Hiku Davis: Working with a sense of the past
Hiku Davis’s family has gone by different names – Snowdon, Davis, Davies, and Rewiti. They reflect a mixing of bloods and fortune since...
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Tū Mai Taonga has produced a 2022 Year in Review Report to highlight progress since the formation of its Project Steering Committee. Anchored in the Tikanga of Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea, the project has drawn on technical expertise to create a robust operations plan and pathway to the eradication of feral cats and rats from Aotea. The first field work has begun in Te Paparahi.
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hannah3726
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Te Papa Atawhai and Tū Mai Taonga sign agreements
Tū Mai Taonga Project Steering Committee Chair Opo Ngawaka and DOC Aotea Operations Manager Kirsty Prior signing community agreements on...
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hannah3726
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Bird Count shows importance of Tū Mai Taonga work
Analysis of the island-wide Aotea Bird Count carried out every year on the first weekend in December highlights the importance of...
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hannah3726
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
Tū Mai Taonga at Pestival
The Pestival is an annual event hosted by the Great Barrier Island Environmental Trust. It brings together the many conservation projects...
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hannah3726
- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
Wild at heart
Thirty years ago Marilyn Stephens lay on a mattress in the whare at Motairehe marae watching pāteke come up from the creek and cross the...
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hannah3726
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Tū Mai Taonga workers receive mana whenua blessing
A Pōwhiri at Kawa Marae and a Karanga at the start of the Burrill Route on Monday morning have enabled field workers for the Tū Mai...
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hannah3726
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Q&A with Tū Mai Taonga's Operations Manager Chris Giblin
What brought you to Aotea? Sarah and I moved to Aotea from the Chatham Islands back in 2017 to take up a role as operation managers of...
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hannah3726
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Tū Mai Taonga looks to bring workers home
The Tū Mai Taonga project is hosting a recruitment workshop in Auckland next month to assist Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea whānau who are...
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hannah3726
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
Getting started at Tū Mai Taonga
This week, the first recruits to Tū Mai Taonga began orientation and training from the project’s base at Akapoua. William West, Jordan...
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hannah3726
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
Te Wānanga Whakamātaki the Māori Biosecurity wānanga
Tū Mai Taonga Project Lead, Makere Jenner, recently attended Te Wānanga Whakamātaki - Māori Biosecurity wānanga, hosted by Te Tira...
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hannah3726
- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
July 2022 Newsletter
Tena koutou katoa, We are currently laying the groundwork so that operations can begin this winter. In April we sought expressions of...
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hannah3726
- Jul 27, 2022
- 2 min
April 2022 Newsletter
Tena koutou katoa, I’m excited to take the helm of the Tū Mai Taonga project at this critical stage. We have completed a transition from...
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hannah3726
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
Minister of Conservation announces extra funding for island conservation project
Caption: Tū Mai Taonga Acting Project Lead Makere Jenner and Opo Ngawaka, Chair of the Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust, with...
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Tim Higham
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
Taking Responsibility and Living as Part of Nature: Opo Ngawaka on the Tū Mai Taonga Project.
Opo and Elaine Ngawaka live among the largest tākapu or gannet colony in the Hauraki Gulf. The home is nestled above a hidden cove on...
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Tim Higham
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
The Tū Mai Taonga Project is seeking expressions of interest for field work in northern Aotea - GBI
The Tū Mai Taonga project is seeking expressions of interest from contracting companies for the provision of labour for field work in the...
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Tim Higham
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Important Milestone for Tū Mai Taonga with First Steering Committee Meeting
The Tū Mai Taonga Steering Committee met on January 26th for its first meeting since the project transferred to the leadership of the...
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Makere Jenner
- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
We Need to Talk About Cats - RNZ
Radio New Zealand’s Sharon Brett-Kelly talks to Judy Gilbert and about the Tū Mai Taonga Project in her podcast “We need to talk about...
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Tim Higham
- Jan 7, 2022
- 3 min
Island Stories: Moving the Middle Ground
From the deck of the Aotea Track’s Mt Heale (Matāwhero) Hut the vista at twilight is awe-inspiring. It faces west towards Te...
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Tim Higham
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
Tū Mai Taonga Project Under New Leadership
Conservation efforts on Aotea Great Barrier have been strengthened by a new Memorandum of Understanding between the Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai...
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Makere Jenner
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Worth It
My name is Makere Jenner. I’ve recently begun work on the Tū Mai Taonga project and I’d like to tell you why. A couple of years ago, our...
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