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Bird and Garden Tour of the Wairarapa - tickets on sale now!
9 September 2010 - 10:43am — pmbadmin
A fundraiser with a difference.
Eight elegant, private gardens in and around greater Masterton are generously opening up so we can all have a peep!
From the contemporary elegance of Westwood in Greytown to the park-like grounds of Te Whiti and Waireka - each garden on the tour features beautiful planting, exotic trees and each has fantastic stories to tell.
Bird and Garden Tour of the Wairarapa - ticket on sale now!
8 September 2010 - 4:33pm — pmbadminA fundraiser with a difference.
Eight elegant, private gardens in and around greater Masterton are generously opening up so we can all have a peep!
From the contemporary elegance of Westwood in Greytown to the park-like grounds of Te Whiti and Waireka - each garden on the tour features beautiful planting, exotic trees and each has fantastic stories to tell.
The original 94 year old Alfred Buxton plans at Perera in Taratahi will be on show to visitors. The garden retains many of the orginal features including a 'signature' Buxton pergola.
Bird and Garden Tour of the Wairarapa - tickets on sale now!
8 September 2010 - 4:36pm — pmbadminA fundraiser with a difference.
Eight elegant, private gardens in and around greater Masterton are generously opening up so we can all have a peep!
From the contemporary elegance of Westwood in Greytown to the park-like grounds of Te Whiti and Waireka - each garden on the tour features beautiful planting, exotic trees and each has fantastic stories to tell.
Ground broken on nocturnal kiwi house upgrade
31 August 2010 - 11:39am — pmbadminIn spite of wet wet wet weather, construction is well underway on the upgrade to our nocturnal kiwi house.
The upgrade includes major enhancements to the viewing area which will give visitors a stunning view in to the breeding and brooding centres.
This means the KIWI HOUSE IS CLOSED UNTIL SUMMER.
We hope to have everything completed by Christmas.
Ground broken on upgraded nocturnal kiwi house
30 August 2010 - 6:43pm — pmbadminIn spite of wet wet wet weather, construction is well underway on the upgrade to our nocturnal kiwi house.
The upgrade includes major enhancements to the viewing area which will gives visitors a stunning view in to the breeding and brooding centres.
This means the KIWI HOUSE IS CLOSED UNTIL SUMMER.
We hope to have everything completed by Christmas.
Schools Whack a rat and save a native bird!
19 August 2010 - 12:05am — pmbadminOur education and fundraising programme - whack a rat and save a native bird - continues in the third term with two schools contributing a significant amount this week.
North Street School from Feilding visited the centre this week with $100.00 raised by the Middle Team who made and sold yummy Milo drinks and 'slinky' apples to their fellow pupils.
Caught!
13 August 2010 - 11:28pm — pmbadminFantastic news for all our supporters - a large ferret has been caught.
We have a highly-trained dog called Spirit working with us as the hunt continues for the predators threatening kiwi in the reserve. This terrific little Border Terrier is specially trained to track predators like stoats and ferrets. She and her handlers have been working with our team for over a week now.
Caught!
11 August 2010 - 11:14pm — pmbadminFantastic news for all our supporters - a large ferret was caught today.
We have a highly-trained dog called Spirit working with us as the hunt continues for the predators threatening kiwi in the reserve. This terrific little Border Terrier is specially trained to track predators like stoats and ferrets. She and her handlers have been working with our team for over a week now.
We are pulling out all the stops to hunt predators down. As well as the tracker dog, intensive re-baiting and trap checking continues.
Caught!
11 August 2010 - 6:23pm — pmbadminFantastic news for all our supporters - a large ferret was caught today.
We have a highly-trained dog called Spirit working with us as the hunt continues for the predators threatening kiwi in the reserve. This terrific little Border Terrier is specially trained to track predators like stoats and ferrets. She and her handlers have been working with our team for over a week now.
We are pulling out all the stops to hunt predators down. As well as the tracker dog, intensive re-baiting and trap checking continues.
Work starts on noctural kiwi house upgrade
6 August 2010 - 12:03am — pmbadminWe are delighted to confirm that building is underway on the $1.3m upgrade, fit out and expansion of the nocturnal kiwi house.
The project includes completely renovating the existing kiwi enclosures and relocating the Operation Nest Egg [breeding] programme into the nocturnal house. We will develop new viewing facilities that will allow visitors perfect viewing in to the incubation and brooders room. A two-way intercom will be installed so you can interact with the rangers.