Updates Archives - Te Mata Park Trust

Current Park Information and Events

August 12, 2020

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Spring Newsletter

December 6, 2024

As the days grow longer and new life springs forth in the Park, we’re pleased to share our Spring Newsletter with you, including an update on a significant planting milestone, results from our recent survey, a celebration in the Little Redwoods, and more.

Eleanor Lonergan

Te Mata Park 2024 Survey Results

November 28, 2024

Results from the Te Mata Park 2024 Survey are out, providing useful insights that will support the Park’s operational decision making and long-term strategy, and confirming the taonga is central to wellbeing and health.

Eleanor Lonergan

Te Mata Park’s Little Redwoods grove turns 50

November 4, 2024

Members of the Rotary Club of Hastings and representatives from Te Mata Park Trust gathered in the Little Redwoods on Friday 1 November to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the planting of the grove.

Eleanor Lonergan

Winter Newsletter

August 26, 2024

Despite the winter months, hibernation has not been on the agenda of our Park team, supporters, or volunteers.

Maria Chalmers

Hawke’s Bay trail run back blazing with charity partner Te Mata Park Trust following cyclone

August 14, 2024

Organisers of Hawke’s Bay’s annual Peak Trail Blazer, a 12.8km and 3.5km trail run and walk over Te Mata Park and through Tainui Reserve, are hoping for a large turnout when the event returns in November this year after it was cancelled in 2023 due to Cyclone Gabrielle.

Eleanor Lonergan

Have your say in the Te Mata Park 2024 Survey

July 3, 2024

The Te Mata Park 2024 Survey is out now, and we invite Park users to participate and have their say.

Paul Needham

Public sentiment sees Te Mata Park Trust retain regional council funding

July 1, 2024

An annual grant of $120,000 from the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) to Te Mata Park Trust is set to be retained, following a reversal of the funding cut proposed in the council’s draft Three Year Plan (2024-2027).

Emma Van Wyk

Autumn Newsletter

May 28, 2024

Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter. We hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful time of year in the Park - the cold mornings and misty views from the summit certainly signal that Autumn is here.

Damon Harvey

Funding loss could limit public access to Te Mata Park

April 13, 2024

The loss of vital funding from the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will set Te Mata Park back by a decade and will fail to protect the region’s most popular recreational and tourism asset.

Sarah Austin-Smith

Chambers Walk Closure – starting 8 April

April 3, 2024

Work starting on Monday the 8th of April will temporarily close access to Te Mata Park from Tauroa Rd, as well as some tracks.

Autumn News – April 2023

April 13, 2023

We find ourselves in a somewhat different state this autumn, with Te Mata Park partially open and the region in recovery mode following the cyclone.

Partial reopening of Te Mata Park following Cyclone Gabrielle

March 3, 2023

Thanks to the hard work of our contractors, volunteers, and Hastings District Council, we are pleased to be able to partially reopen Te Mata Park from 6am on Saturday 4 March 2023.

Emma Buttle

Cyclone Update

February 21, 2023

The Te Mata Park Trust Board would like to convey our most sincere sympathies to those impacted by the cyclone that has wrought devastation across our region.

New strategy and endowment fund to protect and enhance Te Mata Park for future generations

November 30, 2022

Te Mata Park Trust officially launched its Ngā Tīpuna Masterplan strategy and endowment fund at an event at Peak House this week, sharing a unified vision for the future of Te Mata Park and inviting donations to the vehicle that will fund it.

Spring News – November 2022

November 2, 2022

The Park is a hive of activity this spring, with lush new growth appearing and the tūī song and kererū wing beat making a wonderful soundtrack for our visitors.