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Interest Peaks during ‘sneak preview’ walk in new reserve

Prior to the official opening of our new Purple Peak Curry Reserve in February next year, members of the public had an opportunity to join esteemed Banks Peninsula botanist Hugh...
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A Sad but Fond Farewell to Arthur Blair Cowan MBE

Kua hinga te totara i te wao nui a Tane The totara has fallen in the forest of Tane The funeral of our beloved Patron and founding Trustee Arthur Cowan...
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A Sad but Fond Farewell to Arthur Blair Cowan MBE

Kua hinga te totara i te wao nui a Tane The totara has fallen in the forest of Tane   The funeral of our beloved Patron and founding Trustee Arthur...
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Puhoi Far North Reserve Extended

We’re very pleased to announce that our Puhoi Far North Reserve has been extended by a further 38 hectares, taking the reserve to 293 hectares. Just off the Honeymoon Valley...
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NFRT doubles number of South Island Reserves

We’re delighted to announce the purchase of our second South Island reserve! The Trust’s latest acquisition, situated above Akaroa at the top of the Grehan Valley on Banks Peninsula, takes...
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Rain and slush no dampener as big native forest reserve opens

Edith Symes, Raglan ChronicleGumboots, raincoats and woolly hats were the order of the day as 200-odd people sloshed across a muddy field alongside Old Mountain Road and into a marquee...

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