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Local board thanks volunteers
Hibiscus and Bays Local Board members with some of the volunteers who received awards for their contributions to the community. Photos, Gino Demeer
A total of 13 volunteers from the region were honoured with awards by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board last month.
The local board awards are held every second year, but were interrupted last year by Covid-19 lockdowns, so the presentation held at Estuary Arts Centre on June 29 was the first since 2018.
The recipients are nominated by the groups they work with and come from a range of sectors, such as arts, environment, residents and ratepayer groups and education.
Shakespear’s shovel-ready project underway
Planting was a team effort for the Naicker family of Millwater.
Wet, cooler weather heralds planting season, which began with the first community planting day at Shakespear Regional Park on Sunday, June 20.
More than 170 people, including a number from other parts of Auckland and local residents, supported by Shakespear Open Sanctuary Society (SOSSI) volunteers and rangers, managed to get around 4600 native plants into the ground.
Digging was made easier by heavy rain overnight, and the plants were laid out, ready for planting, by rangers and members of the conservation charity Kiwis for Kiwi.
This winter there are a total of around 15,000 plants to go in, largely sourced from SOSSI’s own on-site nursery.