MO NGĀ KURA KAUPAPA MĀORI ME NGĀ AKOMANGA REO RUA

Lactic Turkey Events together with the Auckland Council would like to invite you to participate in the 2026 BILINGUAL SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE. This is the first of its kind to cater for our Kura Māori, as well as our Māori bilingual classes across Tāmaki Makaurau.

Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai rā ki tēnei kaupapa whakahirahira ki te taiao.
Mahi tahi me o hoa, kimi haere i ngā wāhi whai piro, he akoranga kei roto, ā, he
whakataetae anō hoki.

Teams of 4 students (years 5-8) will compete in a 2 hour event, which includes a mix of running/walking, navigation and sustainability based activities.  Teams will navigate to as many checkpoints as they can, collecting points for each checkpoint visited.  To earn extra points teams can complete sustainability themed activities which will require some research and teamwork.  Examples of activities could be to identify native bird calls, match a pest to the correct trap used or make something from flax.

Highlights

• 2 hours long
• 4 person teams
• Parent or teacher shadow
• Registration from 9am
• Start at 10am
• $10 per student (Free for this first year 2026)
• A prize giving will take place afterwards
• Merit prizes for the top three teams
• Range of small spot prizes drawn randomly

This new event in 2026 aims to:

• Foster a sense of kaitiakitanga for our Auckland regional parks, raise awareness of how special they are, the threats posed to them and how students can make a difference by taking positive action for the environment.
• Work together as a team developing key competencies
• Enjoy and value the ‘ecological sustainability’ of our regional parks.