KAURI 2000 NEWS

Welcome to the latest news from Kauri 2000. This section of our website is continually being updated so remember to check it regularly. The Kauri 2000 newsletter is issued twice a year.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the 2009 planting   Can you help?

Plans are well under way for this year's planting season.  At Matarangi we will be opening up a new site on the western (Matarangi) side of this amazing reserve, as well as continuing to plant on the Kuaotunu ridge.

Our goal is to make this the biggest planted kauri forest in the world! (Well, New Zealand anyway!)

If you would like to help please contact the Kauri 2000 office, 07 866 0468, or email info@kauri2000.co.nz    It's a fun day out, so bring your friends and family.

This year's planting dates will be 6, 13, 20 and possibly 27 June - and into July if required.

New Kauri 2000 Display at the Mercury Bay Museum

Our new display in the Mercury Bay Museum, Whitianga is next door to the display on kauri bushmen, kauri logging and kauri gum.     The Trust is extremely grateful to The Mazda Foundation, Trust Waikato, Charlie and Gayle Pancerzewski (generous benefactors since our inception) and the Department of Conservation for their generous support in making this display possible.

Photo of our sponsors' board,  Max Johnston's book 'What a Kauri On' and through the 'hole' in the kauri trunk into the 'Kauri Room'.

Three of the four stunning panels created by designer Sonia Frimmel of "What's the Story" which make up Kauri 2000 Trust's Museum display.

Kauri 2000 Hosts Greendrinks at the Museum

The Kauri 2000 Trust was pleased to host Greendrinks at the Museum as a start to our 10th Anniversary and to show off our new kauri display. "Greendrinks" is about bringing people together, on a regular basis, from different backgrounds and professions to share ideas about environmental issues, sustainability, climate change, biodiversity and anything else over a glass of your favourite beverage. Relax and have fun!

Handley Family Kauri Grove

Long time supporters of Kauri 2000 the Handley family meets near on annually at their Kauri Grove in the Maratoto Valley. They have planted 200 trees and most are doing extremely well. The first trees were planted in 2000. As the idea caught on more and more family members have planted trees, and still more are being added.     Briar McKeown with her kauri

On Sunday 15th March sixty of the Handleys met at the Grove and busied themselves clearing around the trees. The kauri are now establishing themselves; so too are the weeds, including honeysuckle. It was a good time to get in and give the kauri the space they need.   Kauri 2000 has helped provide a special occasion for us all to meet up - and for many years to come - as the family continues to grow.