Sponsors

Our thanks go to DOC for their support and enthusiasm, and providing expertise and resources so willingly.

For website support and design. Customer support patience and favourable rates for our cause have made developing this website a pleasure.

Coleen and Stuart are very generously funding all the eggs for the 2016/17 trapping season: 344 dozen. That is a lot of eggs!They are also providing the helicopter flying time to support the volunteers establish the Mid-Ridge Trap Line this season, one of the last and more challenging lines to go in.

Tait Communications equipment helps us to stay safe in the back country by staying connected, even when we are working alone. Tait gear never stops working and gives great coverage, and it's made right here in New Zealand. The Trust has been very fortunate to have been sponsored 3 high spec radios by Tait Communications, suitable for field work even in rough, wet or alpine conditions. DoC have allowed them to set the frequencies to operate off their transmitters in the Matukituki Valley which otherwise has no signal.

Special thanks to a wonderful new sponsor who have committed to 5 years sponsorship to cover the annual ongoing costs and more traps not covered by other sponsors .

Southern Lakes Sanctuary have been instrumental in providing support since their inception. Scott Bewley from SLS manages the checking, baiting and resetting of traps along with our volunteers, and SLS have provided bait stations which they have installed in the Red Beech forest. Ground crews have checked and reset traps to ensure their effectiveness. We hope to have a long relationship with SLS if they can continue beyond the Work for Nature funding.

For a generous grant in 2025 funding 25 AT520 AI self setting, self rebaiting traps. These were installed and enabled with relays and active by September 2025.