Tim Higham
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...
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Tim Higham
- May 19
- 1 min
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...
Tim Higham
- May 11
- 1 min
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...
Tim Higham
- Apr 6
- 3 min
Billy Wii: Passing things on
In 1972 when the track from Mabey Road to Tataweka was put in Billy Wii watched his Uncle Sonny and Uncle Jim on their bulldozers. “I’d...
Tim Higham
- Mar 7
- 3 min
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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
Tim Higham
- 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...
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...
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...
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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