Central King Country R.E.A.P was established to provide education and practical services for the people to upskill and thrive. We got to hang out with Hiraina Tarawa for the day as she gave us a glimpse into the immense work the team at REAP do. Their vision is to...
We got to spend some time with John Chapman and a passionate bunch of volunteers from the Raetihi Promotions Charitable Trust. Raetihi Promotions Charitable Trust has developed the Makotuku walk way, which runs along side the Makotuku river. It passes past a glow worm...
We got to hang with Harriet Gibson from the Rangitīkei Rivers Catchment Collective to learn how farmers to work collectively within their community to improve waterways, streams and river catchments. These farmers realise the need to improve the health of the land and...
Alex McLeod from Redsky 365 embarked on a journey to run a 12 week ICT training programme in conjunction with the MSD educating a group of participants to work in the IT space. The programme was delivered at Te Aroha Marae and is a first for something like this to...
With a passion to see rangatahi thrive, Isaac Fonotoe helps foster this through wake ama. This teaches them to connect with te Awa Tupua, learn who they are, learn teamwork and build resilience within themselves. This impacts other areas of their lives. This...
How do we move forward with confidence, with a strength that supports our whare tapa whā. Barbara Thomason (Ngāti Hauiti) from Ohingaiti, in the Rangitīkei talks about being tūrangawaewae of the land and how the whenua, the pace of her ancestors, the place of...
