Naumai, haere mai, whānau and friends ki te Roto Whatumā, a lake and raupō wetland regenerating one tree at a time. Join us for our spring planting of 10.000 trees and hear a little about the early days for hapū who lived here and treasured the lake as their food basket.

Details

Come to Lake Whatumā, Racecourse Road, by the red shed, everyone welcome

Date: week of 1 – 5 September (scheduled planting date tbc).

Bring your kai, wai and spade (if you have one), gloves, and wear your gumboots.

Look after papatūānuku, and papatūānuku will look after you!

For more information and to register your interest, send us (Mauri Oho) a message and your contact details in the box below. We’ll get right back to you!

Naumai, haere mai whānau and friends ki te Sunrise track car park.

Mauri Oho kaimanaaki taiao leading the wānanga, sharing their trapping pūrakau, like what do you do when there’s hedgehog in your trap?

Get hands on trapping experience in te taiao. Learn about the pests and ngā manu we are protecting. Enjoy and get to know the lowland podocarp forest with mature kahikatea, totara, red beech and other plants. Listen to ngā manu sing, recognise te waiata o te piwakawaka, toutouwai, riorio, tauhou and more.

Together we’ll walk to Swamp Loop Walk, 12 traps to check.

Hapū and whānau, me mahi tahi tatou. Take action and sign up today to trap pests like rats and stoats to help ngā manu, wildlife and te Taiao to thrive.

Hononga taiao ~ Huinga taiao ~ mauri ora!  ~ by connection with nature all life is rejuvenated.

Details

Come to Sunrise carpark, off Wakarara Rd, everyone welcome

Date: week of 1 – 5 September

Bring your kai, wai, and gloves and wear your boots or walking shoes.

For more information and to register your interest, send a message and your contact details in the box below.

Do you get out into the Ruahine backcountry, hunt?  tramp? enjoy a hikoi? Would you be keen to check trapline while you are out in the Ruahine?

We have a bunch of different traplines across the nor ’eastern Ruahine that need regular trapline checks and service to help suppress mustelids to low levels, so taonga species like whio (blue duck) and kiwi can survive and thrive. These taonga species need our trapping support from trappers keen to do regular trapline checks.

Mauri Oho can offer support you while you get to know the trapline. We will provide maps and trapline information, bait, and a spanner. You’ll need your usual backcountry gear for one day trapline checks, and overnight stay outs. Sometimes there’ll be an overnight trip to stay in one of the backcountry huts. Transport drop offs and picks up can be arranged for some traplines.

Does this sound like something you’re keen to know more about and where to sign up?

For more information and to register your interest, send us a message, as well as your contact details in the box below. New team trapper sign up form.

This coming spring in October and November, Mauri Oho offer two spaces for rangatahi to join the Mauri Oho team to help with riparian plant maintenance.

Details

The 2025 planting season in Tamatea has been very busy, with the Team planting approx. 50,000 trees and wetland plants in the Tukipo and Tukituki Land care and Tamatea rohe surrounds.

Get to know more about planting in te taiao, different toetoe, harakeke, trees, and plants and how to regenerate ngā awa and fenced off stream sides. Schedule details for upcoming mahi, to be confirmed.

Look after papatūānuku, and papatūānuku will look after you.

Does this sound like something you’re keen to know more about and where to sign up?

For more information and to register your interest, send us (Mauri Oho) a message and your contact details in the box below. We’ll get right back to you!