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31st January 2023

Tūpuna Maunga Authority Welcomes Leadership Appointments

The Tūpuna Maunga Authority welcomes Paul Majurey and Toni van Tonder as the Chair and Deputy Chair for the 2022-2025 term.  

At Authority Hui 81 (23 January 2023), Paul Majurey, of the Marutūāhu Rōpū, welcomed new members, and acknowledged the significant contributions of former members.

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30th January 2023

Tūpuna Maunga Authority supports civil defence action across Maunga network

Tūpuna Maunga staff have been working alongside fellow Auckland Council and Auckland Emergency Management teams to support communities affected by the storm that hit Tāmaki Makaurau on Friday afternoon.

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16th December 2022

Tūpuna Maunga Authority opens game-changing Whānau Ātea

At the foot of Te Pane o Mataoho / Te Ara Pueru / Māngere Mountain, the whānau ātea comes to life in November (2022)

The Tūpuna Maunga Authority is pleased to signal the opening of its new whānau ātea (family recreation space) at the foot of Te Pane o Mataoho /…

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4th November 2022

Guy Fawkes 2022 – Maunga closures going well

The Tūpuna Maunga Authority's Guy Fawkes Maunga closures are a success, though fireworks risk is ever-present

The Authority thanks the people of Tāmaki Makaurau for their overwhelming support in protecting the iconic Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountains) during this 2022 Guy Fawkes season.

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31st October 2022

Maungawhau tihi boardwalk wins national award

Design that unfailingly puts protection and preservation of the Tūpuna Maunga to the fore saw a Tūpuna Maunga Authority project win a national award recently.

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14th October 2022

Sacred archaeological site damaged on Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mt Albert

Approximately twenty-seven trees have been planted illegally into a sacred archaeological area of Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mt Albert, disturbing archaeological material and causing significant irreversible damage to the Maunga.

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5th October 2022

Guy Fawkes 2022 – time again to keep the Tūpuna Maunga safe from fire

Update at 7 November 2022Following successful closures, the Tūpuna Maunga return to normal open hours from today (Monday 7 November). A security presence will be maintained on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 November as an additional post-Guy Fawkes safety measure.

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18th August 2022

Treemendous success: volunteers help new plants find homes on Tūpuna Maunga

Volunteers working hard at the Tūpuna Maunga Authority community planting day on Maungarei / Mt Wellington, Saturday 2 July 2022. Credit: Tūpuna Maunga Authority.  

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. Working together we will all thrive.

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10th August 2022

Tūpuna Maunga Authority begins Integrated Management Plan amendment process

Paul Majurey and Cr Alf Filipina, Chair and Co-Chair Tūpuna Maunga Authority / Credit: Tūpuna Maunga Authority. The Tūpuna Maunga Authority has called for public submissions on the proposed amendment to its award-winning Integrated Management Plan 2016.

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7th July 2022

New Tūpuna Maunga Authority Research Scholarship

PhD student sampling myrtle rust disease on a pōhutukawa specimen at Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill. This work was being conducted as part of the Beyond Mrytle Rust research programme under the leadership of Mahajabeen Padamsee at Manaaki Whenua / Landcare. Credit: Tūpuna Maunga Authority.

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16th June 2022

Construction begins on exciting destination playspace

A groundbreaking whānau ātea (community gathering space) begins to take shape at Te Pane o Mataoho / Te Ara Pueru / Māngere Mountain this month. Two new basketball half courts will be patterned with a narrative designed by local Māori artists.

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15th June 2022

New Spinoff Side Eye comic: 'We destroyed mountains'

Toby Morris, 2021 winner of Te Puiaki Whakapā Pūtaiao / the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize and Spinoff creative director, has released a comic in his Side Eye series about ngā Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau and 'reckoning with the past.

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