Town Centre Taupō Stella Awards

Swapping Muddy Boots for Heels 🌿🎉

After a busy season of digging, planting, and mulching, we traded our muddy boots for a bit of glamour and celebrated in style! 💃✨ Thanks to the amazing team at Town Centre Taupō, we enjoyed a fabulous evening at their awards night, with a table kindly sponsored by Contact Energy.

We were thrilled to be finalists in the MORE FM Non-Profit Community Angels category, standing alongside incredible organisations like Taupō Hospice, Riding for Development, and Taupō Family Centre—all of whom do such meaningful work in our community. And to our surprise, we actually took home the win! 🏆🥳

A huge thank you goes out to all our local sponsors and the dedicated volunteers who join us in our mission. Whether it’s planting native trees, trapping and monitoring predators, clearing invasive weeds, or simply helping to connect people to nature, we couldn't do it without you. 💚🌳

The next morning, we laced up our boots again to lead the fantastic annual community planting at Whakaipo Bay. 🌱🌿

Thank you Abby Dance-The Photographer for capturing the magic of the evening with some fantastic photos!

Here’s to more community-driven conservation efforts, with a touch of glamour now and then! 🌿🥂