Guided Hikoi - Traditional uses of the ngahere with Riki Bennett

Name: Guided Hikoi - Traditional uses of the ngahere with Riki Bennett
Start: 2025-10-02T00:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-10-02T02:30:00+13:00
Location: Kirks Bush, Papakura. Meet at the Great South Road entrance - 377R Great South Road, Papakura

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Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 am

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Kirks Bush, Papakura. Meet at the Great South Road entrance - 377R Great South Road, Papakura

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Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 am to 02:30 am (NZDT)

Kirks Bush, Papakura. Meet at the Great South Road entrance - 377R Great South Road

231 Great South Rd, Papakura 2110, New Zealand, Papakura

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Guided Hikoi - Traditional uses of the ngahere with Riki Bennett

Join Riki on a FREE guided hikoi through the ngahere (forest) at Kirks Bush in Papakura.

Develop your understanding of:
• Native Plant identification and traditional Maori uses
• Seed dispersal differences – nature at work
• Tohu – environmental indicators
• Taonga tuku iho – see taonga made from our native plant resources
• Taonga Puoro – kōrero and demonstration
• Hika ahi (traditional fire making)

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Guided Hikoi - Traditional uses of the ngahere with Riki Bennett

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 am