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About Sara Shaw

Sara Shaw has a background in marketing and teaching and is passionate about nature and conservation education. She assists the park with various park projects including the website, social media, and developing educational programmes in the Park for the community.

Entries by Sara Shaw

Mana whenua rep Waiora Rogers appointeed to Te Mata Park Trust Board

December 26, 2020 in Community, Updates /by Sara Shaw

Te Mata Park Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Waiora Rogers to the Park Trust Board, following an amendment to the Trust Deed earlier this year.  This change ensures ongoing mana whenua representation on the Board. “We are delighted to welcome Waiora to the Board and look forward to facilitating & incorporating mana […]

Summer News and New Land Launch

December 20, 2020 in Awards, Community, Education, Mountain Biking, New Land, Revegetation, Uncategorized, Updates, Volunteering /by Sara Shaw

December 2020 Summer Newsletter  After a very big year in the Park and a recent Green Flag Top Ten  international accolade, there is much for Te Mata Park to celebrate. The forestry project has come to a close, thousands of native trees have been planted and mulched, new tracks have been built in the new land, and […]

One Giant Chance Land at Te Mata Park is Officially Open

December 15, 2020 in Community, New Land, Updates /by Sara Shaw

15 December, 2020 Hawkes Bay Today By: Louise Gould There are now more parts of Te Mata Peak’s sleeping giant Rongokako to explore this summer. Te Mata Park’s new block of land officially opens this morning, giving people new pathways and tracks to discover on the peak. Te Mata Park Trust manager Emma Buttle said it’s […]

Te Mata Park Receives Prestigious International Award

December 10, 2020 in Awards, Community /by Sara Shaw

Te Mata Park, three time winner of the Green Flag Community Award, has been named as one of the ten best parks in the world. The Park has been awarded the highly coveted Top Ten Green Flag international award for 2020. “To be rated up there with the world’s greatest parks is an honour deeply […]

Celebrating our third Green Flag Community Award

December 1, 2020 in Awards, Community /by Sara Shaw

Te Mata Park has again been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Community Award. The Green Flag Award is an international award, signifying a park or green space of the highest integrity, judged by green space expert volunteers across several criteria. For the Community Award, these criteria include safety of the space and encouragement of healthy […]

Re-Vegetation Project at Te Mata Park; Community Mulching Days and Rongoā Rōpū

October 29, 2020 in Revegetation, Updates /by Sara Shaw

29th October 2020 With the forestry work now complete, the Te Mata Park revegetation project is well underway with new native trees dotting the landscape and the rongoā garden taking shape. Over winter, many community volunteers, schools, and groups organised to plant 15,000 native trees in the harvested areas, the new land, and the rongoā […]

Spring in the Park

September 15, 2020 in Activities, Planting Trees, Updates /by Sara Shaw

September 2020 Spring Newsletter  Spring is undoubtedly here! The Park is a hive of activity with birds feeding on the fresh blossom, new native trees dotting the landscape, and track installation in progress in the recently harvested areas as well as on the new land. Looking back, it’s been a busy winter in the Park. […]

Alert Level 2

August 12, 2020 in Alerts /by Sara Shaw

We are now in Level 2. The park is open, but please adhere to the recommended precautions when you are in the park.

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