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1. Motutapu - 'Sacred Island'
('Uncategorised Content')
Motutapu, Toi Te Huatahi, Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand, Maori, Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, Department of Conservation, Hauraki Gulf Island, ecological restoration, WWII military ...
... Motutapu Island Restoration trustees. More than 500 trees were planted as the effort to reforest Motutapu Island in natives continues. Well done everyone!..."  Air New Zealand CEO, Rob Fyfe, 23 July ...
3. Jim Holdaway Conservation Award
(News/Current News)
Thursday 15 July 2010 The July meeting of the Motutapu Restoration Trust at Millennium Hotel's the Auckland Copthorne in Quay St. Chair Christine Fletcher presented Trevor Stones with the inaugural ...
4. ANZET - Our New Sponsor
(News/Current News)
... of a major sponsorship deal with the Motutapu Restoration Trust. The funding will enable the Trust to expand the island nursery and double the forest footprint on Motutapu. " July 2010 Air ...
5. Our Website is 1 Year Old
(Front Page/Front Page News)
motutapu.org.nz  celebrates first birthday Back Row - Bridget, Nathalie, John and Andrew. Front Row - Maggie and Mary   When the Motutapu Restoration Trust communications team met early June ...
6. Our Website is One Year Old
(News/Current News)
motutapu.org.nz  celebrates first birthday Back Row - Bridget, Nathalie, John and Andrew. Front Row - Maggie and Mary   When the Motutapu Restoration Trust communications team met early June ...
7. July 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)
... slowly reclaiming its natural landscape, with a little help from its friends. Working with DoC, the Motutapu Restoration Trust has over the past 15 years (among other achievements) planted more than 400,000 ...
8. August 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)
Pakuranga College We love having the college students over - a huge opportunity for us to pass on conservation/restoration values. Pakuranga College visited the island during August and helped plant ...
9. October 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)
... the Motutapu Restoration Trust on Motutapu Island, Mr Samson can spot a moth pod or its vine from miles away - such is his addiction to ridding the island of this weed. Reaching up to six metres high, ...
10. February 2010
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)
Aidan Aidan sits on the Technical (Ecological) sub committee of the Motutapu Restoration Trust. He's our youngest committee member. Name Aidan Occupation  ...
11. DoC Bellbirds Media Release 150410
(News/Current News)
... Richard Griffiths, project manager for the Department of Conservation's pest-eradication project on Rangitoto and Motutapu. Neil Lorimer, a volunteer for the Motutapu Restoration Trust, was the first ...
12. DoC Bellbirds Media Release 150410
(News/Current News)
... a volunteer for the Motutapu Restoration Trust, was the first to hear one of the bellbirds. He thought at first it might be a tui, but it didn't sound quite right. A few days later the mystery was solved. ...
13. Kakariki Breeding on Motutapu
(News/Current News)
... on our site. This is absolutely HUGE news for the Motutapu Restoration Trust, the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, DOC and all conservation and restoration minded New Zealanders ! Our Trust chair and former ...
14. Battery Observation Post Complex
(Heritage/Military)
... structures are included in a Restoration Plan drafted in 2001.   Above Ground Wireless Room The first structure you see on the right hand side is the Above Ground Wireless Room built in 1937. The ...
15. Underground Plotting Rooms
(Heritage/Military)
  Visitors are requested to enter the Underground Plotting Rooms Complex only in the company of either DoC staff or Motutapu Restoration Trust volunteers. There are health and safety issues underground ...
16. The Guns of Motutapu
(Heritage/Military)
... sale The Motutapu Restoration Trust has a vision of safeguarding the island's unique heritage, planning for future education and recreation opportunities, improving public access, maintaining a farming ...
17. US Navy Magazines
(Heritage/Military)
... The war had moved quickly north in 1943. The US Navy handed them over to the New Zealand Army who blew a few up for demolition practise. You can still see the ones they blew up over by the Motutapu Restoration ...
18. Auckland Heritage Festival
(Projects & Events/Events)
... Heritage Festival fare' at the ticket office).   Chris Keenan talking at the Gun Emplacements -Heritage Festival 2008 Our Motutapu Restoration Trust volunteers will take you on the guided ...
19. 2010 Heritage Festivals
(Projects & Events/Events)
... board the ferry. No smoking in our planted areas or the Reid Homestead   The Heritage Festival tours are organised by the Motutapu Restoration Trust. The Trust is charged with restoring the 'natural ...
20. Auckland Heritage Festival
(News/Notices / Updates)
... -Heritage Festival 2008 Our Motutapu Restoration Trust volunteers will take you on the guided tours and trustees will talk on Maori, early European, military and farming island settlement. We will ...
21. Motutapu Medication
(News/Current News)
... the gulf islands  However, due to the complex history of the island, simply creating a Noah's Ark for wildlife was not an option. The Motutapu Restoration Project (MRP) was conceived by a group of interested ...
22. Conservation Week
(News/Notices / Updates)
... page! Make a difference this Conservation Week and visit Sirocco at Auckland Zoo.   The Motutapu Restoration Trust says this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet this extraordinary and charismatic ...
