1. Memorials on Monument
(Heritage/European Settlement)

... urn on a column and base  Late in 1943, the majority of Motutapu was taken under the Public Works Act for Defence purposes. In September 1943, the Public Works Department completed an agreement with ...

2. Pillboxes and Howitzers
(Heritage/Military)

... timber flooring and roofing was completed, topsoil was placed over the roof. Nine prefabs were erected for mess rooms, cooking, ablutions and toilets. You can still see remnants of foundations. Other ...

3. Battery Observation Post Complex
(Heritage/Military)

... were part of the Project Crimson project and were planted in 1994/95.   Battery Observation Post (BOP) - Radio Room - Radar Room Also completed in 1937 and partly recessed into the ground, ...

4. Underground Plotting Rooms
(Heritage/Military)

... out and build. Work began in August 1941 and completed in July 1942. This was a significant piece of engineering and involved the excavation of 28670 cu yards of material (22000cu metres) and the pouring ...

5. US Navy Magazines
(Heritage/Military)

50 large prefabricated concrete underground storage sheds (magazines) were completed at the south western end of Motutapu by the US Navy in 1942 US navy magazines and connecting roads under construction ...

6. Motutapu Medication
(News/Current News)

... pest eradication project was Campbell Island (11300ha) completed in 2001. The 7 target pest species are ship rats, Norway rats, feral cats, mice, rabbits, stoats and hedgehogs. Ship rats, mice, rabbits ...

7. Post War Timeline
(About Us/The Island)

... trees on Motutapu to create a new record.  1997 Conservation Plan completed for Military structures - Pearson Conservation plan developed for Reid Homestead - Sharley Identification and arboreal assessment ...

8. Next Volunteer Day
(News/Notices / Updates)

... project ever attempted anywhere is progressing? The aerial bait drops have completed but there is still work to be done Click here to read recent media releases from the Department of Conservation (DoC) ...

9. WWII Military Timeline
(Heritage/Military)

... for construction of gun emplacements and associated buildings to Brays Construction under Public Works Department supervision Road access from Home Bay to site completed   May Majority ...

10. Nursery Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... stock will be retained in the nursery for the next planting season. The nursery expansion footprint agreed together with the new structures. Drawings for the potting shed are currently being completed. ...

11. Tree Planting Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... this planting season? The Lower Watershed main planting area (mass pioneer species) has largely been completed with just one small area requiring about 150 plants still to be done. This will be completed ...

12. Weedbusters' Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... led the search and destroy team with Nev, Sue and Bes; they were spotting flowering mothplant (our public weed enemy number 1) and then going in with the cavalry to destroy! They completed the day with ...

13. Fencing Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... 2010 Fencing was completed in the Rakino wetlands area and along the wetland area adjacent to the Motutapu Outdoor Education Camp (MOEC) road January 2010 Wire, battens, staples sourced for the ...

14. The Causeway
(About Us/The Island)

... a matter of metres wide. The silting up of Gardiner Gap is due to a combination of early European land clearance and the construction of the approaches to the causeway itself The Causeway was completed ...

15. Gun Emplacements
(Heritage/Military)

... The two guns were not test fired until 1951. The two gun battery at Whangaparoa was not completed until late 1945. Most people are unaware that this is the only remaining battery of its type in the southern ...

16. The Pest Eradication
(News/Current News)

... the bait applications to ensure public safety DoC is the world expert on island pest eradications – they have already successfully completed 90 island pest eradications. The largest was Campbell ...

17. European Settlement
(Category)

... and the refurbishment of the the exterior and interior of the building has been recently completed.    ...