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Mangawhai Trackies: quiet achievers.
You may have heard of Lincoln Downs, Council’s wastewater  irrigation farm on Brown Road, but did you know that after years of lobbying...
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Jul 242 min read
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December 2024 Trackies update
As usual, this year has been a busy one for Trackies. The Backbay Boardwalk was a major project, repairing after storm damage, with the...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
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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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Feb 25, 20242 min read
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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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Jan 25, 20241 min read
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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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Jun 25, 20233 min read
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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, 20233 min read
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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
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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, 20231 min read
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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
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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, 20232 min read
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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
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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, 20233 min read
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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
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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
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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, 20232 min read
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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, 20231 min read
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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, 20232 min read
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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, 20231 min read
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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
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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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Apr 18, 20233 min read
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