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Make a Wreath from Nature
Make a wreath from all natural items collected from your garden.
2020 Student Leadership Team Applications Now CLOSED
2020 application for the Student Leadership Group.
Congratulations Sian Moffit on receiving the Forest and Bird Award
Our very own Sian Moffit received the Forest and Bird Te Kaiārahi Rangatahi o te Taiao Youth Award for engaging young people in conservation.
Forest & Bird Conference & Youth Hui by Kensie Gard
I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to fly down to Wellington to attend a Forest & Bird conference, dinner and Youth Hui. These were spread over two days (Saturday and Sunday) with lots of action, fun and learning packed into both days.
Applications Now CLOSED: 2019 Student Leadership Team
We want you!
If you are a year 6 to 13 (or equivalent age) Taupō youth, you are welcome to apply for a position on our 2019 Kids Greening Taupō Student Leadership Team.
2017-2018 Annual Kids Greening Taupo Report
Following the completion of a three-year pilot, the 2018 school year saw the Kids Greening Taupō programme expanded to four kindergartens and eight schools, significantly increasing the number of teachers, students and wider whanau members actively working towards the vision of Greening Taupō.
Kids Greening Taupo Holds Inaugural Planting Day
Our ancestors were not aware that their actions would cause harm to the environment. Centuries ago, nobody could have predicted that clearing land of its natural vegetative cover and introducing foreign species could be so detrimental to our ecosystem. If they knew the outcomes, would they have still made the same decisions?
8 August 2017 : Planting Day
Kids Greening Taupo's first Community Planting Day is this Saturday, 12 August 2017.
Prime Day for a Plant with the PM
On May 6th, Kids Greening was given the opportunity to meet the Prime Minister, Bill English.
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My name’s Sian Moffitt. I’m currently in my first year at Victoria University in Wellington, where I’m studying ecology and biodiversity.
Taupo Primary Hikoi
Last week Taupo Primary Years 2 and 3 classes started a new learning unit called Taupo—Our Place.
TV3 News Visit
Kids Greening Taupo was treated to a visit from Lachlan Forsyth, a TV3 presenter, on November 12, 2015.
Kids Greening Taupo Launch Day
The biggest day in Kids Greening Taupo history took place on the September 24 2015.
Meeting the Governor General
We and the members of Kids Greening Taupo were honoured last month by a special visit to the DOC Office from a very important member of our government.
Taupo Primary: Excited to Be on the Pilot Schools for Kids Greening Taupo
Taupo Primary is one of the schools involved in the Kids Greening Taupo Project.