23. Winter Weedbusters - Ferry Ticket Promo
(News/Notices / Updates)
A free ferry ticket for our experienced Winter Weed Busters ! To encourage more volunteer participation in the winter weed-busting programme, the Motutapu Restoration Trust (through sponsorship ...
24. DUAL2009 Award Winner !
(News/Notices / Updates)
... Sport Ltd Developed in conjunction with Total Sport and the Motutapu Restoration Trust, The Dual is a mountain bike/off road run event, utilising territory completely new to an event of this type.  ...
25. DUAL2009 Award Winner
(News/Current News)
... Sport Ltd Developed in conjunction with Total Sport and the Motutapu Restoration Trust, The Dual is a mountain bike/off road run event, utilising territory completely new to an event of this type.  ...
26. Significance and Future
(About Us/The Trust)
... recreation reserve managed by Department of Conservation (DoC).  The MRT has a formal partnership with DoC and has been working to a comprehensive working plan for restoration and interpretation of the ...
27. The Trust
(About Us/The Trust)
The Motutapu Restoration Trust is made up of a group of dedicated individuals who are endeavouring to restore the cultural and natural landscapes of Motutapu. We are working to restore the island's habitats ...
28. Post War Timeline
(About Us/The Island)
... Duke of Edinburgh, representing sponsor World Wildlife Fund, opens the island nursery and plants tree Motutapu Restoration Trust begins Island restoration and revegetation programme. A major community ...
29. Significant Project Sponsors
(Get Involved/Partners)
"The Motutapu Restoration Trust could not do its work without the generous support of sponsors and donors. We thank everyone who has contributed to the work of the Trust since its inception". ...
30. South Pacific Pictures
(Get Involved/Past Supporters)
South Pacific Pictures South Pacific Pictures in association with Shortland St made a generous donation to our ecological restoration programme in 2009  ...
31. Volunteer on Motutapu
(Get Involved/Volunteer)
... meet new people while doing something really worthwhile. Help us create a legacy for the future. Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Motutapu Restoration Project. ALL our work is done by volunteers. ...
32. Walk Motutapu
(Tourism and Recreation/Exploring)
... centre of Auckland. The island hosts our significant conservation project focused on the restoration of the natural and cultural landscapes of the island. NOTE: TRACK TIMES ARE ONE WAY, ADD EXTRA TIME ...
33. Exploring the Island
(Tourism and Recreation/Exploring)
...  Motutapu is 1509 hectares. The Trust's intention is to eventually replant 30% of the Island. This makes the project one of the largest long term restoration projects in the nation. Your tour starts ...
34. WWII Military Timeline
(Heritage/Military)
... July 2003, Motutapu Restoration Trust's Chris Keenan and Major Derek Thorburns nephew, Ian Maxwell for their contributions to this timeline. Thanks also to Mary Flaws for lending her prized copy of the ...
35. The Red Barn
(Projects & Events/Projects)
... enjoying the balmy Motutapu weather..." Belinda Vernon (Deputy Chair, Motutapu Restoration Trust) Our good friends from The Rotary Club of Newmarket generously replaced roofing timbers and provided a ...
36. The Nursery Expansion
(Projects & Events/Projects)
... on the size of the Motutapu forest   Come back soon for more information on this exciting new phase in the restoration of the island's ecology        A backgrounder In June 2009 ...
37. DoC Pest Eradication latest
(News/Media Releases)
For here for the very latest updates on the Pest Eradication project  Department of Conservation -  Media Release June 2009 ISLAND RESTORATION PROJECT UNDERWAY The Department of Conservation has ...
38. Govenrment Wake Up Call
(News/Media Releases)
... the Motutapu Restoration Trust. Jim Holdaway is a former trust chairman now deputy chair and founding trustee, conservationist and long-serving local body politician.   In March Mike Lee, chairman ...
39. Weedbusters' Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)
... protected areas. The Motutapu Restoration Trust Auckland Regional Weed Busters' 2010 Overall Weed Busting Excellence: Awarded to a volunteer, community group, industry/organisation, or an individual ...
40. Fencing Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)
... of our restoration work can be undone. One such area has been identified in Paddock 14 (we have a map of all the paddock numbers and names coming soon) on the Home Bay road side. The fencing team will ...
41. The Ecological Project
(Restoration/Ecological)
"Motutapu and Rangitoto provide an unrivalled opportunity for ecological restoration. Their size, isolation, diverse geological characteristics and wide range of habitat types provide ideal conditions ...
42. Weedbusting - What's it about?
(Restoration/Ecological)
... often spread by stock or birds. Motutapu Restoration Trust volunteers view this weed as one of their priority public enemies. Our weedbusters throughout last summer cut and root sprayed large numbers ...
43. The DUAL2010
(Projects & Events/Events)
... another full house! REGISTER HERE !! FOR THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION, CLICK HERE We believe Conservation and Restoration can go hand in hand with Recreation - we think they all make great partners ...
