Two people work together on a hillside, one holding a pickaxe and the other using a spade to dig into the dry grass, with soft sunlight illuminating the mountainous background.

Investing in the maunga’s earth

Plant A Seed

What is Plant A Seed?

The Cardrona Foundation's Plant a Seed project is all about making the maunga as healthy, biodiverse, and beautiful as it can be, while educating the next generation. Proudly supported by icebreaker, we host on-mountain activation events educating our guests on the importance of nurturing a healthy land, reducing plastic waste and encouraging native plants species to thrive.

What we're doing now

  • A major replanting project is underway, with teams of summer staff instating native plants.

  • A nursery is being built at the base of the mountain, on our land, near a water supply at the bottom car park.

  • We’re harvesting seeds around the mountain to grow in the nursery.

  • Local schools have asked to be involved in our replanting projects, so we’re including the kids & helping to educate them about horticulture & kaitiakitanga.

What we’ll be doing in the future

  • Over the next five years, we want to establish 1000 native plants up on the mountain.

  • By 2024, we want to have reseeded 50ha of disturbed land.

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Thank you to our sponsor:

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Giving NZ kids the mountain experience

Ride Tamariki Project

We want every child in New Zealand to have access to the mountains, regardless of circumstance.

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Ko ahau te Maunga, ko te Maunga ko ahau

The Cardrona Foundation

Spreading goodness, guardianship and conservation throughout our community.

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