Ngakonui School Area

This is a venture between the Incorporation, Horizons (Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council) and the local Ngakonui Valley School. Horizons (m.w.) provides native plant seedlings to the School whose senior students tend them for 12 months before planting them out in the environmental area at Koromiko, in what is the last remaining stand of indigenous forest on the dairy farm. the concept is from horizons (m.w.) 'trees for schools' project, with the Ngakonui Valley School being the only school participating in the Taumarunui district.

Taumarunui Speed Shears

Each year, a week before the Golden Shears in Masterton, Taumarunui holds the ‘Speed Shears’ attracting topflight shearers like Fagan and Kirkpatrick, who use the competition as pre-training before the national competition. The Incorporation provides the sheep for shearing and is becoming well-known for the quality of its wool and sheep.

Central King Country Axemens Association

Everyone knows that many of our shareholders have reputations as fine axemen and women, many of whom support the sport through their children and mokopuna. Continuing this theme, each February the Central King Country Axemens Association (CKCAA) host a chopping meet, with blocks provided by the Incorporation. The Incorporation has made available a small area of unproductive land
for the ckcaa to grow poplar trees for blocks for the chopping meets around the district.