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A jaunt in the Tanekahas
Have you been thinking about trying one of the tracks within Tanekaha, but didn't know where to start? Here are some recent notes from a...
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Jan 251 min read
Wheelbarrow Gratitude
A big thank you to the Team at Mangawhai Focus and Bunnings for a replacement wheelbarrow after our original went AWOL from the Tanekaha...
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Jun 25, 20233 min read
Trackies Occasional Newsletter No 9.
June 2023 Back Bay boardwalk The Team has been working hard to get the boardwalk back into its original position and implementing...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
Trackies Occasional Newsletter No 8. (2/4/23)
Back Bay boardwalk As most of you know the boardwalk suffered serious damage in cyclone Gabrielle along with substantial damage to the...
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Apr 18, 20231 min read
Back Bay boardwalk popular with locals and visitors (8/11/22)
The Back Bay boardwalk completed just over a year ago (August 2021) has recorded over 20,000 passes in its first 11 months. Proving not...
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Apr 18, 20231 min read
The Tanekaha Botanical Track (17/6/22)
The new Tanekaha Botanical Track aims to showcase the variety of forest trees you can see along the way with beautiful groves of nikau,...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Trackies Occasional Newsletter No. 6. (1/10/21)
Back Bay boardwalk Well the boardwalk has been open to the public for 6 weeks now and over 3000 visits have been recorded. Numerous...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Trackies Occasional Newsletter No. 5. (1/5/21)
Back Bay boardwalk Six weeks hard work and I still say it is a joy to work with such a dedicated and motivated bunch of Trackies. It...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
Trackies Occasional Newsletter No. 4. (1/12/20)
December 2020 Well it has been quite a year and despite Covid-19 the Trackies made good progress on a number of fronts. With over 50...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
Trackies Occasional Newsletter No. 3. (16 /8/20)
Back Bay Boardwalk A huge thank you to the boardwalk team for their magnificent effort in reaching 250m of the 500m structure despite the...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Occasional Newsletter November 2019 (18/11/19)
Back Bay boardwalk The continuation of the Back Bay walkway via a 500m boardwalk through the mangroves will finally get underway in April...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Dr. Gordon Hosking ONZM (30/5/19)
Dr. Gordon Hosking ONZM Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, received the award at the Queens ‘ Birthday Honors list 2018. Quoting...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Trackie’s Newsletter No 2 (31/1/19)
Spring 2018 Tanekaha Tracks The Botanical Track is now open and in very good condition. Some modification has been carried out to move...
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Apr 18, 20231 min read
The Tanekaha Botanical Track (8/3/18)
The new Tanekaha Botanical Track aims to showcase the variety of forest trees you can see along the way with beautiful groves of nikau,...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
A Silent Kereru
A silent kereru is resting aloft a tall dead stalk of a kanuka tree. Its neck is stretched to full length so it is awake and alert as...
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Apr 18, 20231 min read
Kiwi in our neck of the woods (4/12/18)
We are incredibly fortunate that 5 Kiwi have decided to set up home around our Tanekaha Tracks. They are Pedro and Marino, Teddy and...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
10 years of active service to the development of tracks in Mangawhai (4/15/18)
Paul Freeman, one of the original men who accepted the radical idea of pursuing the implementation of walking tracks through Mangawhai...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
Trackie’s Newsletter No 1 (Summer 2017)
Hi team, just a bit of an update on a few things happening in our Trackie’s universe that might be of interest. Trackie’s BBQ Our annual...
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