In spring 2005, Manaaki Whenua ran a hīkoi or travelling workshop to promote and demonstrate ecological restoration in Canterbury and share knowledge, experience, inspiration and motivation amongst scientists, community groups and Māori who were involved in this area. The underlying motivation for the hīkoi was to enhance networking and relationships (whānaungatanga) between iwi, scientists and community groups via ‘hands-on’ exposure to real-life examples of ecological restoration techniques in a variety of habitats and tackling a variety of issues. The hīkoi also acted as a celebration of the success of restoration activities over the last 30 years and aimed to convey information and experiences of this work. This report reviews the hīkoi and summarises participant feedback. It also provides commentary from the project team about the lessons learned and provides a number of recommendations for consideration.