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Community stories: Taking action for nature

Species recovery, Auckland Te whakarauora taiao ki Tāmaki Makaurau

The ecology project team at Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust are committed to protecting their whenua

  whenualandMāori | Noun. The team do lots of planting, clearing of scrub, pulling weeds from trees to give them a better chance at life, beekeeping, and trapping.

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Kei te pūmau te rōpū mātai hauropi o Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust ki te whakamarumarutanga o tō rātou whenua.

The team do lots of planting, clearing of scrub, pulling weeds from trees to give them a better chance at life, beekeeping, and trapping.

They maintain their native bush and other landscape projects with plants supplied by our own nursery. Visit the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust.

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E whakapau kaha ana te rōpū ki te whakatō rākau, ki te ngakingaki puihi, ki te huhuti otaota kia pai ai te tipu o ngā rākau, ki te mahi pī me te hopu riha. 

Kei te whakatōkia ā mātou rākau ki tō rātou ngahere me ō rātou kaupapa whakapai whenua.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust.

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