Tag Archives: Pukekura park

Pukekura Park plan perfect

A new plan to update New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park shows the maturity of the current NP_ District Council regime. Continue reading

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Columns book is launched at hospice

Jim Tucker has just published a collection of his columns in a book to raise money for Hospice Taranaki. It’s available at the five hospice shops in New Plymouth, Waitara, Stratford and Hawera, or on Trade Me. Continue reading

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Pukekura Park in Winter

Pukekura Park has its special ways of coping with Taranaki’s winter months. Take a look at this two-part photo essay to see what happens. Continue reading

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How to drop a tree safely in a busy public park

Here’s how to fell a big tree in a busy park…with great care. Continue reading

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Pukekura Park in AUTUMN

Jim Tucker’s latest photo essay on New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park, a collection of stills showing the park at its most colourful, when everything turns yellow and red.

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Pukekura Park in AUTUMN

Jim Tucker’s latest photo essay on New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park, a collection of stills showing the park at its most colourful, when everything turns yellow and red.

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End of a 140-year-old life

A bunch of brave fellers lop the top off one of the last old pine trees at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth. Once one of dozens, this 140-year-old specimen used to towered above the band rotunda at the bottom end … Continue reading

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