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... Read MoreHUAMĀRAMA – 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... Read MoreMATARIKI | 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... Read MoreMaking 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... Read MoreKura 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;... Read MoreAkona 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... Read MoreYoung 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,... Read MoreSurplus 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... Read MoreNoho 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,... Read More
