Archive for June 2019
The mighty kahikatea
DID YOU KNOW the oldest tree we have at Living Springs is over 800 years old! Kahikatea is New Zealand’s tallest indigenous tree, sometimes reaching 65 metres in height. The trunks have a long slender appearance topped by a smallish ragged crown. In autumn, numerous forest birds feed on its abundant red berries. Before humans…
Read MoreWinter camps are awesome!
Sweaty hot days, the sun burning your skin. Applying sun screen every 5 minutes. Balmy warm evenings, pesky mozzies zooming around. Is this what you associate with camp? Think again! Winter camps are the bomb. Truly they are. Winter may not be known as camp season, but just because the temperatures dip, it doesn’t mean…
Read MoreThank you Aorangi
The Aorangi Sponsorship Programme exists to make camp available to all and ensure that none of our children are excluded. The impact several days at camp can have on children is huge. These are a couple of the thank you letters we recently received. Please contact us if your company would like to sponsor a…
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