Our Mahi
Mana Tāhuna Charitable Trust is a kaupapa Māori organisation. We work alongside the community to improve the wellbeing of our whānau and the health of our Taiao in the Tāhuna community.
Our Story
Our Kaupapa
As a kaupapa Māori organisation, we are underpinned by our core values. These values, created through our whānau voice and feedback, are where all kaupapa at Mana Tāhuna are derived from.
Environmental
Rangatahi
Re-employment & Retaining
Kaupapa Maori
Health & Social Services
Te Wai Whakaata Lake Hayes
Mana Tāhuna has the privilege of partnering with the Department of Conservation & Friends of Lake Hayes to restore Wai Whakaata - Lake Hayes. Our dedicated team of kaimahi that take on various roles to contribute to the clean up of one of our beautiful roto! We have created over 30 jobs, destroyed hundreds of pests and planted over 63,000 trees in this project alone.
Celebration of Te Ao Māori and Wānanga
Mana Tāhuna Charitable Trust leads our Tāhuna community through various celebrations and wānanga annually. Partnering with the Queenstown Lakes District Council, we hold large Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Matariki and Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori events for our community. With over 1200 attendees across these in 2022, we plan on expanding these in 2023!
We hold Toi Māori, Te Reo Māori, Kapa Haka, Mau Rākau and Whakapapa wānanga for whānau in our community. These wānanga always reach capacity.
Community Connector Service
We partner with the Ministry of Social Development to make a significant impact for our community. Our dedicated connectors have supported over 560 whānau through covid isolation and kai support alone.
WHS Planting Day
Every planting season, Mana Tāhuna partners with Wakatipu High School to hold Community Planting Days. Mana Tāhuna, along with all year nine students plant over 700 tipu. It was a great opportunity for us to teach these tauira not only how to plant a tree, but how to do our part as kaitiaki giving back to Papatūānuku.
Poipoia te kākano kia puawai.
Nurture the seed and it will blossom.
Mt. Dewar Project
In 2020 Mana Tāhuna partnered with TreeSpace to plant 7,000 new trees on Mt Dewar. This initiative provided employment for 15 whānau members and was the first project to be secured by Mana Tāhuna. It was also an opportunity for us to exercise our role as kaitiaki and do our part in protecting our whenua.
Toitū ki te marae o Tāne,
Toitū ki te marae o Tangaroa,
Toitū te iwi.
Sustain the realm of Tāne (the forest),
Sustain the realm of Tangaroa (the sea),
and you sustain the people
Work with us to make a lasting difference
Together we can build a self-sustaining environment for our whānau to thrive. We are here as partners to help both our community and our land.
