Eligibility Criteria

The following eligibility criteria to organisations wanting to apply for funds from the BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust:

Organisations must fall within one of the following organisational classifications:
- Department of Conservation office
- University, zoo and/or recognised research facility
- Registered charitable trust, charitable foundation, or charitable organisation
- Incorporated society
- Kiwi conservation group, association, or society
- Landcare group
Please Note: Individuals are not eligible for funding by the BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust.
Community-based organisations applying to the Trust for funding support must produce, as part of their ongoing operating procedure, an Annual Report and an Annual Financial Statement.

Please Note: The Trust may require an organisation to provide copies of both documents in support of its funding application.
The Trust will only reimburse expenses to and in the name of the funded organisation.
All kiwi-related conservation work undertaken by an organisation must be properly permitted under the Wildlife Act as administered by the Department of Conservation.

Predator Control/Monitor

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Community Efforts

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Founding Partner

The 2002 establishment of the BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust built on 11 years of support for kiwi recovery.

Did You Know?

Five intensively managed kiwi sanctuaries exist on mainland New Zealand – in Northland, Coromandel, Tongariro, Okarito and Haast – set up by the government to help kiwi survive and thrive on the mainland.