Tickets to J Barry Ferguson Fund botanical (and floral) art and book exhibition—cancelled
Three of One Hundred and Three: Not just three of 103, mostly botanical, paintings, prints, publications, and watercolours that will be revealed at the J Barry Ferguson Fund exhibition in the upstairs banquet room of the restored Warkworth Hotel, when the alert level is back down to no higher than two—these three botanical artworks, remarkably, are from the storied Banks’ Florilegium, of which only 116 were ever printed. in-frame photography Mahurangi Magazine
View J Barry Ferguson Fund botanical and floral art exhibits
Tickets to J Barry Ferguson Fund botanical art exhibition—cancelled
Event J Barry Ferguson Art & Book Collection Exhibition
Venue Warkworth Hotel – upstairs banquet room – courtesy of the Warkworth Oaks
Date Friday 26 November—covid-19 alert levels permitting
Time 5.30–9.30 pm
Format Wine and hors d’oeuvres, expert curation, silent auction, spot prizes
Proceeds From here on in, entirely to the Mahurangi Coastal Trail
Admission $25
Mahurangi Action milestones mark some significant achievements
- 1974
- Founded, as Friends of the Mahurangi
- 1975
- Tribunal recommends Warkworth wastewater be excluded from the Mahurangi River
- 1977
- Revived the Mahurangi Regatta
- 1987
- Supported Mahurangi West-led campaign that saw off plans to build a road to Te Muri and park up to 4000 cars behind its beach
- 1991
- Conducted poll on aspirations for Mahurangi in 25 years
- 2001
- Publication of Dr Ronald Locker’s 416-page Jade River : A History of the Mahurangi
- 2002
- Successful High Court defence of the public’s entitlement to access Jamieson Bay
- 2004
- Scotts Landing – Scott Homestead boardwalk
- 2005
- Mahurangi Regatta Ball, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Warkworth’s founding
- 2006
- Revival of the Mahurangi Regatta Prize-Giving Dance
- 2004
- Leading role in supporting Auckland Regional Council’s Mahurangi Action Plan
- 2007
- Mahurangi Magazine goes online
- 2007
- Establishment of first scientifically designed trials demonstrating that forestry-style nursery methods could slash the cost of raising indigenous plants
- 2010
- Leading role in developing Mahurangi Action Plan: A strategic plan for the catchment 2010–2030
- 2012
- With property holder, establishment of the Mahurangi Farm-Forestry Trail
- 2015
- Warkworth Sediment Improvements Pilot Phase I
- 2015
- With Friends of Regional Parks, establish the Mahurangi Coastal Trail Trust
- 2016
- Preservation of car-free Te Muri, forever
- 2016
- Culmination of 42-year bid to see council commitment to exclude Warkworth wastewater from the Mahurangi river and harbour
- 2016
- First Mahurangi Regatta held with new, long-term principal sponsor, Teak Construction
- 2017
- Submitted only proposal—for two local boards to replace the current Rodney Local Board—deemed a reasonably practicable option to Auckland’s governance arrangements
- 2017
- Initiated, supported by Mahurangi Matters, the Warkworth Town Hall Talks
- 2018
- Initiated, with philanthropist member, Mahurangi-based green-lipped mussel reef restoration research project
- 2019
- Initiated, with the Mahurangi River Restoration Trust, ‘Up the Mahu!’
- 2019
- Provided snug harbour for chart—Coastal Heritage Art—competition for schools
- 2020
- Route for Mahurangi Coastal Trail across Te Muri Estuary determinedstrictly, a Ngāti Manuhiri – Mahurangi Coastal Trail Trust achievement with Ngāti Manuhiri
- 2021
- Pulled off another best-ever, covid-19-wary-to-boot Mahurangi Regatta