Taiao (Environment) - ME Family Services

Environment: Taiao

Families and communities can only be healthy and thriving when the air, water, soil and life around us is also healthy and thriving.

The Taiao Team at ME Family Services works to regenerate our local ecosystems and to nurture positive, reciprocal relationships between people and place in Māngere/Ōtāhuhu.

We provide the following:

Waste Regeneration / Living Resourcefully

We provide education and support for idividuals, groups, organisations and businesses in Māngere/Ōtāhuhu seeking to reduce their waste and live more resourcefully.

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Stream Regeneration

Our Stream Educator is available to run sessions with young people in the Māngere area, introducing them to the Harania Stream, and how we can help to care for these beautiful parts of our community.

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Pest-Free Māngere/Ōtāhuhu

Pest-Free Māngere/Ōtāhuhu supports our local community to create a healthy ecosystem, by removing pest plants and animals from our neighbourhoods.

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Māngere Taiao Network

The Māngere Taiao Network is a collection of organisations working in collaboration to regenerate the Taiao in Māngere through our various mahi.

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Te Puna Oranga

Te Puna Oranga is our community garden and makerspace. A space to gather, learn, share and connect.

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Rangatahi Mentorship

Our Rangatahi Mentorship Programme provides Māngere-Ōtāhuhu high school students and community rangatahi with environmental education, hands-on experience, practical skills and exposure to 'green' career pathways.

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Our Team

Ko Takaka te whenua tupu
No Golden Bay ahau
Kei Tāmaki Makaurau ahau e noho ana
Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tāngata
If the land is well, we are well
Colleen’s mahi is grounded in social and environmental justice. Colleen brings an excitement to the role where she will lead the Taiao Team in collaboration with mana whenua and community organisations to reconnect with, and take positive action for te taiao in South Auckland.
She believes that the wellbeing of our natural environment reflects the wellbeing of our community and vice versa. Colleen’s motivation to do this mahi is for the benefit of our grandchildren’s children.