WEST NOVEMBER 22nd-24th 2013

It is one year since the WEST agreed to setting up this blog site. Below is a picture of the Board and some of the residents of the Settlement in the Garden of Peace.
REMOVAL OF PAPPLE TREES

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...
TREE PLANTING OCTOBER 2013

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 WEEKEND OCT 11-13TH 2013

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...
2013 DAM FILLING DURING THE STORM

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 …
TRAINING FOR TRUSTEES WEEKEND 13TH – 15TH SEPTEMBER 2013

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.