What a stunner of a day it was to go up Mauao for our annual seed saving day.

We had a great turn out of kids from our local schools including their parents who also came along to this special project.

Josh the environmental manager of Mauao met us all in the morning and while our group was walking up the Mount he gave us a bit of history about some parts of Mauao. He showed the kids how to find the seeds from native plants.

The seeds we have collected will be planted by the tamariki in our schools and once the seedlings have reached a certain size they will be planted on another special day back at Mauao in an area which has been saved for us.

The kids had so much fun collecting the seeds and Josh was great at sharing his knowledge.

We are very grateful that Josh took his time to give us this tour and it was all in all a very special day and a great experience for everyone !