44. Motutapu Radio Repeater
(Projects & Events/Projects)
... coverage is patchy and the MOEC UHF radios were simply not up to the task. MOEC, the Motutapu Restoration Trust (MRT) together with the Department of Conservation (DoC) and Motutapu Farms Ltd later agreed ...
45. DUAL2011
(Projects & Events/Events)
... of Motutapu and Rangitoto. It offers a once a year opportunity for keen event goers The event is produced and managed by total sport, with key partner and beneficiary, the Motutapu Restoration Trust. ...
46. The Farm
(About Us/The Island)
...  So our Restoration Trust has the three neighbours on the island: The Department of Conservation (DoC) The Motutapu Outdoor Education Camp Trust (MOEC) The Farm Click on the link to view the ...
47. The DUAL2009
(Projects & Events/Events)
... presented significant infrastuctural and logistical challenges for the organisers. The Motutapu Restoration Trust had developed the idea as a mechanism to provide funding for its large scale long term ...
48. About Us
(About Us/About Us)
... Motutapu Restoration Trust is a charitable trust which aims to restore the cultural and natural landscape of Motutapu. We undertake tree planting, nursery work, weed control and historic site preservation. ...
49. Our Achievements
(About Us/The Trust)
... work. After extensive consultation the "The Motutapu Restoration Working Plan" was developed in 1994. Since then we have seen many achievements including:   Natural Landscape: Seen the eradication ...
50. Examples of Issues
(Education for Sustainability/Teacher Guidelines)
... reserve with an operating pastoral farm and ongoing ecological restoration activities. How to restore Maori living traditions How to set up a sister city ecological project with an overseas school ...
51. The Pest Eradication
(News/Current News)
... seen as having the greatest potential to protect the countries endangered flora and fauna. Project Hauraki The most ambitious "Project Hauraki" initiative is the ecological restoration programme for ...
52. Native Forest Restoration Trust
(Web Links / Other Resources)
53. Motutapu Information
(Contact / Contacts)
Motutapu Information, , Please feel free to email or call us with any questions about Getting Involved or the work of the The Motutapu Restoration Trust. ...
54. The Trust
(Category)
The Motutapu Restoration Trust is made up of a group of dedicated individuals who are endeavouring to restore the cultural and natural landscapes of Motutapu. We are working to restore the island's habitats ...
55. Teacher Guidelines
(Category)
... reserve with an operating pastoral farm and ongoing ecological restoration activities. How to restore Maori living traditions How to set up a sister city ecological project with an overseas school ...
56. Projects
(Category)
... the progress we are making in further developing the island restoration.  ...
57. Become a Sponsor
(Category)
Becoming a sponsor of the Motutapu Restoration Trust is a wonderful opportunity to be part of one of New Zealand's most important conservation projects. With the restoration of the island's natural heritage, ...
58. eNews back copies
(Category)
Our monthly eNews, intended to keep you more regularly up to date with all the exciting developments happening on our island restoration project, launched in April 2010 To download any of our back copy ...
59. Ecological
(Category)
"Motutapu and Rangitoto provide an unrivalled opportunity for ecological restoration. Their size, isolation, diverse geological characteristics and wide range of habitat types provide ideal conditions ...
60. Cultural
(Category)
The Cultural Landscape Restoration of Motutapu covers a number of Trust activities including the following:   Te Motutapu a Taikehu is a place of special interest to the Tainui tribal confederation ...
61. Sponsors
(Category)
"The Motutapu Restoration Trust could not do its work without the generous support of sponsors and donors. We thank everyone who has contributed to the work of the Trust since its inception". Hon Christine ...
62. Pest Eradication FAQ
(Category)
... DOC employed in eradicating these islands of pests. The Motutapu Restoration Trust applauds DOC for their recent successful aerial drop programme. We must all now wait two years before the Department ...
63. Get Involved
(Section)
... like to know then you can always reach us via Contact Us. Please note that your registration information will be kept confidential to the Motutapu Restoration Trust. We occasionally take photographs ...
64. Projects & Events
(Section)
... progress we are making in further developing the island restoration.   Current examples of annual events on the island include the phenomenally successful annual multisport DUAL Motutapu-Rangitoto ...
65. Restoration
(Section)
The Motutapu Restoration Plan will be updated in 2010.   The Trust continues to be guided by the original Restoration Plan prepared by the Auckland Conservancy of the Department of Conservation in ...
66. About Us
(Section)
The Motutapu Restoration Trust, established in 1994, is a charitable trust which aims to restore the cultural and natural landscapes of Motutapu, 'to breathe new life into an ancient landform'.  Our activities ...
67. Front Page
(Section)
Motutapu, linked by causeway to Rangitoto, is New Zealand's best volunteering destination . Volunteer work for The Motutapu Restoration Trust includes tree planting, conservation, beach cleanups and other ...
... is a veteran of the Jurassic epoch, first appearing above sea level between 135 and 165 million years ago. Recreation goes hand in hand with conservation and restoration. If you visit you may just fall ...
'The restoration programme, through hands on involvement, offers an excellent opportunity to convey primary conservation messages to the people of Auckland and thereby increase understanding, knowledge ...
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