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Community stories: Taking action for nature

Stream clean-up, Porirua Te whakatikatika manga wai, Porirua

Cleaning rubbish from local awa

  awariversMāori | Noun plays an integral role in protecting our ika ikafishMāori | Noun and other living things in our water. Natone Park School, Porirua proved a great team and kaitiaki

  kaitiakiguardiansMāori | Noun. They even removed a whole trolley. This is just one of the programmes run by Mountains to Sea Wellington and local schools.

Make a difference

See people getting hands-on to help our lakes and rivers.

Grab your phone and volunteer for a nature project near you: tepapa.nz/collaborate

This project is part of Te Taiao | Nature at Te Papa.

Me kaitiaki

Tirohia ngā tāngata o Aotearoa e whakamāui ake ana i ngā roto me ngā awa.

Tīkina tō waea, tīpakohia tētahi kaupapa taiao e pātata ana ki a koe. tepapa.nz/collaborate

Ko tenei kaupapa he waahanga no Te Taiao | Nature i Te Papa.

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