Archive for month: June, 2026

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Current Park Information and Events

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Thank you to Esk Community Nursery

Te Mata Park Trust would like to extend a huge thank you to the team at Esk Community Nursery for their generous donation of 225 native plants.
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Thank you Eastern & Central Community Trust

A huge thank you to Eastern & Central Community Trust for their generous grant of $10,000 towards the essential operational costs of Te Mata Park.
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Autumn news

As the seasons change across the maunga, this edition of our newsletter highlights some of the important work happening at the Trust - from a Green Flag “Best of the Best” award and our native planting plans, to the next generation of kaitiaki, safety improvements at the Main Gates entrance, and the efforts of our predator control team. 
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Schools for Trees programme honoured with international award

Te Mata Park Trust has received international recognition after its Schools for Trees programme was named a winner in the inaugural Green Flag Award International "Best of the Best" awards.
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Bat activity detected near Te Mata Park

The Echoes Around Te Mata project, run by The Bat Co. Lab in collaboration with Te Mata Park, Cape Sanctuary and Biodiversity Hawke’s Bay, closed at the end of April.
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Spotlight on: ngahere restoration strategy and plans

With winter planting just around the corner, it’s a good time to take stock of what we have achieved in this space and to look ahead to plans for 2026 planting and beyond.
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Security step-up: new CCTV cameras installed

Thanks to Bernard Chambers Charitable Trust, the generosity of a private donor, and Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga - Hastings District Council (HDC), CCTV security cameras are now operational at the Main Gates entrance on Te Mata Peak Rd, helping improve safety at this key access point to the Park.
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Collaborating to save a rare local treasure

Our Park Manager, Sarah Austin-Smith, recently welcomed a specialist research team to the Park to advance understanding of one of our most precious endemic species: Pimelea mimosa (also known as Pinātoro, or native daphne).
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Haere mai | Welcome to Te Mata Park and its famous peak, one of the most loved and visited places in Hawke’s Bay.
Gifted in perpetuity to the community in 1927 and managed by a small group of volunteer trustees, with appreciated help from local councils and the community, the Park is a cultural, historical and recreational treasure.

Seven time winner of the prestigious international green space award.

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