Conservation Awards Winners
SoTM Conservation Winners20252024202320222021202020192018 2025 SoTM Junior Conservation Award WinnerArdmore School Enviro Group Ardmore School Enviro Group Over the past two years, Ardmore School’s Enviro Group has undertaken significant conservation initiatives inspired by our visit to Tiritiri Matangi in March 2024. Motivated by the native planting there, we planned and implemented a native tree planting project at our school with 30 trees donated by the One Billion Trees Project. Year 7/8 Enviro students educated younger students about native trees and led them in planting our outdoor classroom. Our involvement in the Trees for Survival Program deepened, and seeing the potential long-term impact of forests we plant was highly inspiring. This year, our focus expanded to growing our own kai, with support from the Oke Charity to build a 12-bed garden, and the school community contributed through a Saturday working bee. We aim to extend this initiative through the Garden to Table program, engaging all students in hands-on learning. Enviro leaders also introduced junior students to conservation through the Eyes on Nature Program and ran a week of lunchtime activities for Conservation Week, including art, scavenger hunts, bird surveys, and rubbish clean-ups. Moving forward, our goals are to…
AGM
Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi AGM 2026 Welcome to the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc 2026 AGM. Monday, 14th September 2026 7.30pm MinterEllisonRuddWatts Seminar Room, PWC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland City A quorum of 30 voting members is required so we encourage members to attend the meeting. However for those unable to attend, but who wish to observe the meeting please use the following information below to join via Zoom on the day. Nominations are open for positions on the SoTM Board. Please request a nomination form from secretary@tiritirimatangi.org.nz. You must be a member of SoTM to stand for nomination. Please consider standing. As our current chair and treasurer will be stepping down, these are 2 key roles we need to fill in our organisation, in addition to ordinary member positions. Please reach out to any of our past and present board members to find out how rewarding this governance role can be. Online open: 7:15pm NZST Meeting start: 7:30pm NZST. – Please arrive by 7.15 so we can start promptly at 7.30 Meeting end: 9:00pm NZST (Anticipated) The Zoom link will be added to this page 1 week before the AGM. Please Note: The AGM audited accounts for 2026 will be added to the Reports page. Notified business is to be submitted to the Secretary at…
2026 Photo Competition
Tiritiri Matangi 2026 Photographic CompetitionIt is that time of year again when we are looking for entries to our photographic competition (and photos for our 2027 Calendar which raises over $10,000 for the Island).We have 5 categories –All photos must have been legally taken on Tiritiri (e.g. drone photos are not permitted), or of Tiritiri Matangi from the ferry - Fauna Flora Landscape/Seascape People on Tiritiri Under 16 years Old You can enter 4 photographs in each category. Please email them as attachments to photocomp@tiritirimatangi.org.nz before April 30th. We will have an independent judge from the NZ Photographic Society and all photos must be able to be used for the promotion of Tiritiri Matangi. Photo by 2025’s competition winner, Nicole Koch. Congratulations, Nicole! To help us enter your photos:1. Photos can be any size & must be attached to the email (not just copied) – 1 to 5MB is good. It’s OK to send several emails. (.heic files cannot be accepted) 2. Photos should not be zipped 3. Please save the photos with a name: AA CC XXXXXXX CC = category FL Flora/plants FA Fauna/animals PE People LS Landscape/seascape YP Under 16 XXXXXX = Photo description (e.g. Tui, Hobbs Beach, kowhai, flower) For example, if Jenny Smith took a photo of a bellbird: JS FA Bellbird…