Regenerative Trail
Today, Te Araroa is on a journey to become a regenerative trail – a journey of collaboration, of partnership, and of shared stewardship.
Te Araroa Whakahou, our Regenerative Trail strategy sets out our way forward.
Regeneration for Te Araroa means:
- Supporting the purposes and aspirations of mana whenua
- Protecting and enhancing biodiversity along the trail corridor
- Supporting local businesses and fostering economic opportunities
- Improving the trail and its infrastructure whilst minimising any environmental impacts
- Providing a walking experience that enhances the wellbeing of walkers and communities.
We are just starting out on this journey, and there is a lot of work to do.
To make Te Araroa a regenerative trail
Our current priorities:
- Developing a Sustainable Trail Management practice guide, including the use of locally sourced, low-emission materials and resources, sustainable construction techniques and social procurement.
- Forming partnerships with regenerative organisations along the trail corridor and diverting $10 from each walker and supporter registration to support projects that regenerate nature.
- Strengthening relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau along the trail route.
- Seeking funding to carry out a trail capacity assessment to understand sustainable walker numbers.
- Forming a group of advisors with expertise and experience in our identified regenerative impact areas (environment, economic, infrastructure, social, health and wellbeing), to guide us on our journey.
- Developing measures so we can track progress towards regenerative outcomes and hold ourselves accountable.
Regenerative stories
Regenerating nature in Motopōhue – Bluff Hill
We are thrilled that over 1,200 native plants were planted during the Bluff Hill/Motopōhue...
Smiles all round tackling wilding pines
On 14 March Te Araroa walkers joined forces with Mackenzie locals to cut down wilding pines and...
Wilding Free Mackenzie Volunteer Day – Why cut wilding pines?
We have Teamed up with Wilding Free Mackenzie, an amazing charitable trust focused on raising...
Every Te Araroa walker funds a native tree
This year we partnered with Trees that Count, enabling every Te Araroa walker and supporter to...