MATARIKI NATIVE PLANTING ON MAUAO

June 24th (Matariki Public Holiday)

PiPS are excited to announce our first native planting on Mauao and we would love you to join us! This is a little different to traditional plantings, as tamariki grew these natives at our local schools from seed collected off Mauao over a year ago as part of the PiPS Mauao Regeneration Project! Local iwi has set aside a special site on Mauao for the natives to grow, in what we have named the “PiPS Whanau Ngahere”, a place you can visit for years to come - very special!

Te Puna I Rangiriri Trust have just released information for Matariki Ki Mauao 2022 and our re-planting will take place after the opening of the ātea a rangi (a celestial star compass) at the top of Mauao. This ceremony takes place at the Mauao summit at 5:45am and following this, we will walk down to the PiPS Whanau Ngahere site to start the planting, with PWO Navigator Jack Thatcher (CNZM) blessing our site and Josh Clark, Mauao Environment Advisor helping us.

Nau mai haere mai e te whanau. Please register your interest and we will send information closer to date around timings and where to meet. If you do not wish to take part in the opening at the summit, you can meet us at the planting site
REGISTER HERE