The Trust is very fortunate to have a generous bunch of Supporters including Annual Supporters who donate a minimum of and often far more than $50 a year plus a few Supporters for Life (minimum $500 donation).
Each year, we aim to draw one Supporter for a prize and this year we have been given two pairs of colourful and arty recycled plastic earrings by Anthea Ibell at Remix Plastic in Christchurch.
And the lucky winner is … Victoria Halliday of Hokitika! Victoria wins a pair to wear and a pair to share! We found Victoria hard at work at Vinnies in Hokitika, where she is one of the team of wonderful volunteers.
A leaflet comes with the earrings that encourages wearers to share the story behind them. Anthea explains: “If someone compliments your earrings you can mention that they are NZ-made from recycled plastic and be sure in the knowledge that they are as light on the environment as possible.”
Fabulous concept Anthea, thank you very much, and congratulations Victoria!
Read more about Remix Plastic and its vision of more sustainable behaviours and support for conservation projects such as ours here:
While materials were chosen that would stand up to the harsh coastal conditions, those same coastal conditions are conducive to plant growth! Occasional checks of the fences have been carried out by volunteers and rangers so that any maintenance needs can be identified and remedied. The never-ending need for maintenance is managing the vegetation that can grow through the fence, for example gorse, blackberry and hydrangea, pushing it to breaking point in places, or flop over causing damage from the weight of rank grass, rushes and weeds such as montbretia.
Volunteers recently spent a few hours tidying up the main fence along Woodpecker Bay north of Punakaiki so a big shout out to them - thank you Fiona, Jony, Reef, Katrina, Mandy, Marty, Teresa and Deb! Flax had been pressing down on the fence, but now the fence has been freed up by these wonderful volunteers - and they picked up a fair bit of rubbish too.
Volunteer Natassja Savidge has offered to check and help maintain the Hokitika penguin protection fence and joined Ranger Lucy Waller and Manager Inger Perkins in May to inspect the length of the fence. Some minor issues were found but the main finding was the extent of the vegetation growth that was damaging the fence in places. Big thanks to Natassja!
