Noema pānui | November newsletter
Grab a kaputi and learn what's happening in the Kaimai MamakuWe're nominated for two Western Bay of Plenty Community AwardsTe Maire 2021 and Tapuika are featured in the new Western Bay Museum exhibition We ventured to Te Kaha to whanaungatanga with Raukumara Pae Maunga Restoration ProjectRead the full pānui here....
November 18, 2024In the media: MKMT launches new model for conservation investment
Bay of Plenty businesses are being offered an opportunity to back local environmental projects with the launch of a pilot investment model aiming to fill gaps left by other conservation funding drying up.Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust chief executive Louise Saunders said its Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project’s new digital investment platform was designed to make it easier for local businesses to give back to the environment.Read the full story in the NZ Herald here. ...
November 18, 2024Business investment extends restoration work in the Kaimai Mamaku
Initially, this partnership is focused on pest control and rākau (tree) planting in a 7-hectare area surrounding Killarney Lakes, which is a small portion of the 723.5-hectare block of Ngāti Hinerangi land leased by Rayonier Matariki Forests for pine forestry.Rayonier Matariki Forests Bay of Plenty Forest Manager, Rob Schoonderwoerd, says this partnership is about kaitiakitanga (guardianship) and whanaungatanga (connection).“It’s not just about getting rid of pests or growing more native t...
November 12, 2024Pūrongo ā-Tau | Annual Report 2024
He honore he korōria ki te Atua, he maungarongo ki te whenua, he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa, E rere ana ngā mihi ki a Kingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero te Tuawhitu kua riro ki te pō. Okioki atu rā e Te Ariki i te rangimārie. He mihi ki tō tātou Kuini, a Nga Wai Hono i te Po ki runga i tōna ahurewa tapu. E ara e! Pai marire!We are pleased to present Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust’s Annual Report for the 2023/2024 financial year. We have had another productive year and continue...
November 7, 2024Ōketopa pānui | October newsletter
Sit down, grab a kāputī and learn more about what's been happening in the Kaimai Mamaku.Ngāti Tumutumu are eradicating the creepers, crawlers, smotherers and stranglers from Te Aroha maungaTe Kapu Ō Waitaha have started their bird counts Te Maire 2021 have finished testing a dedicated mātauranga monitoring tool. Read the full newsletter now. ...
October 23, 2024In the media: $25K lifeline for conservation project
A $25,000 lifeline has been thrown to a hapū-led conservation project near Rotorua which will help keep the pressure on pests and allow native species more time to recover while further funding is sought.Read the full story on SunLive....
October 17, 2024Annual General Meeting
We appreciate your ongoing support of the Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust's vision and invite you to celebrate another fantastic year with us.This is an opportunity for us to reflect on, and celebrate, another great year of the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project. We are also pleased to present two guest speakers, Paul Kavanagh from Southern Lakes Sanctuary and Roana Bennet talking about the Waihi Estuary Blue Carbon Project. THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER | 7 - 8PM | ZOOMRegistrations&...
October 4, 2024Mahuru pānui | September newsletter
Sit down, grab a kāputī and learn more about what's been happening in the Kaimai Mamaku. What does it take to do a 700-ha bait operation?See the KMRP impact in numbersRSVP for our upcoming AGMAnd much more... Rea the full pānui now....
September 25, 2024In the media: 300,000 hectares, one ngahere
The Kaimai Mamaku forests and catchments cover almost 300,000 hectares across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato and are home to over 500 native species of plants, birds, frogs, bats and invertebrates – but large-scale canopy collapse is a very real threat.BayTrust is currently co-funding five iwi-hapū project teams, each of whom are undertaking pest and predator control in different areas within the forests. Over the past three years, $300,000 has been granted by BayTrust and a further $25,000 ha...
September 9, 2024Ākuhata pānui | August newsletter
Grab a kaputī and learn about what's happening in the Kaimai Mamaku. We're taking early registrations of interest to invest in the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration ProjectRaponi Te Rangikātukua Wilson wants his tamariki to wake up to the rich melodies of kōkako ringing out across the bushLearnings from a Business Investment in Nature symposium Plus, results from the largest eDNA collection programme.Read the full pānui here....
August 21, 2024Businesses want to invest in nature
Our CEO Louise Saunders recently attended Sustainable Business Network's sold-out Business Investment in Nature symposium. This full-day wānanga included speakers from international conglomerates, medium and large national companies to local/artisan businesses with international customer bases.Key learnings for conservation and restoration projects: Many businesses are very interested in funding restoration projects but because this is a new approach, strong relationships and good impact d...
August 20, 2024Life in the Kaimai
The largest eDNA collection programme within the Kaimai Mamaku conservation park has just been completed by Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku and nine iwi-hapū conservation project groups, thanks to funding from Wai Tuwhera. WilderLab passive samplers were placed in 31 targeted catchments across the landscape for 24-48 hours. This data was then combined with another 13 publicly available data sets, and critically analysed by an ecologist to create ...
