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Kūmara Harvest Waimā

20 June 2022

We are excited to celebrate the growing reach Te Aho Tū Roa is establishing in Tamaki Makaurau. Here, Poutautoko Pania Newton reports on 3 days spent at Tuhirangi Marae in Waimā with Pāpā Rereata, learning about tikanga around how to harvest kūmara. Pakuranga Baptist Kindergarden...
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HUAMĀRAMA – He Kaupapa Mauri Ora ā-Whānau

10 June 2022

Huamārama is a reo Māori resource book of everyday things we can do to enact rangatiratanga in our homes in sync with taiao.    Huamārama shares creative, innovative and sustainable practices in the home, and everyday life. The production and development of Huamārama was supported...
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MATARIKI | Mahinga maramataka

30 May 2022

Te Aho Tū Roa Poutautoko Rawinia Kingi shares some of the mahi happening in Tairawhiti. Since May a collective of us, led by Te Aho Tū Roa along with Te Whare Hauora o Te Aitanga ā Hauiti, Huiterangiora and Taniwha Connections have been leading small...
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Making a stand through donations

21 April 2022

Back in 2020, a personal purchase by one of the Toimata team led to being approached by Stand Desk, a designer and importer of feature-packed and environmentally friendly standing desks. They are members of 1% For the Planet and wanted to set-up a regular donation...
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Kura Taiao: Wānanga Hauhake Kūmara Ki Waimā

15 April 2022

Anō te pai te āhuareka o te noho o ngā teina me ngā tuākana i runga i te whakaaro kotahi! He wānanga hauhake kūmara tēnei i karangahia e Pāpā Rereata Makiha ki Tuhirangi Marae i Waimā, Hokianga. Ko ngā kaupapa i wānangahia, he hauhake kūmara;...
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Akona Atu, Akona Mai

31 March 2022

Te Aho Tū Roa Kaiwhakapūmau / Poutautoko Joanne Murray shares some of the mahi happening in Te Hiku o Te Ika. "Akona Atu, akona mai" is a series of 1 day wānanga taiao which we trialled as a pilot project looking at ways to engage...
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Young voices help shape waipā district council’s long term plan

24 March 2022

Waipā District Council sought student voices towards their Long Term Plan. Embedded in this process were the Enviroschools Guiding Principles of ‘empowered students’ and ‘sustainable communities’. Towards the end of 2021, students from a number of local primary Enviroschools, shared their vision for the district,...
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Surplus puaka and provocations lead to Lees Street Kindergarten Sharing Shelf

21 January 2022

Lees Street Kindergarten in Invercargill was a recipient of the Earthwise Action Fund in 2021. This enabled them to get materials for a project that considered how to share surplus from their gardens with the community. Lees Street Kindergarten community map Through tamariki and whānau...
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Noho Taratahi – Te Aho Tū Roa in Tāmaki Makaurau

21 December 2021

Te Aho Tū Roa Poutautoko Pania Newton shares her experiences of mahi in Auckland during 2021, continuing to be innovative in how  to support, deliver, or connect with the various roopu and kaupapa through two covid 19 lockdowns. With our kaupapa being based here in Tāmaki,...
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Holding the vision of Te Aho Tū Roa and Enviroschools