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The iwi-led conservation project, Raukūmara Pae Maunga, has released its Pūrongo Whakaora / Restoration Report 2020 - 2025 , which shares five years of significant impact, lessons learnt, and the journey to restore the Raukūmara: the last remaining, large native forest (250,000 ha) from ‘mountain to sea’ in Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island. The report details how invasive species such as deer, goat, possums and rats have devastated the forest; silencing birdlife, destabilising the land,...

He kōrero nō te ngahuru – Spring Update E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi o te Raukūmara, tēnā koutou katoa. As we moved through our third spring since 1080, our special forest is once again showing signs of renewal. Eyes on the ground and in the sky are witnessing life returning at an incredible rate. Its everything we dreamed of…. how lucky are we to be in the front row. This pānui is a reflection of those eye witnessing moments and as always, the mahi speaks for itself. LIFE ...

Raukūmara Pae Maunga has today welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will receive $6 million over the next three years to support its large-scale (130,000 ha), indigenous-led conservation programme that is underway on Aotearoa New Zealand’s East Coast. Announced in Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty at a national gathering of iwi-led conservation projects, the Kāhui Taiao Tūroa Symposium, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka commended Raukūmara Pae Maunga on its outstanding restoration efforts over...