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Beehives Opening Ceremony

We had the pleasure of sharing our beehives with the some of our project supporters on Friday the 18th of October. Members of the Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise and Jay Park of JP Homes visited to see the bees in action.

 We held an opening ceremony where Dave McDonald from Rotary cut a ribbon with one of our newest students, Isabelle. Members of the kapa haka group sang a beautiful waiata while our visitors
inspected the hives.

 We are truly grateful to our project supporters for helping to make this wonderful learning
opportunity possible: Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise, JP Homes NZ, the Maungakiekie Tamaki Local Board, Fulton Hogan, Mitre 10 Mega Mt Wellington and Torque Digital.




Enviroschools Principles in action here:
- Empowered Students are enabled to participate in a meaningful way in the life of their early childhood centre or school. Their unique perspectives are valued for the knowledge and insight that they bring, and they are supported to take action for real change.
- Sustainable Communities act in ways that nurture people and nature, now and in the future, to maintain the health and viability of our environment, society, culture and economy.
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