Te Ahu Pātiki Charitable Trust

It’s about the Maunga / Kaitiakitanga Guardianship / Partnership / Respect and Integrity

The Te Ahu Pātiki Chritable Trust's vision is to protect the biodiversity and secure enduring public access to the two highest summits in the wider Ōtautahi Christchurch area. Te Ahu Pātiki is a highlight of Te Ara Pātaka - the spectacular summit ridgeline tramping track connecting the Ōhinehou Lyttelton and Akaroa craters. A network of tracks connects Te Ahu Pātiki to Orton Bradley Park and the Te Waipapa Diamond Harbour ferry jetty.

The Te Ahu Pātiki Charitable Trust is a not for profit organisation whose purpose is to care for the Te Ahu Pātiki Park. The purchase of the park was enabled through the donations of more than 3000 people and the Trust continues to rely on the generosity of the public to maintain and develop the Park.

Te Ahu Pātiki contains a wide diversity of habitats, predominantly north facing over an altitudinal range from 200m to 900m, including sub-alpine summits, bluffs, rocky outcrops, old growth remnants and regeneration through gorse and open pasture. Removal of grazing stock enables old growth remnants on the block to replenish and seed new trees. Natural regeneration through the gorse canopy that covers much of the land will transform to mature forest in time, as it has done at the successful Hinewai Reserve near Akaroa.