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Some call this taonga Putiputi o Te Aopouri, others call it Pua o Te Reinga, both translate to Flowers of The Underworld. Image: Doc Our dedicated kaimahi Graeme Atkins has worked for 11 years trying to work out ways to keep this taonga around for future generations to enjoy. After much trial and experimentation, he developed a new technique with his beloved kuri to locate undiscovered populations. Graeme and his kuri, Mohiti Dactylanthus is a parasitic plant that gets all its nutrients from...

Over three days in June volunteers and Raukūmara Pae Maunga kaimahi, established a rongoa maara with two thousand five hundred trees and plants in a wetland across the road from Pokai marae. Some of the kaimahi on the day Raukūmara Pae Maunga kaimahi helped prepare the site and started some of the plantings. By the end of the day, with the help of local volunteers, all the dead gorse looked beautiful with native seedlings mass planted through it. This area is a semi coastal wetland and houses...

The Raukūmara Pae Maunga Restoration Project proudly supports community initiatives that aid the eradication of injurious pests.