News - Tawapou

Changing values

Posted on September 01, 2015

In the 1960's my parents (bless them) bought one of the best properties on the Tutukaka coast. This run down farm really appealed to them. They were keen to be conservationist/farmers and in amongst areas of poor native pasture it had large areas of re-growing forest.

Tutukaka Coast is the best

Posted on September 01, 2015

Sandra and I have explored a lot of New Zealand's coastline both north and south and although all coasties claim that their coastline is the best. I can honestly say, and not because we live here (well may be just a little) that ours is the best.

Pohutukawa Coast Programme

Posted on September 01, 2015

After a report released in 1989 which showed only ten percent of the original coastal pohutukawa forest remained, and its survival was seriously threatened by pests and disease, the Whangarei District Council with help from the NZ Refinery launched the Pohutukawa Coast Programme. The initial focus was to plant 9000 pohutukawa trees over five years along the districts coastline.

2014 is the 24th year of the programme and will bring the total number of trees distributed since it's beginning to 53,960.