Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā - East Coast Kakabeak

Beautiful story in the National Geographic with Graeme Atkins and other key iwi members from Ngāti Porou about the massive challenges and opportunities in Tairawhiti and why it’s so important iwi-led projects are supported.

“You can’t plant a forest without first healing the mauri, and this is the heart of the people, the history, and the whenua”, says Matawhero Lloyd. “We are the generation of hope.”

“We think in generations, not in quarterly reports.” That isn’t a cheerful bonfire, it’s a massive cleanup operation. In Tairāwhiti the beaches are smothered in dead wood. Mountains are sliding into rivers; forests swarm with possums. While officials demur, transfixed by the bottom line, the people who belong to this land are moving home—and wo...

Aaaaaaaaand – we are officially SOLD OUT! The tickets for our first ever Tairawhiti Ngutukākā festival are now all gone.

We look forward to hosting those of you who have gotten tickets to this beautiful part of the world, sharing endangered species garden tours, mātauranga, plantings and the hītori (history) of this incredible plant, which despite the odds survives in some of the most difficult locations.

If you couldn’t make it this year, all going well we will be doing this again next year! If you’d like to support this project by gifting more ngutukākā to be planted, you can visit this link: https://www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/gift-ngutukaka

🙌 Congratulations to whaea Kira who has won two tickets to the upcoming Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā Festival we are so excited and look forward to seeing you there ❤️❤️❤️ love the pikitia 🌺 huge thanks to Raukūmara Pae Maunga Restoration Project for your support - ngā mihi nui 🌺🌺🌺

Congratulations to Kira Hei. Who has scored herself x2 tickets to the approaching Ngutukākā festival run by Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā - East Coast Kakabeak.

The Ngutukākā festival is planned for the 18th of September - 21st of September and aims to:

🌺Raise awareness of Ngutukākā
🌺Engage communities how to grow Ngutukākā
🌺And bring Ngutukākā to the hearts and minds of our people.

Thank you to those who entered our competition and we look forward to hearing about your experience at the festival Whaea Kira!

Mauri Ora!

🎉Tēnā koutou katoa!

The Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā trust has announced their annual Ngutukākā festival will commence on the 18th to the 21st of September.

Have your chance to win x2 tickets by:

🌺Following Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā - East Coast Kakabeak, Endangered Species Foundation of New Zealand and us Raukūmara Pae Maunga Restoration Project
🌺Like this post and share the aroha
🌺And to double your chances of winning this amazing experience, post a selfie of you and your ngutu👄..kaka in the comments below.

To celebrate the first day of spring our winner will be drawn on September 1st, 2024.

Good luck and have a blooming beautiful day!❤️🌺👄✨

More information on the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā festival can be found by following the link below:

https://www.tairawhitingutukaka.nz/post/2024-ngutukaka-festival

🌺🌺🌺GIVEAWAY!🌺🌺TWO FESTIVAL TICKETS 💕

Thanks to one of our amazing supporters, we have two tickets to the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā - East Coast Kakabeak festival to giveaway. To go in the draw please like and share this post and tell us who you'd bring along below👇.

The lucky winners will enjoy a wonderful few days of endangered species garden tours, sharing of history and mātauranga, and beautiful locally sourced East Cape kai (food), all to support the rejuvenation of this beautiful tāonga plant. 😍🥀🌺🥀🌺

https://www.tairawhitingutukaka.nz/ngutukakafestival.

🌺🌺Kia ora e te whānau, a supporter of Endangered Species Foundation of New Zealand has gifted two tickets to giveaway to our Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā Festival! If you would like to go in the draw please follow the instructions in the link below 😍👇🌺

🌺🌺🌺GIVEAWAY!🌺🌺TWO FESTIVAL TICKETS 💕

Thanks to one of our amazing supporters, we have two tickets to the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā - East Coast Kakabeak festival to giveaway. To go in the draw please like and share this post and tell us who you'd bring along below👇.

The lucky winners will enjoy a wonderful few days of endangered species garden tours, sharing of history and mātauranga, and beautiful locally sourced East Cape kai (food), all to support the rejuvenation of this beautiful tāonga plant. 😍🥀🌺🥀🌺

https://www.tairawhitingutukaka.nz/ngutukakafestival.

