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Today we had the opportunity to thank some of our many volunteers with an end of year lunch - the chance to relax and socialise, rather than yelling across a windswept valley with spades or thistle grubbers in our hands! It was also the time to pay a special tribute to some very important volunteers who are stepping back from their roles within Landcare. The Awhitu environment owes much to the dedicated work of Anna and Ian McNaughton, and Adam Scattergood. The small gifts presented to them, and recalling their many achievements, does not begin to express our heartfelt thanks. We are also losing (to the South Island) our lovely Kate Fegan who has manned the Landcare centre in the community so well over the past 10 years. Times of change indeed. Warm wishes to all our volunteers as we near the end of the year - we hope you are able to have a restful break over Christmas and we look forward to working with you again on projects enhancing the Awhitu environment in 2017.