Enviro Schools

Maeroa is the proud and hard-working recipient of a Silver Status Enviro School. The gully project is a major part of the work here at school and is part of the immediate community effort to restore the gully that runs through the back of our school. We have a nursery to propagate native seedlings and hold regular working bees to clear and learn about restoration.

The work in the gully, however, is just one part of the environmental education curriculum; we also have bees that produce honey, a gardening club that harvests food, an extensive recycling system, and chickens to support minimising food wastage. We are always looking for budding eco-warriors ready to learn, help, and serve on our environmental journey.

Students caring for a chicken as part of the school’s environmental programme.
Maeroa Intermediate student wearing a beekeeping suit while tending to beehives.
Student working in the school garden, tending to plants.
Two students carrying buckets of plants along a garden path.
Students planting native trees on a hillside at Maeroa Intermediate.
Students working together to care for plants in the school vegetable garden.