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Pānui Raumati | Summer
Hurihia tō aroaro ki te rā tukuna tō ātārangi kia taka ki muri ia koe Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you...
minsley31
Mar 76 min read
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Pānui Kōanga | Spring 2024
Tūngia te ururua kia tupu whakaritorito te tupu o te harakeke Clear away the undergrowth so the new shoots of the harakeke can spring...
minsley31
Dec 3, 20249 min read
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ONE YEAR ON - BUILDING IWI MOMENTUM FOR THE USE OF AERIAL 1080.
When we brought the kaupapa of aerial 1080 to our iwi a number of years ago the two questions that our people asked us were: Is it safe?...
minsley31
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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E Tipu E Rea - 6 Week Native Rākau Identification Programme.
In June we launched a 6 week native rākau identification programme where we had members of our local community bind together sharing...
minsley31
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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Pānui Takurua | Winter 2024
Ka tangi te Weka i runga i te Raukūmara Ka tangi hoki te Kiwi i te take o Hikurangi Mōhou Te Kiingi o Te Kotahitanga, Tuheitia Pootatau...
minsley31
Sep 26, 20247 min read
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The largest Deer and Goat Management Programme in Aotearoa
For more than a century, the introduction of deer and goats has profoundly effected the native ecosystem of the Raukūmara. Introduced in...
minsley31
Sep 18, 20244 min read
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Confirmed sighting of Kākā
Yesterday evening as Rākaunui rose above Te Raukūmara Ngahere a cheeky Kākā paid Little Awanui a special visit. Kākā are a roaming bird...
minsley31
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Rare Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale
One of only seven in NZ archive records On May the 18th, 2024 a rare Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked neonate whale was found on the shoreline in Te...
minsley31
Aug 8, 20242 min read
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Pānui Ngahuru | Autumn 2024
March - June Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure that you value most dearly, if you bow your...
minsley31
Jun 10, 202411 min read
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Pānui Raumati
December 2023 - February 2024 “Te tātarakihi, te pihareinga; ko ngā manu ēnā o Rēhua” The locust and the cricket are Rehua's songbirds...
minsley31
Feb 26, 20247 min read
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Pānui Kōanga
Pānui Kōanga / Spring 2023 “Ka tangi te Pīpīwharauroa, ko ngā karere a Mahuru” If the shining cuckoo cries, it is the messenger of spring...
minsley31
Feb 7, 202410 min read
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Kiekie
One of the sweetest kai in our Raukumara Pae Maunga. Male and female kiekie flowers and fruits are both edible. The male flower is the...
minsley31
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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Karaka
Nau mai haere mai ki Whenua Wenerei. Karaka were one of several species cultivated and moved around the country by our tipuna. We live...
minsley31
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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Native orchids
This time of the year most people are unaware of the flower show happening right under our feet. Koanga, spring is the time for our...
minsley31
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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Pepeketua
Kia ora koutou katoa. Nau mai haere mai ki Whenua Wenerei. Looking forward to sharing my passion for our Taiao with a strong focus on our...
minsley31
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Pānui Takurua / Hōtoke 2023
Manāwatia a Matariki, Matariki Kāinga Hokia! We hope this pānui finds you all well and ready to shake off our tail feathers as the last...
Natalie Jessup
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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Second successful aerial application of 1080 for predator control
Winter 2023 has seen the second successful aerial application of 1080 in te Raukūmara, another essential step in the long journey towards...
Natalie Jessup
Aug 28, 20234 min read
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Kōtuku Award for Raukūmara Pae Maunga
In August Forest & Bird presented the Kōtuku Award to Raukūmara Pae Maunga Restoration Project for our ambitious project to control pest...
Natalie Jessup
Aug 5, 20231 min read
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Putiputi o Te Aopouri – Flower of the Underworld discovered and kept alive by a man and his dog
Some call this taonga Putiputi o Te Aopouri, others call it Pua o Te Reinga, both translate to Flowers of The Underworld. Image: Doc Our...
rwharepapa
Jul 23, 20232 min read
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Matariki celebration for our part of the world
Over three days in June volunteers and Raukūmara Pae Maunga kaimahi, established a rongoa maara with two thousand five hundred trees and...
rwharepapa
Jul 23, 20232 min read
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