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Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Healthy soil helps the environment, so farmers in Canterbury are changing the way they farm, and sharing the knowledge with other farmers in the community, even old hands!
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Ka ora te oneone, ka ora hoki te taiao, nā reira kei te tini ngā kaipāmu o Waitahi i ā rātou mahi pāmu. Kei te tuku atu hoki rātou i ēnei mātauranga ki ngā kaipāmu o tō rātou hapori – ki ngā ihuoneone hoki!
Planting mixed species helps to feed the soil as well as the cattle. Healthy, covered soil stores more carbon dioxide and can cut the nitrogen in half. This will help the paddocks to stay lush for longer – the bees love it, too.
See people getting hands-on to help fight climate change.
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.
Saving one of the world’s rarest trees, the kaikōmako manawatāwhi | Three Kings kaikōmako (Pennantia baylisiana): a story of species recovery work for ‘the loneliest tree’ undertaken by Ngāti Kurī and Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research.
The Glass Packaging Forum is focused on the recovery of glass containers and jars from across Aotearoa New Zealand and returning them to the furnace to complete a ‘full circle’. On average, a glass bottle or jar made in Aotearoa New Zealand contains 69% recycled glass.
Little River Ruru Rescue are protecting their native birds (including ruru) by catching possums, stoats, and rats.
