This year we have been putting heaps into our education programme at Matipo Primary; teaching tamariki about caring for Te Wai o Pareira and the wider environment. We are happy to have been able to offer at least two lessons for every junior and middle school student and five lessons for every senior school student!
Our goal is always to connect tamariki to their place; helping them to see the interconnectedness of the natural world and the way that humans impact it for better and for worse. We consider the work we do with children one of the most valuable things that we can put resources into, it is our way of investing in the future and hopefully creating a better world.
We are so thankful to Chez Panapa and Shannon Vlasich who both deliver our education programme. It has been no small task providing so many sessions and engaging with more than 400 children.