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Te Whakaruruhau
Give a little, get a lot.
Enable kaitiaki and renew nature.
Numbers to Date
760
Tonnes of Carbon Sequestered
124
Jobs Created
9874
Native Species Planted
4300
Hectares of Land Reforested to Native Ecosystems
Māori-led projects have used your investments to renew the environment and offset carbon. Here's a snapshot of what the Collective has achieved:
2200
Deer, Goats, Pigs, and Geese Hunted
658
Possum, Stoat, and Rat Traps Laid
350
Kilograms of Food Produced for Communities
11
Species Returning to Restored Lands
17
Communities in the Kaitiaki Collective
$1.5m
Invested in Māori-led Biodiversity Initiatives
90
Kilograms of Clothing Materials Produced (from Hunting and Trapping)
13
UNSDGs Implemented at Place
Invest in a voluntary carbon market
Investing in Te Whakaruruhau can not only provide social benefit, you can help your company too by offsetting your emissions.
Fund a specific project to purchase tangible outcomes, or invest in them all and be part of the movement. Either way, work towards your company's commitments to sustainability and net-zero.
In addition to the social good you are doing, you are:
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Sequestering carbon
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Responding to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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Providing jobs
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Providing food for communities
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Advancing your company's committent to UNSDGs
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Restoring biodiversity
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Able to report on your climate risk and mitigations to shareholders
Communities involved in Te Whakaruruhau
To date, there are 17 hapori in Te Whakaruruhau that span across all of Aotearoa.
They are working on reforestation projects, eradicating invasive species, and cleaning waterways.
Explore their locations and find out more using the map on the right.
Te Whakaruruhau Projects
Te Mauri o te Kauri
Ngāti Hine
Three years
Utilising mātauranga Māori, this project has been creating and using rongoā (medicine) from the whale to save kauri trees in Northland.
The project has been already been running for five years and needs further investment to keep going.
Learn more here.
Investing in this project will:
Sequester 400 tonnes of carbon
Provide 18 jobs
Restore 200 hectares of native ecosystems
Contribute to UNSDG 8 & 9
Plant 30 Native species
Wakatū Seed Banking
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama, and Te Ātiawa
Four years
With the help of Te Tira Whakamātaki's hub-and-spoke model, Wakatū is seeking help to establish and run a seed banking program in their area.
This a new project that will preserve native species, fund research, reforest vital areas, and provide jobs.
Learn more here.
Investing in this project will:
Sequester 3000 tonnes of carbon
Provide 40 jobs
Restore 700 hectares of native ecosystems
Contribute to UNSDG 8 & 9
Produce 100kg of food annually
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama, and Te Ātiawa
Wakatū Seed Banking
Four years
With the help of Te Tira Whakamātaki's hub-and-spoke model, Wakatū is seeking help to establish and run a seed banking program in their area.
This a new project that will preserve native species, fund research, reforest vital areas, and provide jobs.
Learn more here.
Investing in this project will:
Sequester 3000 tonnes of carbon
Provide 40 jobs
Restore 700 hectares of native ecosystems
Contribute to UNSDG 8 & 9
Produce 100kg of food annually
