He toki a Tāne is a partnership program to encourage community engagement and environmental stewardship in the Picton area.  Residents & businesses of Picton can nominate themselves &/or others as He toki a Tāne (Nature’s Champion).  An ideal candidate will be doing the work to help make Picton predator free, and providing a safe, healthy, and thriving environment for the native bird species.  Whether that be through urban (garden) trapping or planting native species and food sources for the native bird populations. 
Do you know an ideal candidate?  Nominate one today!

Accepting nominations until 19 September
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Nominees must reside within Picton Dawn Chorus project area which includes Picton, Waikawa, and surrounding hills, from Ngakuta Bay to Whatamango Bay.