Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust, in partnership with Te Anau Waitangi Day Charitable Trust, are holding a Matariki Weaving Wānanga (weekend weaving workshop) at Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu Lodge on the 21st to 23rd June 2024.

Our Te Taiao Wānanga is aimed at whānau who want to help with our Mahinga Kai Restoration project, connect with others, and reconnect with their ancestral lands

Join us at this community intiative where weavers can come together and practice raranga/flax weaving.

Read our Annual Report 2022/23 to find out more about our achievements over the last year.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) testing has revealed the presence of several threatened and elusive native species within a traditional Māori food and resource gathering (mahika kai) restoration area.

Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust, in partnership with Te Anau Waitangi Day Charitable Trust, are holding a Matariki Weaving Wānanga (weekend weaving workshop) at Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu Lodge on the 21st to 23rd July 2023.

We are delighted to release our 2021/22 Annual Report which details the progress made over the last year by Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust.

Four past and influential Trustees of Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust were honoured with a celebration and commemorative planting on 5th November 2022.

Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust, in partnership with Te Anau Waitangi Day Charitable Trust, are holding a Matariki Raranga Wānaka (weekend weaving workshop) at Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu on the 18th to 19th June 2022.

Feral pigs are one of the biggest threats to biodiversity at Te Kōawa. They are widespread in the valley, and impede native seedling regeneration and disturb native plantings. They also known to directly prey on bird’s eggs and chicks, frogs, invertebrates, even tuna.

A holistic mahika kai restoration project at Te Kōawa continues the important mahi to restore and enhance mahika kai/traditional Māori food and resource gathering in the Jericho Valley.

We are delighted to release our 2020/21 Annual Report which details the progress made over the last year by Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust.

It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of one of our Trustees, Sandra Cook. Sandra has a strong connection to Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu and was a valued Trustee.

Mark Sutton from the Waiau Trust has seen first hand the transformation of Te Kōawa over the last 45 years. He shares his association with the site and the changes he’s seen.

Local community group lends a hand to plant 800 natives at Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu, marking the start of a substantial replanting programme by the Trust.

Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau/Sinclair Wetlands near Dunedin is a regionally important wetland that is a wāhi taonga – a culturally significant site for mahinga kai, conservation, recreation and education. The Trustees visited Te Nohoaka in 2020 for their AGM