Ngā Kōrero Rangatira 2025
Ngahere Māori Awards 2025 recognise an individual, group, or business in Māori forestry or wood processing who demonstrate excellence in these categories:
Te Mana o te Wao Tapu Nui a Tāne Resilience Award $8,500
Honouring creativity, determination, and collaborative problem solving in upholding values and overcoming significant challenges
Sponsor: Sequal
Recipient: Lake Taupō Forest Trust, Lake Rotoaira Trust, New Zealand Forest Managers & Tupu Angitū
He Rākau Taumatua Mana Māori Leadership Award $7,500
Celebrating leadership grounded in tikanga Māori, environmental guardianship as a person or organisation to which others flock.
Sponsors: Ngā Pou a Tāne Incorporated & Nelson Consulting Group
Recipient: Jason Cook, H&S Manager at Mt Pokaka Sawmill
Ngahere Tauwhirowhiro Transition Forests Award $10,000
Recognising long-term vision, scientific knowledge, and environmental commitment and dedication to the restoration of whenua Māori through the transition of exotic forests to native environments – for the sake of mokopuna and whenua.
Sponsor: Nateva
Recipient: Doug Macredie
Māori Forest Research Symposium 2025
Paul Morgan, NZ Bio Forestry – a whole-of-system approach to bio-forestry
Taoho Patuawa, Te Roroa Trust – enhancing kauri system health with data
Tully O’Neil, Healthy Country Services – putting our spirit back into Country through trusted partnerships
Mamakan Oustrup-Laurejis, Velskov – feeding and educating the world with native forest supply chains
Wini Geddes, Tāne Mahuta Training School – training rangatahi to recognise the forest is the boss
Ngā Kōrero Rangatira 2025
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E ngā poutiaki ngahere o te motu, ngā mema o Ngā Pou a Tāne tēnā rā tātau. To managers of forest lands across the Māori nation, members of Ngā Pou a Tāne, greetings.
Our invitation to you:
Naumai, haere mai!
This year’s event takes place on the 20th & 21st Nov 2025:
SOLD OUT
You are invited to Ngā Kōrero Rangatira 2025, the bi-annual Māori Forestry Summit which is being held in Rotorua - hosted by the Waiariki Branch of Ngā Pou a Tāne in association with @JDubb. We look forward to having you with us.
Naumai, haere mai!
This year’s event takes place on the 20th & 21st Nov 2025:
Tickets are $100 and include activity, kōrero and an awards dinner.
Plus-One tickets for the awards dinner are also available.
Add a 9-Hole friendly Game of Golf and branded merchandise at time of registration.
The summit will include updates and announcements to progress He Rautaki Ngahere Māori 2040 the national Māori forestry strategy (below) including five new pathways for Māori forestry.
National Māori forestry summit, May 2023.
