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Celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with us. Speak, write, listen, sing, play and learn something new every day!

Whaowhia te kete mātauranga.

Fill the basket of knowledge.

Annual General Meeting

28 October 2021, 5pm

You are warmly invited to join us at Kaipātiki Project Annual General Meeting 2021. Help us celebrate and reflect on the year that has been. This is a great opportunity to meet people involved in the organisation and acknowledge many achievements that have taken place over the last year.

Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Location: 47 Pearn Place, Northcote, Zero Waste Hub Northcote

If we are still in Level 2 or 3, the AGM will take place via ZOOM. We will update everyone registered closer to the event date.

Become a Member

Your Membership helps us grow the organisation and deliver more programmes, grow more plants, restore more of the local bush and support more people on their journey towards a totally sustainable Auckland.

Your Annual Membership benefits:

Voting rights at our AGM
Be invited to Kaipātiki Project courses and events
Enable Kaipātiki Project to deliver on our vision to grow a sustainable future for people and nature.

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Sustainable Business Awards

Sustainability Superstar

Charmaine Bailie, our inspiring Chair, has always been our Superstar, sharing her knowledge and guiding us through our sustainability journey. Char has been shortlisted at the Sustainable Business Awards as a Sustainability Superstar. We couldn't be prouder and congratulate all the finalists. Thank you, Char for sharing your positive energy, deep knowledge, expertise, and for inspiring people around you!

Social Impactor

With incredible support from our volunteers, partners, funders and donors, Kaipātiki Project is also a finalist at the Sustainable Business Awards, recognised as Social Impactor. The winners will be announced in November!

Spring comes to Kaipātiki Project Orchard

The plum trees are covered in white blossom and the bees are enjoying the nectar.

Around the orchard, our native plantings are also bursting into flower. The Karamu Coprosma robusta is showing off that it is a male plant with its flowers dangling down to better allow the wind to blow the pollen about. If you look real closely at the flower cluster you can see a little spider sitting upside down!

The Taupata Coprosma repens with its waxy glossy leaves is well suited to coastal conditions and can keep salt spray at bay. This plant is a female with its short flowers open to catch the windblown pollen.

Planting days

We had a very busy time in the field before the lockdown. We planted 300 native plants at Eskdale Reserve on Glenfield Road. A great mix of volunteers including a group from Miss Earth New Zealand who pulled out a great deal of kikuyu! Plants were kindly provided by The Stout Trust and Trees That Count.

Welcoming a new team member

Restoration Group Co-Ordinator

Maria Valkova joined one of our restoration courses and soon became a regular volunteer. As a restoration enthusiast with MsD in Ecology, we are very lucky to welcome Maria to our team.

Maria was doing research on dynamics of the karst cave geosystems in Bulgaria, her home country. Now her interest focuses on Aotearoa native forest and riparian zones, and their conservation.

UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS

Composting Workshops

Online via ZOOM

Compost Collective is moving some of the workshops online via Zoom. Visit the event calendar below to learn how to join one of the workshops. Follow their Facebook page for regular announcements.

Event Calendar

Indigenous Pest Management by Tame Malcolm

Online via ZOOM

Join the Science Learning Hub as we talk with Tame Malcolm (Te waka o Te Arawa, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Ngararanui, Ngāti Whakaue) about his work and PhD exploring te ao Māori views and values on pest control.

This session will be valuable for everyone interested in mātauranga, science and pest management.

When: Thursday, 23 September 4pm – 4:45pm

What's On

Keep an eye on our workshops and events as we start moving out of lockdown. With a bit of uncertainty in the air, we are regularly updating the events on our website and keeping everyone who's registered informed.

What's On

Online resources

Planting Seeds

Learn from Judith, Teaching Garden Coordinator how we prepare soil and seeds for planting in our garden.

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Compost Success Stories

Are you thinking to start or add a new compost type to your household? Have a look at these inspiring stories from Auckland compost heroes: individuals, families, and social communities who kindly shared their successful composting stories.

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Great Kererū challenge

17 - 26 September 2021

Join Aotearoa biggest citizen science project to help gather information on the abundance and distribution of kererū — also known as kūkū or kūkupa.

Did you know: Kererū are the only bird left in Aotearoa that are able to swallow and disperse the seeds from our largest native trees such as tawa, taraire, pūriri and matai. Kererū can live for 21+ years and are essential for native bush regeneration. Their disappearance would be a disaster for our native forests.

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Auckland Climate Festival

12 - 31 October 2021

The Auckland Climate Festival is an open platform bringing together events focused on climate action and sustainability.
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It is being held for the first time this year from 12-31 October. ACF invites all people of Tāmaki Makaurau to come together during a concentrated period to celebrate and build on the incredible mahi already taking place so together we can get even further towards accelerating the change we need to see.

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About Kaipātiki Project

Based in Auckland’s North, Kaipātiki Project is an innovative eco-hub growing a better future for people and nature.

Along with our regular volunteers, we run a thriving native plant nursery, facilitate forest, streams & estuary restoration, and promote zero waste and local food initiatives.

Get involved by volunteering, donate, become a member or a sponsor.

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