Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust

09/10/2026

E te whānau, whakapā atu ki a Tracee, mēnā kei te kimi mahi koe 🫶🤎

06/10/2026

Kua tae mai te wā o te kōanga 🌱
Kia puāwai te kōwhai 💛

It’s been a busy month for us, filled with mahi, connection and kaupapa that keep us moving forward.

Over the past month we have:

🌿 Hosted over 70 rangatahi
🤝 Been out supporting our community and working alongside our hāhi whānau
🌱 Planted 30,000 taonga
👉🏼 Been active kaitiaki for our maunga, awa and whenua

And while we’re wrapping up a busy planting season, the mahi doesn’t stop!

🌱 Our nursery team are already preparing to pot up for 2027, getting the next generation of taonga ready to return to the whenua.

🌿 Meanwhile, our operations team are shifting into the next phase of the mahi, maintaining, and caring for the plants we’ve already planted, making sure they have the best chance to thrive.

It’s been awesome to see so many people come together, share kōrero, get stuck into the mahi and care for the places we call home.

Check out some awesome photos below that capture why we’ve been so busy! 📸

He mahi nui, he mahi rangatira,
mō te whenua,
mō te whānau,
mō ngā uri whakatipu.💚

24/07/2026

🌱 Mai te kaakano ki te whenua 🌱

Our nursery team has been busy germinating harakeke seeds collected from Te Oko Horoi, preserving the local whakapapa of these plants for restoration within the Karapiro catchment🌾

These harakeke will be carefully grown in our nursery before being planted in 2027, helping restore the whenua and strengthen the health of our taiao for generations to come. 🌏💚

09/07/2026

✨️Teeraa a Matariki kua mahuta i te pae. ✨

Ngaa hua nui o te Tau Hou Maaori ki a koutou katoa e te whaanau, mai i a maatou o Ngaati Hauaa Mahi Trust! 🤎🌿

08/07/2026

🌱Nearly 40,000 native plants planted as part of the environmental restoration surrounding the new Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant.

🌱Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust is proud to have been part of restoring and protecting the whenua surrounding our tūpuna awa, Waikato, supporting the restoration outcomes set out in Te Ture Whaimana.

A special acknowledgement to Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, the Kaitiaki Group, Waipā Council and everyone involved in this kaupapa. 🤎🌀

24/06/2026

Maa te huruhuru, ka rere te manu 🤎🦅

We're proud to see our kaimahi Elly Wilson, who is currently undertaking an internship with Waikato Regional Council's Integrated Catchment Management team.

At Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust, kaitiakitanga is about environmental restoration and growing our people, while strengthening connections to our whenua, awa and maunga 🌿💧

Opportunities like this help our kaimahi build valuable skills, gain new experiences and contribute to meaningful outcomes for our taiao and future kaitiaki champions

Thank you to our partners, Waikato Regional Council, Waikato River Authority and the landowners for a successful partnership and collaboration. Together, we are creating positive outcomes for our environment and future generations. 💚

Kei runga noa atu koe e Elly!✨️

Intern swaps parades for paddocks 👑➡️🌱

Elly Wilson’s internship with our Integrated Catchment Management directorate is a world away from a placement she once held as a tourism student at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

“I was the understudy for Princess Merida, from Brave, the Scottish Highland princess,” laughs Elly, who’s swapped parades for paddocks, and royal waves for GPS mapping of new fencelines.

“I enjoyed Disney for the experience – my family makes fun of me – but I did it to get out of New Zealand. I saw the opportunity for a small-town Morrinsville girl to go to Disney and thought I’d give it a go.”

Elly, who now works in the Morrinsville-based nursery of Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust (NHMT), also decided to give the 10-week internship with Waikato Regional Council’s Catchments section “a go” when the opportunity came up earlier this year.

“I definitely find it more meaningful than being a Disney princess.”

Elly’s internship is part of a council funding agreement with Waikato River Authority for a planting project in the Karāpiro and Mangaonua catchments to improve water quality, reduce flood risk and support sustainable land management.

Read more about Elly's experience here: https://bit.ly/4vnudeQ

22/06/2026

Mauri ora! 🤎🌱🌿

14/06/2026

🌿 Pohara Poukai 🌿
Our team ended the week at Pohara Poukai and what an awesome way to finish being amongst our people and supporting the kaupapa - The 70th poukai for Pohara. 🤎💚

12/06/2026

🌱Day 4 | Fieldays 2026 🌱

Kua tae te rā whakamutunga!

Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust are here for one final day in the Māori Agribusiness Hub, sharing our kaupapa of environmental restoration and native planting.

"Hauhaketia ngā tōpuni kua hemo, kia whanake mai ngā aka hou" — our mission guides our mahi as we work to restore and regenerate our whenua for future generations 🌿🤎

Pop in for a kōrero with the team and learn more about how we can support your restoration aspirations.

📍 Site RM150 – Māori Agribusiness Hub

11/06/2026

🌱 Day 3 | Fieldays 2026 🌱

Kua hoki mai anō mātou!!

A huge thank you to Te Puni Kōkiri for providing the opportunity to be part of the Māori Agribusiness Hub alongside some incredible pakihi Māori, sharing stories, aspirations and opportunities grounded in Māori innovation, mātauranga and a shared commitment to the future of our whenua and our people.

Another great day of connecting, learning, and celebrating the strength of Māori enterprise at Fieldays 2026.

📍 Site RM150