The Matariki Legacy project at Mission Heights in Flatbush was unveiled earlier this month. In one of the largest restoration planting efforts in Aotearoa, 19,000 native trees have been planted in the ngahere (forest).

Arts Out East – the community service promoting creative arts in East Auckland, Mission Heights junior college and primary schools, Pest Free Howick, and design teams Clark Bardsley and Titanium, teamed up on an innovative signage project for the forest.

The vision for a future forest was conceived alongside the construction of a bike and pump track, aiming to promote safe cycling access within the local community while enhancing the school grounds.

The project engaged hundreds of members of the community and 1,500 school tamariki in planting native trees around the tracks.

Learn more about the Matariki Legacy Project here.