New Zealand has some of the most unusual animals to be found anywhere.  This is because we've been a remote group of islands for a very long time since separation from Gondwana, and our wildlife has been evolving ever since without outside influences.  Wild creatures are under pressure everywhere from habitat destruction, but we have an even more insidious problem.  New Zealand has no endemic mammalian predators, and many of our species have evolved without effective defences against them.  People arrived late in the piece, and brought a nasty mix of predators with them- rats, stoats, possums, mice, cats, dogs.  A lot of species were wiped out almost before we even knew they existed in the first place.  Those that remain are often under severe pressure and, whilst there have been some brilliant advances, a lot of conservation work in New Zealand remains ambulance-at-the-bottom-of-the-cliff stuff: local predator control, and transfer of remnant populations to predator-free offshore islands.

Fortunately, many New Zealanders greatly value the diversity we have left, and our company is no exception.  Our shareholders are prepared to invest a portion of each year's profits into conservation projects.  You, our clients, generate those profits, so we hope you approve of the projects on these pages!  Your comments are welcome.

Being a small company, we want to allocate funding without wasting the money on administration.  Much of the effective conservation work here is done by the field staff of the Department of Conservation (DoC), so we decided to work directly with them. Once a year we invite applications mainly from DoC staff.  We select the projects with help from two senior conservation staff within DoC.  There is no formal structure and no overhead subtracted from the money given to the projects.  Please read more about the various projects we have supported.  Do you like what you see?  Does your company want to contribute as well?  We can put you in touch with the right people.