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The loneliest tree: Kaikōmako manawatāwhiRākau mokemoke: Kaikōmako manawatāwhi

Saving one of the world’s rarest trees, the kaikōmako manawatāwhi | Three Kings kaikōmako (Pennantia baylisiana): a story of species recovery work for ‘the loneliest tree’ undertaken by Ngāti Kurī and Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

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E whakarauora ana i tētahi o ngā rākau onge o te ao, arā, ko te kaikōmako manawatāwhi: he kōrero mō ngā mahi whakarauora a Ngāti Kurī me Manaaki Whenua mō te ‘rākau mokemoke rawa atu’.

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See people getting hands-on to fight pests and help endangered species.

Grab your phone and volunteer for a nature project near you: tepapa.nz/collaborate

This project is part of Te Taiao | Nature at Te Papa.

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Restoring farm waterways, Mangakahia, Northland

Dairy farmer Andrew Booth replants and nurtures his family farm, restoring farm water waterways and creating new wetlands with volunteers from the Mangakahia community.

Bringing back the birds, Predator Free Miramar

Predator Free Miramar is a volunteer, not-for-profit, community effort to rid the Peninsula of rats and mice, and bring back the birds and the bush to Wellington’s eastern suburbs.

Dairy farmers bringing back kiwi, Northland

Lodore Farm has been producing dairy for 30 years – but that’s not the whole story. A quarter of the farm is native bush, with kauri, rimu, tōtara, and waterfalls, and home to around 50 pairs of North Island brown kiwi.