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Growing Confidence, One Garden Bed at a Time
For whānau across Whakatū, the Māra Kai programme has been about far more than growing vegetables. Run by Whakatū Te
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Finding Their Voice: The Inaugural Pacific Languages Speech Festival
In September 2025, something new happened in Nelson. Something worth celebrating. Secondary students from across Te Tauihu (Nelson, Marlborough, Golden
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Creativity, Connection, and Community: Magenta Creative Space and the Power of Community Funding
Tucked into the Rutherford Mews Arts Precinct on Selwyn Place in Nelson, Magenta Creative Space has been doing something quietly
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Wills Month 2026
This Wills Month, we're inviting people across Te Tauihu to think about the people, places and causes that matter most to them, and how
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Finishing Well: A Gift in Her Will
Gay Sweeney spent her working life finding her voice, first on the airwaves, then in public relations, coaxing other people's
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Fighting for Pekapeka: How Community Funding is Protecting Marlborough's Long-Tailed Bats
In the forests of Te Hoiere, Marlborough, one of New Zealand's most endangered mammals is quietly raising its young. The
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Reclaiming the Whenua: Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui Trust and the Restoration of Waitoari in Koromiko and Waipuna in Waitohi Picton
To restore a place, you must first remember it. Its names, its stories, and the people who have always belonged
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Holding the Line: Volunteers Fight to Save Lost Stream
There is a valley in the South Marlborough backcountry that most New Zealanders will never visit. You reach it by
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Finding Themselves Out There: The Kōhine Adventure Health Programme
Confidence. Identity. Belonging. These aren't things you can teach in a classroom — and for young wāhine navigating the harder
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Made with ♥️ by Avoca in Nelson, New Zealand