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The leader of a Jobs for Nature project run by Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke, in partnership with Living Springs and Conservation Volunteers New Zealand, is welcoming a funding transition strategy designed to keep the mahi going. Jobs for Nature is a $1.19 billion programme that manages funding across multiple government agencies to benefit the…
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Te Rūnaka o Arowhenua and Timaru District Council have transformed the way in which they collaborate on stormwater management. So good has the collaboration become that the Rūnaka, the council and their representatives have received national recognition. Among those recognised is Aoraki Environmental Consultancy (AEC), which provides environmental planning and policy advice on behalf of…
Read MoreNgāi Tahu Farming is spearheading the largest single farm-system regenerative farming trial in Aotearoa with a view to reducing water use, carbon emissions and nitrate leaching. The seven-year trial, conducted in partnership with Ngāi Tūāhuriri and the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund, began in August 2022. Named Te Whenua Hou…
Ngāi Tahu Farming has diverted 45 per cent of its farming operation’s waste from landfill to recycled products thanks to PlasBack. PlasBack is an innovative agricultural plastics recycling scheme, which is contributing to Ngāi Tahu Farming’s commitment to removing single-use plastics by 2025. The scheme was introduced at both Te Whenua Hou and Balmoral farms…
Ngāi Tahu Farming is restoring pockets of native habitats at its Te Whenua Hou farm north-west of Ōtautahi (Christchurch). The company has planted more than 210,000 native trees and shrubs common to Ka Pākiwhakatekateka a Waitaha (the Canterbury Plains) since 2015 to enhance native plant and animal communities. Dedicated dryland reserves have been set aside…
The only UNESCO Global Geopark in Australasia wouldn’t have become so without mana whenua. UNESCO Geoparks are areas of global geological significance, managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. There are 177 such parks in 46 countries. Waitaki Whitestone spans more than 7000km2 stretching from the east coast of the South…
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Kāi Tahu academic Megan Pōtiki has been appointed regional co-lead for Te Pūkenga’s Region 4, which spans the Kāi Tahu takiwā. Te Pūkenga is the new education provider, which merged 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics and 11 transitional industry training organisations. It is required to operate in a way that allows it to develop…
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By Arihia Bennett, chief executive of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu After a succession of big-spending budgets and much funding allocated to cyclone and flood recovery, Budget 2023 was understandably restrained. The end of Covid-spending and the necessity of funding cyclone and flooding recovery have led us to the so-called “no frills” budget. Still, for…
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By Lisa Tumahai, Kaiwhakahaere (Chair) of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Our global outlook is uncertain – we are facing challenges our tīpuna (ancestors) never encountered. The intergenerational consequences of a lack of climate action, emerging risks of unregulated artificial intelligence development, and campaigns of disinformation all threaten to undermine wider society. Te Rūnanga o…
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