"One of the marae that people will be visiting [in the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā festival] is Anaura Bay - a "postcard bay", it really is.
It was October 21st 1769 that the crew from the Endeavour encountered ngutukākā for the first time all those years ago.
They noticed they were growing around "the native's dwellings" (those were their words).
We planted some [ngutukākā] back at that marae three years ago, and they look beautiful.
[Come and] hear the korero from the locals about that time when the Endeavour was in the bay, the relationship between two cultures meeting for the first time and the role that these plants played in that first meeting." - Graeme Atkins

Huge thanks to RNZ and Paddy Gower for the chance to talk to te motu about the inaugural Tairawhiti Ngutukākā festival 18 to 21 September 2024.

The mission to get ngutukaka flourishing in the East Coast wild Graeme Atkins is on a mission to protect endangered plants on the North Island's East Coast, in particular the beautiful, bright red ngutukaka - or kakabeak - of which only 100 plants survive in the wild.

Ngutukaka and its time in the sun.💖

🌺🎉 Tickets on sale now for the Ngutukākā Festival in Tairawhiti, the East Coast, on September 18-21, 2024! ⛺️🍴
https://www.tairawhitingutukaka.nz/ngutukakafestival

🌱 This festival hosts visitors to this beautiful part of the world, enabling people to restore this endangered taonga species. The weekend includes:
⛺️ Staying at Tikapa Marae where you will see the first sunrise
💬 Inspiring talks and discussions about the history, nature and people of this area
🌺 Interactive workshops, Ngutukākā plantings and guided nature tours including an endangered plant garden
🍴 Delicious local food ..and much more!

Tickets are available NOW! Don't miss out on the chance to immerse yourself in the beauty of our environment while making a meaningful impact. Get your tickets and be a part of something truly special! 🌏💚

Festival | Tairawhiti Ngutukaka Join us to celebrate the Tairawhiti Ngutukākā! This taonga flower used to make the whole East Cape turn red. At our festival in September you will witness the beauty and potential to revive this plant to its former glory. This celebration and community event aims to rekindle our love for a species...

Mōrena e te whānau,

over half of our tickets to the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā festival are now sold out! Book yours today, cos we are so looking forward to seeing you there!

https://www.tairawhitingutukaka.nz/ngutukakafestival

🌱 🌺 🥰 Kia ora koutou, we're stoked to announce tickets are now available for the inaugural Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā festival. 🌺 😍🥰🙌
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followers Come to the mighty September 18 to 21 and spend a few days soaking up as much ngutukākā-based kōrero as you can handle.

Tickets include:
⭐️ one night of accomodation and evening meal at Tikapa marae in Ruatoria;
⭐️ a tour of the home garden of 2024 Ministry for the Environment Environmental Hero of the Year finalist Graeme Atkins
⭐️ a talk and meal back at Tikapa marae
⭐️ a full day bus tour of some of the key points of ngutukākā-based interest along state highway 35 between Tolaga Bay and Anaura Bay.

There will be opportunities to plant ngutukākā, see first-hand and understand the impact of and recovery from Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle, and get to know members of the local community, the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā team and like-minded individuals passionate about Indigenous-led restoration of te taiao.

Come hang with us for a few days and enjoy the sight of our critically-endangered ngutukākā not just surviving but thriving in the short time our project has been up and running.

There'll be time to listen to, meet with and share knowledge, mātauranga and time with other native plant enthusiasts and experts who have dedicated their lives to the preservation and protection of Tairāwhiti's natural environment.

Learn how you can support our kaupapa in our quest to get ngutukākā off the endangered species list once and for all, return our beloved state highway 35 to the abundance it enjoyed in the days of our tīpuna, and raise the next generation of kaitiaki in the process.

As always, huge shout out to our partners in taonga species preservation Mike, Stu Muir and Natalie Jessup, Emma Giesen and the crew at Tāngaro Tuia Te Ora/ the Endangered Species Foundation of New Zealand, as well as our funders BayTrust, Trust Tairāwhiti Trees That Count Eastern & Central Community Trust and the Sunrise Foundation.

Couldn't do any of this without you. 😍😍😍😍

See you there!

Festival | Tairawhiti Ngutukaka Join us to celebrate the Tairawhiti Ngutukākā! This taonga flower used to make the whole East Cape turn red. At our festival in September you will witness the beauty and potential to revive this plant to its former glory. This celebration and community event aims to rekindle our love for a species...

You're simply the best Graeme!