Ngai Tamawhariua Ki Te Rereatukahia Taiao Charitable Trust

Te Maire 2021, Ngāi Tamawhariua Ki Te Rereatukahia Taiao Charitable Trust, aims to restore the plants, birds, pekapeka and insects, thus the mauri, of the southern section of the Kaimai Ranges Forest, namely in the Aongatete area.

The Vision of Ngai Tamawhariua Ki Te Rereatukahia Hapu is to restore the sustainability of their ngahere for the benefits of all current and future generations to appreciate the natural beauty of the ngahere and all that lies within it.

Restoring the mauri of the forest to maintain a healthy and functioning forest ecosystem, will at a minimum require controlling possums, rats, mustelids and cats to low levels. Successful animal pest control will require investment in infrastructure including marked and cut tracks, traps and bait stations, a work-base and an operation base.

We Started off with 500ha under management in April 2022 and managed to get extra funding for another 500ha a year later and currently administer 1000ha. In total 847ha under actual pest management.

From setting our first trap in September of 2022 to December 2024 we have removed 12,050 Pests from the Ngahere.

We intend on completing our goal to have Kiwi's re-introduced into the Kaimai ranges as well as other birds and protect the last standing Kauri trees that is the only place where Kauri dieback has not been detected from spreading into the Kaimai Ranges and ease any potential spread by reducing the number of pests within the Kaimai