Category: Archived News

Trust Chair honoured

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December 31st, 2018

Panama Stream Family Camp Opens

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December 7th, 2018

Ōtamahua Hut Opens

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November 5th, 2018

Banks Peninsula Walking Festival off to a great start

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November 4th, 2018

Storehouse Stories newsletter

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October 2nd, 2018

Volunteer planting at Hut

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October 2nd, 2018

Rod Donald Hut Maintenance

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September 28th, 2018

Conservation Awards

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September 18th, 2018

Frank Worsley’s childhood home interp panel

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September 11th, 2018

Banks Peninsula Walking Festival 2018 launched

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September 5th, 2018

Orton Bradley Field Trip

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August 11th, 2018

Trustee appointments

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July 30th, 2018

Goat eradication underway

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July 12th, 2018

Farewell Chrissie Williams

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June 30th, 2018

MOU with Living Springs

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June 17th, 2018

Ōtamahua/Quail Island tramping hut progresses

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June 6th, 2018

Kennedy’s Bush Track re-opens

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April 1st, 2018

Trust and DOC sign Memorandum Of Understanding

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March 27th, 2018

Kennedys Bush Track

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February 5th, 2018

Montgomery Reserve Extends

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December 8th, 2017

Diamond Harbour brochure released

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November 29th, 2017

More Walking Festival adventures

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November 12th, 2017

Welcome new Minister for Conservation

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November 5th, 2017

Walking Festival off to a great start

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November 4th, 2017

2017 Walking Festival open for bookings

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October 3rd, 2017

Annual Report available

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October 3rd, 2017

Rod Donald Hut Annual spruce up

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September 15th, 2017

Conservation Minister Barry Predator Free awards

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September 12th, 2017

Building Environmental Stewards of the Future talk

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September 7th, 2017

Storehouse Stories Newsletter

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August 31st, 2017

Regenerating Banks Peninsula forum

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August 28th, 2017

Trustee farewell and welcome

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August 6th, 2017

Walking Access – the Curly Questions Seminar report released

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July 28th, 2017

BPCT AGM

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July 27th, 2017

Diamond Harbour brochure underway

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July 7th, 2017

Banks Peninsula Walking Festival underway

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July 1st, 2017

Input to Council plans!

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June 30th, 2017

Updated signage

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June 15th, 2017

Walking Access – the Curly Questions

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June 9th, 2017

Youth trips

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June 7th, 2017

Welcome new Trustees and Farewell to retiring Trustees

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May 29th, 2017

Recreation and Tourism in Protected Natural Areas

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May 24th, 2017

Predator Free Banks Peninsula scoping analysis report

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May 3rd, 2017

Rod Donald Hut popular with families and youth groups

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April 27th, 2017

Amazing old map

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April 19th, 2017

Expressions of Interest period closed

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April 18th, 2017

Community Board update presentation and Walking Festival launch

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April 10th, 2017

Predator Free Banks Peninsula: Scoping Analysis seminar, 7 April, 2017

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April 7th, 2017

Monument South Track marked

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March 29th, 2017

New Trustees sought

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February 24th, 2017

Massive fires in Port Hills

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February 17th, 2017

New entrance to Montgomery Reserve

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December 27th, 2016

Farewell to Assistant Manager Sarah Pritchett

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December 16th, 2016

Te Ara Pātaka (Summit Walkway) formal opening and Harry Ell Centenary

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November 26th, 2016

Banks Peninsula Walking Festival off to a great start

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November 6th, 2016

Strategic Planning meeting at Kaituna Homestead

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October 30th, 2016

Annual Review and Report

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October 13th, 2016

Get your boots on and book a walk

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October 10th, 2016

Banks Peninsula Walking Festival 2016

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September 21st, 2016

Farewell to Stewart Miller

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July 21st, 2016

Youthtown overnighter to Rod Donald Hut

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June 3rd, 2016

Newsletter Storehouse Stories

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May 28th, 2016

A photogenic spot

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April 19th, 2016

New name for the Summit Walkway – Te Ara Pātaka

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March 9th, 2016

Track improvements appreciated

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March 9th, 2016

A wonderful day to open the new Purple Peak Curry Reserve

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March 2nd, 2016

Waitangi Day at Ōnuku marae

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February 15th, 2016

Christchurch Tramping Club tests out the track

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January 28th, 2016

Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust receives Customer Service Award

