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After a week of vigils and public protests, the NPDC is to investigate an engineering solution to improve the existing road. The Friends of Pukekura Park thank you all for your support.
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Welcome to the Friends of Pukekura Park
The Friends of Pukekura Park New Plymouth Incorporated
This website is your window on Pukekura Park and your gateway to information about the ecology and history of the Park.
June / July 2009
A higher view.
Showing a touch of autumn.
Friends of Pukekura Park Executive Committee for 2009/10:
- President: David Medway (Ornithologist / Lawyer)
- Vice-President: John Konijn (Lawyer)
- Secretary: Elise Smith (Scientist / Tertiary Tutor)
- Treasurer: Chris Hinton (Accountant)
- Immediate Past President: Karl Rossiter (Technologist)
Committee:
Olive Armstrong (Restorative Arboriculturist) Marie-Nui Biss (Teacher)
Derek Hughes (Photographer / Designer) Lorna Jones (Nurse)
John O’Sullivan (Teacher) Chris Rickards (Archivist / Technologist)
Read the Friends of Pukekura Park Annual Report 2008 / 09 as presented at the AGM
Friends events and activities during July.
Winter is an active time for Friends - please join us!
(click to view July calendar of events)
Brooklands' 75th Anniversary
Experience a slice of history - from Newton King to the Bowl.
Caution: this illustrated record of Brooklands is a 1.8MB file
A link to the Friends of the Bowl of Brooklands is now active through this website.
For Friends membership:
The June 2009 magazine is online for members to read.
- The Friends of Pukekura Park archive project is explained, along with full details and documentation. This is a collaborative central government funded project in association with Puke Ariki to collect, collate, digitise and store the botanical, ecological and historical records of Pukekura Park for use by future generations.