Over the recent lull period, Millennium Rotorua’s Housekeeping team took on a different kind of housekeeping at Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust, a charity and wildlife sanctuary. The Housekeeping team, along with Millennium Rotorua Operations Manager Mr Carl Bennett came together to help Wingspan maintain and tend to one of the 30- to 40-metre gardens that was along a 4-metre-high bank.

After spending the morning tending to the gardens, the team attended the falconry show in the afternoon as a thank you treat from Wingspan.

It was a fun activity where the team had the time to bond together outside of the hotel and assist an organisation that relies on volunteers. It also provided an opportunity where the team could get to better know a local charity and also a place of interest for tourists and locals alike.

Millennium Rotorua has been a long-term supporter of the Trust since 2009 and has even adopted some of the birds of prey, including Hiwa the New Zealand falcon. While the team was unfortunately unable to meet Hiwa this time as she is part of a breeding project and currently kept offsite, it was still a fun time for staff and the hotel is looking forward to organising future dates for more of such activities.