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January 13th, 2016

Akaroa Public Access Stalwart receives recognition

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January 13th, 2016

Work begins on Summit Walkway track upgrade

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January 13th, 2016

The 2015 Banks Peninsula Walking Festival

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December 7th, 2015

Rod Donald Hut Opening Celebrations

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November 12th, 2015

The Rod Donald Hut officially open

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October 20th, 2015

Rod Donald Hut now open to the public

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October 6th, 2015

Annual Review and Report

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October 5th, 2015

The Banks Peninsula Walking Festival is back

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October 3rd, 2015

The Trustees Field Trip

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October 3rd, 2015

Will’s First Overnight Tramp

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October 3rd, 2015

Rod Donald Hut open for private bookings

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August 12th, 2015

Walking Strategy updated

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July 8th, 2015

Farewell to retiring Trustees

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June 28th, 2015

Koukourarata Hui

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June 28th, 2015

New Trustees Confirmed

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June 3rd, 2015

Rangiora Tramping Club helps with working bee

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June 3rd, 2015

Rod Donald Trust Summer Scholarship Research Results

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May 20th, 2015

A 7th Birthday Party at the Rod Donald Hut

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May 15th, 2015

Newsletter March 2015

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March 12th, 2015

Expression of Interest for Trustee Position

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March 6th, 2015

Spine of the Lizard update

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March 5th, 2015

Walking maps and brochures

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March 5th, 2015

Banks Peninsula Walking Festival 2014

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March 5th, 2015

Biodiversity gains as two reserves extend in size

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March 5th, 2015

SAANZ Outdoor Recreation and wellbeing

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December 18th, 2014

New Hut

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December 16th, 2014

Spine of the Lizard Photo competition

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December 16th, 2014

Carbon Credits Workshop

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October 8th, 2014

New Trustees

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August 9th, 2014

NEXT Foundation

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July 16th, 2014

Property purchase

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July 16th, 2014
Image of Banks Peninsula from space

Banks Peninsula has a fan in space

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June 6th, 2014

Combined initiative produces Peninsula research

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May 27th, 2014

Trustees sought

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May 21st, 2014
flip book cover.

Announcing new walking maps and brochures

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April 10th, 2014

A year in review – 2013 highlights

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February 18th, 2014

Walking strategy a ‘living document’

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February 18th, 2014
Reference book covering all the current walks on Banks Peninsula.

Mapping project will make choosing walks a breeze

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February 18th, 2014

Spine of the Lizard

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February 18th, 2014

Trust makes submission to DOC planning document

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February 4th, 2014

Gorse cleared for February

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February 4th, 2014
Lincoln University

Summer research projects – Lincoln University

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January 24th, 2014
Walking Fest

Walking festival a huge success!

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January 22nd, 2014

Capturing the Magic – competition winners

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January 22nd, 2014

Capture the Magic

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November 5th, 2013

CCC Approves new Statement of Intent

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September 1st, 2013

Shelter from the Storm, Book Launch

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August 13th, 2013

Lincoln University Partnerships

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August 13th, 2013

Little River Community Meeting

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July 3rd, 2013

Catons Bay Planting

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July 3rd, 2013

Orton Bradley Park Partnership

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June 28th, 2013

Saddle Hill Reserve

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May 8th, 2013

Akaroa Marine Reserve approved

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April 24th, 2013

Pre-publication of Plant Life on Banks Peninsula. Special Offer

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April 23rd, 2013

Rocky Outcrops Field Day

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March 24th, 2013
Congratulations to the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust and the Queen Elizabeth II Trust for organising an excellent field trip to study the special characteristics of rocky outcrops and how to protect and manage them

Diamond Harbour Community Association AGM

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March 22nd, 2013
Garry Moore introduced the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust to the Diamond Harbour community at their association AGM

Could Banks Peninsula be New Zealand’s first GeoPark?

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March 14th, 2013
Test Over the last six months a working group has been assessing the development of a GeoPark on Banks Peninsula. A GeoPark is a UNESCO initiative to integrate the concept of protection, education, and sustainable development, and provide areas for the study and preservation of natural sciences.

Banks Peninsula Geo Park Project

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December 17th, 2012
A newly formed group on Banks Peninsula is investigating whether to apply to UNESCO for a Geopark status.