It was with some sadness that two old papple trees were taken down on 25th May. Unfortunately their fruit has dropped on the shed roof of House D for a long time causing a lot of disturbance to the residents in that house and to some of the neighbours as...
A community tree planting was held on Sunday 5th October, to fill in some gaps below the dam (see the dam project). Not shown in these photos were lots of young kids involved, some resident and some visiting during the school holidays.
Treaty Relationships weekend – report by Heather Denny In mid-October we again gathered –Friends from up and down the country, from Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Kapiti, Whanganui, Hamilton and Auckland – to share knowledge and ideas and re-inspire each other to continue the work on educating ourselves, and monitoring progress (and...
During the recent heavy rains the dam filled quite rapidly. It hasn’t yet made it over the spillway but there are many more houses to go up in the subdivision yet so it surely will, one day …
A very informative and useful weekend on the many aspects of trusteeship, facilitated by Judith Timpany, was enjoyed by a wide range of Quakers from all around the country.
On Saturday 17th August we hired a little red digger to uplift some 10 year old olive trees from Mark Christensen’s property. We had to dig round all sides of the tree before they could be lifted out. And Zac enjoyed his first play in a real digger. We had...
The 31 F/friends who attended the 2013 Penal Reform Seminar found it inspirational and thought provoking and were impressed by the planning and coordination by Murray Short and Tony Taylor. The Saturday sessions were advertised locally and 11 people from Whanganui came to hear the excellent speakers. Everyone was full...