August 12, 2024Invest in the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project
69% of Aotearoa New Zealanders don't think businesses are doing enough to reduce environmental impact, 38% of people actively seek out companies that invest in nature and 82% of businesses want to do the right thing for nature.The time is now. Commit to nature and invest in an impactful, local project.Click here to learn more....
August 9, 2024In the media: Kōkako and co-governance
The kōkako is Raponi Te Rangikātukua Wilson’s favourite. He got to hold one during a translocation project, and hearing them sing in the ngahere brings him joy. One day he’d love his kids to wake up to the rich melodies of kōkako ringing out across the bush.It’s a vision Wilson is actively creating as part of an iwi-led restoration project, Te Wao Nui o Tapuika. The project is delivering pest control across a swathe of land that will connect up two existing kōkako safe zones. A team of...
July 26, 2024Hūrae pānui | July Newsletter
It's Biosecurity week! In this months' newsletter we share incredible infrastructure installation results, celebrate kaimahi that have completed the Tier 2 Hunting Wānanga and share an update about our mahi with Aotearoa Circle to identify the value of our local ecosystems.But first, an open letter from our CEO to the Minister of Conservation.Click here to read the full pānui....
July 23, 2024The Minister for Conservation is wrong
"I'm not the only one to say this... the Minister for Conservation is wrong. It is not “aspirational” to save every native species. It is essential. Every species is linked in myriad ways to hundreds of other species in habitats and ecosystems across our country. How many species would the Minister have us lose before the natural infrastructure on which our lives and economy depend no longer supports us? It’s not that we can’t afford to save species, it’s that we simply can’t a...
July 3, 2024Hune pānui | June newsletter
Grab a kaputī and learn about what's happening in the Kaimai Mamaku:Awareness of conservation issues continues to increase in the Kaimai Mamaku roheWe farewell Meschka, our Engagement AdvisorOur Patron, Pā Ropata gets a well-deserved front cover featureAnd more... Read the full newsletter here....
June 27, 2024Awareness of conservation issues continues to increase
Local awareness of conservation issues, and the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project, is growing in breadth and depth. Around 90% of Kaimai Mamaku communities are aware of conservation issues such as animal pests, forest clearance and kauri ora, our Community Awareness Survey 2024 results show....
June 19, 2024In the media: Healing our Whenua
A lifetime of learning and a yearning to bring people together led Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku patron, Pā Ropata, to start Tīwaiwaka - a set of six key principles and a collective of people committed to restoring the mauri (lifeforce) of the whenua (land).Read the full story on Our Place Magazine here....
June 11, 2024Mei | May Newsletter
Grab a kaputī and learn about what's happening in the Kaimai Mamaku:We're training new hunters for pest controlCollaboration is imperative for kauri protection How exactly can you measure social impact? And more... Read now....
June 10, 2024Āperira | April Newsletter
Grab a kaputī and learn about what's happening in the Kaimai Mamaku:Te Aroha Drummond returns from a week at Kew Garden's Millennium Seed Bank Ngā Mata Hiringa welcome Whetu Apaapa as the new Operations Manager RSVP for the next Waikato Biodiversity Forum event.Read now....
April 26, 2024Local conservation hero sowing the seeds of knowledge for future generations
Fifteen years ago, Te Aroha Drummond liked working in her own garden. Now, she’s one of Aotearoa’s leading Māori seed experts who has just returned from the UK after a week-long residency learning about wild plant biodiversity.The Okauia local is one of only a very small handful of New Zealanders who have ever been invited into the Kew Garden Millennium Seed Bank underground vault. “Public can watch the lab technicians doing their daily work but being able to be in the vault was real...
April 22, 2024Maehe | March Newsletter
Grab a kaputī and learn about what's happening in the Kaimai Mamaku:Co-funding ensures projects longevityTapuika share kai and tikanga with neighbours If you see us say kia ora.Read now!...
March 19, 2024Pēpuere | Feburary Newsletter
Grab a kaputī and learn more about the Kaimai Mamaku.Our Engagement Facilitator, Meschka Seifritz, reflects on how protecting Papatūānuku isn't just a 9-5 gig for Māori The Opuiaki kōkako population has grown by 21%Wairere Falls is closed for maintenance Te Maire have removed at least 2,280 predators in the last quarter.Read now!...
February 19, 2024Welcome our two new trustees
Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust is proudly co-governed and honours te tiriti.Join us in welcoming our two new trustees - James Whetu (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Raukawa) and Stu Kneebone.James (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Raukawa) sits on the Raukawa Settlement Trust Board and is the director of Whetū Consultancy Group – an environmental planning and policy consultancy specialising in Māori and indigenous partnerships.Working with Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust, James supports...
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