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Te Oro o te Mahoe

June 2026 Nau mai, hoki mai e te whānau We hope you are all keeping well wherever you are across Aotearoa and beyond. It has been a while since our last pānui, and there has been plenty happening here at home in Oromahoe. This update is a short one, as we are planning to share more detail with you all in person at an upcoming Special General Meeting. More on that soon. Horticulture and land development Over the past period, the Trust has continued progressing work around hort

6 days ago

Any Tai Tamariki interested in sustainable native forestry?

Opportunities to learn by volunteering are coming up. Practical tasks include: · Surveying the areas of native forest – measuring trees in sample plots for a Sustainable Forest Management (SFM Plan). · Selecting and measuring potential harvest trees for an Annual Logging Plan (ALP) · Observing selective harvests in action. · Portable sawmilling. What’s involved? These tasks will be undertaken over the next few weeks/month or so. Anyone wa

Mar 13

Kiwi’s on the Whenua

We’ve received some great news about the health of our whenua – our kiwi population love it here! Seven Sites, Seven Successes On one night of recording, monitoring devices were placed at seven sites across the farm to capture kiwi calls at night. The results show kiwi were heard at every single site, with call rates ranging from 2.7 to 12 calls per hour. Four of the sites recorded 5 calls or more per hour, which is considered high kiwi activity. All seven sites also picked

Sep 4, 2025