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Fundraising walks are something that Ōrewa massage therapist Roger White clearly enjoys. Recently, on April 1, he completed his fourth such walk, which has to date raised just over $2000 for Friends of Regional Parks.
This charity formed in 2010 to advocate for and expand Auckland’s regional parks.
Roger says the money he has raised will specifically be used by the charity to increase the number of native trees planted at Te Muri.
“Te Muri is one of the lesser-known parks and is in need of more tree-planting to stabilise hillsides and attract more birdlife,” Roger says. “Planting the wetlands has been the focus the past few years, but it’s now time to establish areas with slower-growing natives.”
It was also a personal challenge, he says.
“I decided to aim for 65km instead of the usual 50km, as I turned 65 earlier this year,” he says. “The route was all local and included two regional parks and the Ōrewa Estuary walkway.”
He began the walk in Red Beach at 5.20am and headed out to Shakespear Regional Park, then back to Ōrewa Estuary walkway. The walk ended at Wenderholm Regional Park. Along the way he was joined by a number of other walkers.
Contributions can still be made – details on the Friends of Regional Parks Facebook page, www.facebook.com/FORparks Info: www.forparks.org.nz
