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New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Applications close:
Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi is seeking motivated and community-minded Toa Taiao to join our field-based environmental team. Based in Pungarehu and working across the Taranaki rohe, you'll play a hands-on role delivering environmental monitoring, restoration, predator control and kaitiakitanga initiatives from te mounga ki te moana. This role blends practical outdoor work with environmental stewardship, mātauranga Māori, biodiversity protection and community engagement. Whether checking trap lines, monitoring water quality, restoring waterways, supporting planting projects or caring for culturally significant sites, you'll help ensure the health and resilience of our taiao for generations to come.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver freshwater, coastal and biodiversity monitoring programmes
- Predator control and biodiversity activities across the rohe
- Support restoration projects including planting, weed control and habitat enhancement
- Monitor culturally significant sites and wāhi taonga
- Collect and record environmental data using modern field tools and technology
- Support education programmes, volunteer days, wānanga and community planting events
Overview
Requirements
About you:
- Enjoy working outdoors and value teamwork
- Genuine commitment to te taiao and kaitiakitanga
- Experience in environmental restoration, pest control, conservation, monitoring or fieldwork is beneficial
- Understanding of tikanga Māori
- Willingness to grow your te reo Māori
- Practical approach to field-based mahi
What we can offer you
Who we are
Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi is the post-settlement iwi authority for Taranaki Iwi, working to advance the collective aspirations of our uri, whānau, hapū, and Iwi across five strategic whenu — guided by our vision, Me tongai harakeke. The Western Taranaki Rāhui Steering Committee holds the kaupapa mandate for Ki Tua. Established by and accountable to Ngā Hapū o Taranaki Iwi and the wider community, it provides strategic leadership, sets priorities, and guides engagement while representing the collective voice of the kaitiaki driving the transition from rāhui to a permanent Mātaitai Reserve.
