Kawepūrongo / Raukūmara Pae Maunga news and updates

Tūngia te ururua kia tupu whakaritorito te tupu o te harakeke Clear away the undergrowth so the new shoots of the harakeke can spring...

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?...

In June we launched a 6 week native rākau identification programme where we had members of our local community bind together sharing...

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...

For more than a century, the introduction of deer and goats has profoundly effected the native ecosystem of the Raukūmara. Introduced in...

Yesterday evening as Rākaunui rose above Te Raukūmara Ngahere a cheeky Kākā paid Little Awanui a special visit. Kākā are a roaming bird...

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...

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...

December 2023 - February 2024 “Te tātarakihi, te pihareinga; ko ngā manu ēnā o Rēhua” The locust and the cricket are Rehua's songbirds...

Pānui Kōanga / Spring 2023 “Ka tangi te Pīpīwharauroa, ko ngā karere a Mahuru” If the shining cuckoo cries, it is the messenger of spring...

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...

Nau mai haere mai ki Whenua Wenerei. Karaka were one of several species cultivated and moved around the country by our tipuna. We live...

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...

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...

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...

Winter 2023 has seen the second successful aerial application of 1080 in te Raukūmara, another essential step in the long journey towards...

In August Forest & Bird presented the Kōtuku Award to Raukūmara Pae Maunga Restoration Project for our ambitious project to control pest...

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...

Over three days in June volunteers and Raukūmara Pae Maunga kaimahi, established a rongoa maara with two thousand five hundred trees and...

The Raukūmara Pae Maunga Restoration Project proudly supports community initiatives that aid the eradication of injurious pests.