Here’s the line up so far for the Okura Forest Festival on Sat February 13th. We plan to create the best little festival in NZ.
FOOB fundraising music night
Saturday 14th Nov from 7 – 12 midnight. At the Okura hall. Live music, BYO, entry by donation.
2016 Okura Forest Festival
Saturday 13th February 2016 – 11am till 11pm At the Okura Hall & Park 81 Okura River Road.
Newsletter Winter 2015
Progress, scoping the forest, working with DOC, trapping, monthly catch stats, bird count.
Track Diversion Proposal
Not long after the track upgrade a few years ago, the sea began washing away a section of trail, just before the last set of steps which climb up out of the bush to the clifftop at the south end of Karepiro Bay. At the last FOOB committee meeting, Keith Gell from DOC told us that a diversion has recently…
Sunday 30th August Weeding Day
Help us weed out the bio invasive plants!! It’s that time again with a weeding day organised for this coming Sunday the 30th August. We are tackling Woolly Nightshade and it would be great to see you there.
Great Okura Knock Down of 2015
D-Day for the rats in Okura…”Bring out your dead”!! A fun day was had by all bringing their rats to the village hall for the weigh in!
Dr Mike Joy’s presentation at AGM
Dr Mike Joy, Senior Lecturer in Ecology & Environmental Science, Massey University, Palmerston North spoke about our bad water quality in New Zealand.
July 2015 AGM Report
FOOB 2015 AGM report by Lezette Reid. To this little part of our world where we are restoring biodiversity.