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Tawatawa history: Preston’s Gully becomes Tawatawa Reserve, and the Southern Environmental Association (SEA) spreads its wings

Part 1 of this history of Tawatawa Reserve and the SEA was published in our newsletter of March 2022. Following closure of Preston’s Gully tip in August 1976, the area was put to several uses including mini-bike riding, horse grazing, and in 1977, dumping of soil from the Terrace Tunnel project.  For a decade muchContinue reading “Tawatawa history: Preston’s Gully becomes Tawatawa Reserve, and the Southern Environmental Association (SEA) spreads its wings”