The Stillwater community is holding a Community Resilience Day this Sunday, 18 October , 10 am – 2 pm. This is a family event at which a number of first responders such as fire brigade, ambulance etc will be participating. Friends of Okura Bush is also having a stall, showcasing our predator control, planting and weeding activities. If you would…
Author: Chris Bettany
Weeding bee Okura Walkway Sunday morning 20 September
All welcome to join Friends of Okura Bush caring for our precious native species on the Okura Walkway. Meet at the Stillwater entrance to the Okura Walkway, !A Duck Creek Road,, Stillwater at 9.30 am, on Sunday morning. All equipment provided. Wear gumboots or sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing . If it is very wet, the weeding bee will be…
Weeding Bee Sunday 20 September at Stillwater
9.30 – 11.30am. Help protect the plants we planted on our wonderful 16 August planting day. Meet at 9.30 am at entrance to the Okura Walkway, 1 Duck Creek Road, Stillwater, to walk about 1 km to weeding site on one of our precious cheniers. There are closer weeding sites if the walk is too far. The track can…
Planting Day Sunday 16 August at Stillwater
REPORT Our community planting day was a wonderful success. Over sixty people turned up to plant 1200 plants out on one of the Okura Walkway cheniers. This included family groups, a group of students from a Rangitoto College, and contingent from the Te Araroa Auckland Tamaki Makaurau Trust.
2026 FOOB AGM Tuesday 11 August
Time: 6.30 pm Okura Hall, 81 Okura River Road, Okura. All welcome to join us for hot soup on arrival, and to hear, after a short AGM meeting, a most entertaining, highly recommended speaker, Dr Wesley Webb, lecturer on biodiversity at Unitec. The sounds of the forest – and beyond! How and why animals use sounds. Dr Webb will talk…
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