Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project Noho Wananga
We are so excited to invite all Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project teams to a noho wananga. This is an opportunity for us to build stronger connections and add new knowledge to our collective kete.
DATE: 13 and 14 November
LOCATION: Mahakirau Sanctuary, Coromandel
KEY ACTIVITIES: Kotahitanga, storytelling workshop, private sanctuary night walk, plant sampling workshop, stomach sampling workshop
SUGGESTED KOHA: $100*
For more information, this page includes:
Runsheet
Budget breakdown
Packing list
Rōpū
RUNSHEET
Subject to change.
Tuesday 13 October
8.30am | Begin journey
Two carpooling options:
Waikato MKMT vehicle from Matamata > Te Aroha > Paeroa > Mahakirau
BOP teams meet at 556 Cameron Road to drive in MKMT vehicle
By 1pm | Arrive & set up
Arrive at accommodation, set up and share kai.
Note: Two neighbours have opened up their homes for us that should sleep everyone in their own beds. Please bring your own sleeping bags and/or bedding to avoid leaving mass washing for the homeowners.
1pm - 3pm | Kotahitanga workshop
Louise Saunders will lead a kotahitanga workshop to build deeper relationships and partnerships between Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project teams.
We invite each project to bring a taonga from your rohe to keep in the Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust Waka Kohuia to symbolise our connection and collaboration.
3 - 3.30pm | Break
Have a break before our next session.
3.30 - 4.30pm | Storytelling workshop
A strong brand and public profile is imperative to land financial investment.
In this one-hour lesson, led by Rebecca Lee, you will learn what makes a good story and how to tell it in a way that gains attention. We will also discuss the difference between earned, owned and paid media, and how to decide when to use what channel.
6pm | Dinner
Burgers and sides
8pm | Night walk
Private forest night walk to spot taonga within the Mahakirau Sanctuary. You may see the extremely rare Coromandel striped gecko, Hochstetter’s and Archey’s frogs, and other taonga that call Mahakirau home.
Bring a fully charged torch with spare batteries.
Wednesday 14 October
6.30 - 8.30am | Breakfast & pack up
Continental buffet style with cereals, fruit, yoghurt, baked goods, tea and coffee.
8.30 - 9am | Travel
Travel to Sanctuary from accommodation.
9 - 10am | Kamahi sampling workshop
The Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project has been invited to participate in a Kamahi/Tawheowheo taxonomic research, led by Rob Smisson of New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited.
In this workshop, led by Louise Saunders, we will discuss this research in full and then complete a short training session on how to collect, label and store the plant material and cover off tīkanga you would like to use during your collection, if you choose to participate.
10am - 1pm | Stomach sampling workshop
Stomach sampling workshop including dissection and eDNA testing, led by Sara Smerdon.
You can read about her work here.
*You must bring some predators from your own rohe so you can learn on these creatures. BEFORE the noho wananga, collect at least 3 freshly killed predators. These are to be killed and then kept on ice while fresh to ensure their stomachs are still complete. You will leave the noho wananga with tangible insights of what predators in your area are eating which will help your project planning, funding applications and reporting.
1pm | Kai and leave
Make our way home.
COSTS*
We ask for a koha from your project to help cover the costs. We suggest $100 koha per person which we will split 1/3 to Mahakirau, 1/3 between the two homeowners, 1/3 toward kai and other MKMT expenses.
FULL COST BREAKDOWN:
Accommodation: 2 x homes gifted from neighbours of the Mahakirau Sanctuary
Sara Smerdon's stomach sampling workshop: Gifted by Sara and Mahakirau Sanctuary
Petrol: TBC
eDNA stomach sampling kits: $295 per person
Kai: ~$45 per person for all meals
PACKING LIST
Clothes and toiletries for an overnight trip
Bedding (sheets, pillow cases and duvet or sleeping bag)
Linen (towel, face towels)
Pen/paper to take notes (or laptop or phone or whatever you find easiest)
Torch and spare batteries
Water bottle
Scalpel blade (if you have one)
Warm and wet weather gear for night walk
Make sure all gear is clean on arrival... concerns of Kauri dieback and Chytrid.
RŌPŪ
We encourage you to develop a tuakana–teina relationship between others in the KMRP rōpū to grow your knowledge and capability. Below are the attendees and key topics they're experts in.
Louise Saunders
MKMT CEO
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Rebecca Lee
MKMT Comms & Engagement Manager.
Can teach: All things comms, social, digital and design.
Wants to learn: Te reo Māori and tīkanga
Hiria Te Amo
Tapuika Project Manager
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Kataraina George
Tipu Environmental, Environmental Manager
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Luke Whare
Te Kapu o Waitaha Environmental Manager
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Aaron Taylor
Ngāti Tumutumu Trust Kaitiaki Taiao Manager
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Whetu Apaapa
Ngamanawa Inc Project Manager
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Ngāti Hako
TBC
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Te Maire
TBC
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
Wairere Mahi
TBC
Can teach:
Wants to learn:
LET'S CHAT
556 Cameron Rd, Tauranga South, 3112.
PO Box. 3138 Greerton Mail Center, Tauranga, 3142.
For media enquiries: Rebecca.lee@mkm.org.nz
