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Ora Barlow-Tukaki
Trustee of of Raukūmara Pae Maunga
Ora Barlow is a trustee of Raukūmara Pae Maunga, an iwi-led restoration programme working across one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest and most ecologically significant indigenous forest landscapes. Of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngati Porou descent, Ora’s work is shaped by the scale of the challenge: restoring vast natural systems cannot rely on short-term conservation funding or fragmented interventions. Her focus is equally on the scale of the solution - bringing indigenous leadership, mātauranga Māori and wester sciences, government and investment together to finance restoration at landscape and intergenerational scale. Ora is helping develop new models that recognise healthy forests as critical natural infrastructure, capable of delivering measurable biodiversity, climate resilience, cultural and economic value for generations.