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The kaumātua and the karamū bush
Māori kaumātua (elder) Opo Ngawaka lives on one of the most remote islands in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a population of just three. He’s...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
Jun 43 min read


The call of Tū Mai Taonga - coming home for conservation
Tū Mai Taonga’s ambitious indigenous led conservation project on Aotea, Great Barrier Island , is unique in that it is restoring its...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
Jun 42 min read


The lone walk of the Wāhi Tapu advisor
Our whenua, our land, holds and tells our stories, and our stories are the identity of our iwi, Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea. Hiku Davis...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
Jun 43 min read


Rodent removal on Aotea, Great Barrier’s Broken Islands on target
On some of the most remote islands off Aotearoa New Zealand - the team at Tū Mai Taonga have been removing rats. The methodology has been...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
Jun 42 min read


Technology helping feral cat removal on Aotea, Great Barrier Island
Tū Mai Taonga is undertaking one of the largest feral cat removal operations on an inhabited island, in the world. Cage trapping is the...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
Jun 33 min read


Global news agency profiles Tū Mai Taonga
International news agency Associated Press has profiled the Tū Mai Taonga project - putting the spotlight on indigenous led conservation,...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
May 81 min read


Tū Mai Taonga Impact Report 2024
Tū Mai Taonga is delighted to present its 2024 Impact Report. It profiles the project's progression restoring people and place on Aotea,...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
May 71 min read


TŪ MAI TAONGA WELCOMES NEW FUNDING FROM PREDATOR FREE 2050 LTD
' Tū Mai Taonga, an indigenous led conservation project on Aotea, Great Barrier Island, has been granted additional funding from Predator...
Hannah Gale (Tu Mai Taonga)
Feb 202 min read


Ngā mihi to our unique Tū Mai Taonga storyteller, Tim Higham
We have recently farewelled Tim Higham from the Tū Mai Taonga team - a passionate storyteller and advocate for restoring people and place.
jessy325
Feb 113 min read


International recognition for Tū Mai Taonga
One of the world’s leading conservation publications, National Geographic, has featured Tū Mai Taonga.
michelle54806
Feb 41 min read


NZ Police praise Tū Mai Taonga team for search and rescue
The New Zealand Police have commended the Tū Mai Taonga team for assisting them in a search and rescue for a young child lost on Aotea,...
michelle54806
Jan 231 min read


Foundation North announces $2.6M grant to Tū Mai Taonga
Tū Mai Taonga, a Māori-led conservation project on Aotea, Great Barrier Island, has been awarded funding from the community trust...
michelle54806
Jan 92 min read


Tū Mai Taonga 2023 Impact Report
The Tū Mai Taonga project recently published it’s 2023 Impact Report report for the June AGM of the Ngāti Rehua Ngāti Wai Ki Aotea Trust....
michelle34089
Jul 15, 20241 min read


Tū Mai Taonga delivers impact
"The best Christmas present I ever had was no rats," says Māhuki resident Elaine Ngawaka. "None in the house, no smell of rat poo...
michelle34089
Jul 5, 20241 min read


Tū Mai Taonga at the Ecology Vision Festival 2023
Tū Mai Taonga's Wahi Tapu Advisor, Hiku Davis, and Communications Manager, Tim Higham discussed working with a sense of the past at the...
it8902
Dec 14, 20231 min read


Driving towards success
Tū Mai Taonga now has several newly licensed drivers on the team after sending an 11-person contingent to Pukekohe for Driving Boot Camp....
it8902
Dec 11, 20231 min read


Presentation to Auckland Council's Planning, Environment, and Parks Committee
Tū Mai Taonga Steering Committee member Izzy Fordham and Project Lead Makere Jenner gave a presentation to Auckland Council's Planning,...
it8902
Nov 7, 20231 min read


Island Stories: Tū Mai Taonga project taking shape and in great heart
The Tū Mai Taonga project has begun operations in the north of the island with around 30 staff now employed to find new ways to rid the...
it8902
Aug 29, 20233 min read


An Unlikely Bushman
Lindsey Davies is an unlikely bushman. He moved to the island eight months ago to stay with his grandfather Sydney Davies. “I grew up in...
it8902
May 19, 20231 min read


Tū Mai Taonga recently featured in two podcasts on Radio New Zealand.
The Detail’s Sharon Brettkelly joined Project Lead Makere Jenner on a walk up Hirakimatā and to meet seabird ecologist and island...
it8902
May 11, 20231 min read
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