If you like getting outdoors trapping, then you might also like getting out on your bike for even more fresh air. If so, this is the event for you! Franklin Cyclists Meet-up on 9.00am Saturday 23rd April 2022 at the Caterpillar Cafe, Franklin Centre, 12 Massey Ave., Pukekohe. With free coffee for all attendees (courtesy […]
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Trails working bee at Pukekohe this Friday Feb 25th, 3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Calling all trails enthusiasts – walkers or bikers! This Friday there’s a trail-making working bee at Belmont Rise, (top of Adams Rd South), from 3.00 – 5.00pm. It will be strictly outdoors, so there will be heaps of space to easily observe social distancing. We are at early days in forming this site, so we […]
Tree planting at Pukekohe this Friday August 6th, 2.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Back to Pukekohe we go! We’re at Belmont Rise this time, meeting up at the top of Adams Rd South. Come and check out this exciting new area that needs a bit of TLC. We will be planting native trees, (mainly puriri, kowhai and kanuka). There is a new active trail being developed here to […]
Friday working bee – Pukekohe Hill
Our last tree planting working bee was a real success, with lots of puriri, taraire and kowhai going into the ground at St Brides Reserve in Mauku. We don’t want Pukekohe to feel left out this season, so our next planting will be there. Come to the southern side of Pukekohe Hill this Friday from […]
Franklin Trails Community Action Forum – Mon 19 April
This forum is on Monday 19 April Monday starting at 10am in Pukekohe (contact Dot Dalziell for more info and venue details) Note this is the first week of school holidays. You are warmly invited to the Franklin Trails Community Action forum. The purpose of this forum is to organise community action for better tracks […]
Pukekohe 5 Summits Opening
This Sunday Nov 10th 9.30am at Pukekohe Railway Station sees the opening of the new Pukekohe 5 Summits Walking and Cycle Trail. Come along and join in. This is a great initiative from Pukekohe Tramping Club as part of their 50th celebrations and promises to be an awesome starting point for more trails in our […]
Te Ara O Whangamaire – Community Track
Te Ara O Whangamaire – Official Opening On behalf of Whakaupoko Landcare, Patumahoe Village Inc and Patumahoe School you are invited to join us for the official opening and walk of Te Ara O Whangamaire. This is the newly completed walkway in Patumahoe connecting the Village with the natural environment. Te Ara O Whangamaire begins […]
Walking Track to Patumahoe Wetlands
On Sunday 29th May 2011, about a dozen enthusiastic members of the Landcare Group spent a couple of hours with chain saws, scrub cutters, loppers and spades cutting back the overgrown gorse, woolly nightshade, and blackberry to open up access to the wetlands below Clive Howe Drive. Thanks to the previous efforts of other members […]