Totara Park is named after the tall Totara trees that stand in the ngāhere of Totara Parklands. While developing the whenua, fallen Totara trunks, branches and stumps were uncovered in the swamplands. Some of these have been recycled and integrated into our outdoor environment as a legacy of what once was. This is our way of giving thanks to the tangata of this whenua, and paying tribute to the history of this rohe, embracing the past, present and future.

“Kohikohia nga kakano, whakaritea te parekereke, kia puawai nga hua”

“Gather the seeds, prepare the seedbed carefully, and you will be gifted with an abundance of food”