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Plants for the Moanataiari Lookout

$190 of $220 goal
Given by 4 generous donors in 14 days

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Thames, Waikato

Kia ora friends!

Our next working bee is the end of August when we'll be planting the cleared area around the new Moanataiari Lookout. You can read details here: https://tea.org.nz/2025/08/12/30th-august-2025-moanataiari-lookout-planting-bee/

We'll need to buy low-growing plants like muelenbeckia axillaris (wirevine, a good hardy groundcover) hebe stricta (lovely small bushes), coprosma rhamnoides (also called twiggy coprosma), and mingimingi.

The plants themselves will cost approximately $200, then $20 for water crystals to help the planting become established.

Anything raised above what we need for this project will go towards the next TEA working bee. Thanks so much for your support!

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Moanataiari - we made it!  31 August 2025

Thanks so much for your generosity! TEA and some awesome volunteers spent Saturday afternoon getting the lookout planted, watered, and ready to grow. It's looking fantastic - and you had a big hand in that!

With your donations, we were able to purchase about 140 native plants, including mapere (Gahnia setifolia), pukio (Carex virgata), wharariki (Phormium cookianum), some smaller bushes of Coprosma rhamnoides, and a rugged, prostrate Muelenbeckia axillaris which we hope will spread and provide good ground cover.

For more photos and information, head over to our Moanataiari Lookout track page on the TEA website: https://tea.org.nz/moanataiari-track/

Remember to sign up to our newsletter at https://tea.org.nz/newsletters/ to stay up to date about upcoming projects, and thanks again for being part of making this happen!

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Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 16 Aug 2025
$20
Thames Environmental Alliance

Thanks very much for your support :)

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Sue
Sue on 16 Aug 2025
$100
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Wow, Sue, thanks so much for your generosity!

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Helen
Helen on 15 Aug 2025
Thank you for all your hard mahi.
$20
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Thanks for helping make it all happen, Helen!

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Alia
Alia on 15 Aug 2025
Looking forward to watching this area thrive <3
$50
Thames Environmental Alliance

Thanks so much, Alia! We're looking forward to that too :)

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This campaign started on 15 Aug 2025 and ended on 29 Aug 2025.