MANAGEMENT:

Te Puna Quarry Park is managed and is being developed by the Te Puna Quarry Park Society Incorporated. A Committee of 12 oversees progress, and plans the future development of the park. The Committee members are all hard working volunteers who bring various skills to the task of running the Park.

MEMBERSHIP:

At the present time, the Te Puna Quarry Park Society Inc. has a membership of approximately 330 plus 40 supporting companies and organisations.  Many members choose to support passively with their membership subscription alone and others are very generous with their donations. Every member and supporter receives the Society newsletter.  (We hope you take the email option for this.)

FUNDING:

Funding comes from donations collected by our donation boxes at the gate, Society membership, donations from members and others, and by applying for grants from local government and charitable funding organisations.

WORK DAYS:

A dedicated band of helpers attend  work sessions every Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoons. They undertake the work of clearing, planting and weed control while enjoying the togetherness of a team project. The morning tea break is  time for a rest and a chat and often a few laughs. 

A group of volunteers gathers by the digger for a photo shoot.

WE ARE NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS!

In 2002, Te Puna Quarry Park's volunteers won the Trustpower National Community Award.

happiness is ....

On any Tuesday morning when the sun is shining, and also when it's not, a diverse group of people, mostly senior citizens, leave their homes somewhere between Aongatete and Papamoa and drive to Te Puna Quarry Park. They take with them their enthusiasm and dedication, their skills and knowledge, their work boots and garden tools, and of course, their morning tea.

They look forwad to the working hours ahead, to the companionship of like minded people. For these men and women are the folunteers - working for the community, to realise a dream abnd for the joy of shasring the task with others.

They are not on any payroll. Their names are not on a list. They give all and expect nothing, but their reward is seeing the wasteland of a quarried hillside becoming a wonderful, beauitful wild garden of infinite variety, the place of ehir vision, a magical place. Their reward is in the faces of the children climbing over the digger, in the confident steps of walkers, the joggers running with their dogs, and the "well done" from a passing visitor.

No pay is needed to keep these workers happy. Happiness is .... working at Te Puna Quarry Park.

The Society gratefully acknowledges the assistance of many businesses, organisations, groups and individuals. Some of these are: