Te Mata Park – Ngā Tipuna Fund

To Mata Park and its famous peak is one of the most loved and visited places in Hawke’s Bay – a cultural, historical and recreational treasure.

Designated an ‘Outstanding Natural Landscape’, Te Mata Park was gifted in perpetuity to the community in 1927 and is managed by a small group of volunteer trustees, with help from local councils and the community.

Ngā Tipuna, meaning ‘Our Ancestors, Our Maunga, Our Journey’, is the name of the endowment fund that will protect and enhance Hawke’s Bay’s most iconic land mass for future generations.

The objective of the Ngā Tipuna Fund is to ensure the operations of the Park are financially sustainable by helping to close the current funding gap, enabling the Trust Board to continue to deliver on its vision to  – ‘sustain, enhance, protect, maintain and embrace the cultural, environmental and recreational values of the Park in balance with each other, so that the Park can continue to be valued by all, now and in the future’.

We invite all Te Mata Park users and supporters to give what they can to protect and enhance this treasured land for future generations.