Papa Taiao Earthcare, Strathmore Park (Wellington)

About Papa Taiao Earthcare

Papa Taiao Earthcare is a New Zealand organisation that delivers environmental and sustainability education programmes to secondary students (taiohi). It has been operating since 2012, growing out of work in the Education for Sustainability strand of the New Zealand curriculum.

The organisation originated when teacher Marty Taylor, working with a disengaged class, partnered with Richard Nahi from Puatahi Marae to design an alternative learning experience. The group undertook pest trapping to protect the Weweia, a nationally critically threatened bird, and built a traditional whare nikau using harvested tōtara and nīkau. The curriculum was co-created with students and integrated NCEA assessment; all students in that original class gained NCEA credits. Richard Nahi gifted the name Papa Taiao following those results; the word Earthcare was added by Taylor in recognition of Te Tiriti partnership.

The organisation offers two broad types of programmes: short courses of one to three days focused on specific practical skills such as fencing, beekeeping, or pest management, and longer courses structured around project-based, self-directed learning aimed at developing sustainability knowledge and enterprise skills.

Papa Taiao's stated mission is to enable young people to make a living through enterprise while regenerating the planet and its people. Its work is guided by three pou — Whakawhanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, and Poutama — representing relationships, the tending of mana, and the journey of challenge and reflection respectively.

Programmes and Qualifications

Papa Taiao Earthcare offers the following named programmes and courses:

• Te Ara Kai — New Zealand Certificate in Primary Industry Skills (Level 2), 60 credits — delivered in Te Ūpoko o te Ika
• Creative Pathways — no qualification level stated — place-based programme integrating regenerative food production, adventure, and project development
• Apiculture — NZQA Levels 2 and 3 — 2-day short course
• Wai Fencing — Levels 2 and 3 — duration not stated
• Predator Control — Levels 2 and 3 — 2-day short course
• Free Diving — Levels 2 and 3 — 2-day short course
• Field Ranger — Level 2 — 2-day short course
• Market Gardening — Levels 2 and 3 — 2-day short course
• Long Courses — NCEA standards available; specific qualifications vary — delivered from Term 1 to Term 3, including overnight wānanga and/or weekly sessions

Address

Where Papa Taiao Earthcare is based, taken directly from the Ministry of Education's own address record for this provider.

• Street45 Cavendish Square
• SuburbStrathmore Park
• CityWellington
• Territorial authorityWellington City
• RegionWellington Region

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Contact Papa Taiao Earthcare

Find the published contact details for Papa Taiao Earthcare, including its phone number, website and other available contact information.

• Phone+64 27 541 6406
• Websitewww.papataiaoearthcare.nz/

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