 years, 4 months ago 0 comments
Green MP Steffan Browning is holding a public meeting on 16 May (Wednesday) at the Waikato Trade Union Centre, 34 Harwood St, Hamilton at 7pm to discuss the Food Bill.
Feel free to invite other people you know to be interested. It's a public meeting, hosted by Greens.
Contact person: Robert Moore, ph: 04 8176717
Darren Peters and Stu Barr will be demonstrating the latest version of the Goodnature A24 stoat and rat trap at the DOC Waikato Area Office. The demonstration is free and representatives from your organisation, community group / management committee / hapu / marae are welcome to attend.
10am - 12pm
5 Northway Street, Te Rapa
Please confirm your attendance and / or numbers from your group.
Contact:
Jack de Thierry, Programme Manager - Community Relations,
Department of Conservation, Ph: 07 850 8438 or 0274 385 044
Posted 12 years, 4 months ago 0 comments
Council proposes to designate the Garden Place area as a pedestrian mall.
Garden Place’s legal status is that of a road, however it is valued by the community as an open space. Leaving Garden Place as a road with no other designation causes issues for managing potential conflict between pedestrians using the space and undesirable vehicle use of the area.
The council would like to hear views and submissions from the public.
The date for these has been exptended to
For further information open attached pdf (correct version now attached):
