Marama Davidson’s visit

On June 8th 2025, we had the pleasure of a visit from Green Party Co-Leader Marama Davidson, MPs Ricardo Menendez March and Lawrence Xu-Nan and their support team, along with HCC Councillor, Anna Casey-Cox.

Starting the morning with a mihi whakatau at Aratiatia Community Marae, we then reconvened at The Watershed to show Marama and the team some of the restoration mahi we've been doing, and to share some of our koorero.

It was wonderful to have our efforts appreciated and wholeheartedly supported. We also heard some of their whakaaro on how we can develop the project and use the uniqueness of some aspects of our kaupapa to establish a model nationally.

E te maareikura, teenaa koe.

10th birthday celebration

 On the 25th March 2024 the Kukutaaruhe Education Trust, the working group and some of our key sponsors and volunteers gathered to celebrate ten years of the Fairfield Project. It was the perfect opportunity to celebrate all that we’ve achieved in that time, and to acknowledge the considerable efforts of the team. A video highlighting the activities of the previous 12 months can be viewed here

 We also celebrated the vision of our founding Chair, Vic Arcus, who planted the seed for the project back in 2014. Vic’s leadership and passion helped establish and grow the project into the taonga we have today.

 The evening was held at The Watershed, in full view of Kukutaaruhe Gully where we could clearly see the fruits of our labours. We’re excited for the next ten years!