Here's how your business can help conservation groups

Community conservation groups need your help and you might have more to offer than you realise.

These groups run on tight budgets and are constantly pulled away from their core mahi by the need to find resources. They're not just looking for donations. They need skills, equipment, vehicles and volunteer time.

That's where businesses like yours come in. And there's a compelling reason to get involved. Nature is your most important business partner and underpins your supply chain, your infrastructure and the economy you operate in. Yet globally, nature is in serious decline.

So, ahead of this Conservation Week, starting on 20 April, we asked our Connect for Nature community partners what was on their wishlist. Here is what they told us. Please contact them directly if you can help.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Volunteer groups for planting and giveback days (ongoing)
PPE – gloves, essential tools, safety gear
Electric vehicle to improve transport and operational sustainability

Contact: Ephraim Irvine [email protected]

Kaharoa Kōkako Trust

PPE & safety

2x thick leather gauntlet gloves (large)
2x ear defenders
2x strimming chaps

Pest control supplies

Sterigene (boot disinfectant)
Erayz stoat lure ×20
Smooth cinnamon possum lure ×10
Philproof bait stations (large) ×100
AT220 traps ×2

Contact: Dawn Williams [email protected]

Waiheke Resources Trust

GPS-equipped phones or units for restoration tracking and biodiversity monitoring
Electric van equivalent to replace existing petrol van to make the entire fleet electric

Contact: Kristin Busher [email protected]