On Saturday 24th November we hosted eleven cyclists on their way, by low carbon transport, to Auckland for the Powershift Conference http://powershift.org.nz/ Some of them had started in Dunedin with others joining along the way. One of the organisers of the conference grew up at the Settlement and we were...
Welcome to our new blog! Weʻre currently finishing our WEST Board meeting for November 2012, and our governance board have decided to trial a blog so this site is very much under construction. Watch this space …
Queen’s birthday is our traditional work weekend when F/friends from around the country come along and help us with some of the big outside jobs. It is a weekend for work, fun and reconnection with communal work, laughter, music and song including a Sunday night concert. Here are some photos...
Queen’s Birthday weekend is a traditional work/fun/family weekend when F/friends from around the country come and help out with larger projects at the Settlement. 2011 was a big year as it was the start of replanting the area where a pine block had been harvested at the end of 2010....
The Yearly Meeting of ANZ Society of Friends is held at the Settlement every four years. The last time was 2011.
The photo was taken at our regular Queen’s Birthday weekend the year after the pines were felled, showing the beginnings of the re-afforestation project.