A Beautiful day in the Dell
17th May 2012


The emphasis of this year’s plantings will be on consolidation – filling in gaps and extending the range of plants in earlier planting sites, ie “secondary planting”, including trees which need shelter such as kohekohe, tawa and miro
There will not be planting on 26th May.
The next Guardians’ event and first 2012 Whareroa Planting will be Sunday 17th June, in the Dell. Members of the Kapiti Pateke Lions will join us. BBQ hotdogs afterwards as well as morning tea!.
Whareroa Guardians Community Trust Officers for 2012/13. At the last meeting of the trust the following were elected: Chairperson – Rachel Kiel-Taylor, Treasurer – Michael Keith, Secretary – Ann Evans and to a new position, Deputy Chair – Liffet Stewart.
Marines’ 70th celebrations. A reminder that all are welcome to join in these. See the www.marinenz.com website for more information. The main event is a ceremony at QE Park on Monday morning May 28th. If any supporters are free to assist with this eg ushering and helping visitors, please can they phone John Porter at 905 8210. Another event will be a re-enactment of the Marine’s training route on June 10th (information was distributed with the last update). Look out for a new Marines’ information display in the entrance bay, coming soon (compiled by John Porter and Anthony Dreaver).