Taranaki Kiwi Trust Fund

Protecting Kiwi for Future Generations

Taranaki Kiwi Trust is dedicated to protecting, restoring and growing populations of western brown kiwi across our region.

Established in 2001, the Trust works alongside iwi, landowners, volunteers, schools, conservation partners and the wider community to help ensure this iconic taonga species continues to thrive in the wild.

Their vision is simple yet ambitious – Kiwi from Rare to Everywhere.

Through predator control, kiwi monitoring, translocations, habitat restoration and community education, the Trust is helping return the unmistakable call of kiwi to the Taranaki landscape.

Why This Fund Matters

Protecting kiwi is a long-term commitment.

While today’s support helps fund conservation work now, restoring healthy kiwi populations takes decades of ongoing care, investment and community effort.

The Taranaki Kiwi Trust Fund has been established to provide a permanent source of funding that will help sustain this important work for generations to come.

Income generated through the Fund will contribute to predator control, kiwi monitoring, habitat restoration and translocations across Taranaki, while also supporting the dedicated team of staff, contractors and volunteers who make this work possible.

Just as importantly, the Fund invests in the partnerships that underpin successful conservation, supporting iwi, landowners, schools, community groups and conservation organisations working together to protect one of Aotearoa’s most treasured native species.

Conservation in Action

Since 2001, Taranaki Kiwi Trust has helped deliver significant conservation outcomes across the region, including:

• Protecting more than 27,000 hectares of kiwi habitat across Eastern Taranaki and Taranaki Maunga.
• Supporting the translocation of 476 kiwi in Taranaki since 2020.
• Providing 264 founder kiwi to sites across Taranaki, Pōneke and Waikato from the Taranaki Kōhanga Kiwi at Rotokare their partnership with Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust.
• Removing more than 20,580 introduced predators from kiwi habitat since 2022.
• Delivering 426 education, advocacy and training events, reaching more than 43,000 people over the past decade.
• Supporting a passionate network of 80 active volunteers contributing thousands of hours to kiwi conservation.
• Facilitating 72 kiwi release events where the public are able to see a real live kiwi close up and in person.

Together, these efforts are helping turn the vision of Kiwi from Rare to Everywhere into reality.