Make a Donation

 

Each year we need to raise more than $2,000,000 from sponsors and donations to maintain the security of our endangered species and their environment. You have the opportunity to support this programme.

 

MEIT is a charitable trust and all donations are tax deductible. Donations can be made as:

  • a direct credit to our bank account 06-0317-0633439-00, and complete the donation form
  • a cheque by mail to Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust, PO Box 476, Cambridge 3450, NEW ZEALAND

However you choose to donate please advise your name, address or member number so we can acknowledge your donation and send you a receipt.

 

Fundraising

We are selling the Entertainment Book for a fundraiser for the Trust.  This book is full of vouchers for   Restaurants and other activities in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty area and are valid from now until 1 June 2012.  Click here to flip through the Virtual entertainment book. Click here to order your copy online, or contact Cathy Foreman at the office for more information.  There is more information and a few copies available at the office phone 07 8237455.

 

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Become a Volunteer

More than 200 community volunteers regularly work hours equivalent to 40 full time employees to help restore Maungatautari; in fact volunteers are integral to the success of the Maungatautari restoration project. Working in a variety of areas including pest monitoring, planting and weeding, building and maintenance, administration and species monitoring, their work is of a very high standard and very highly valued.

 

Working with our volunteers is a very rewarding and fun experience.

The amount of time you have to give is completely up to you and we welcome volunteers who are able to give their time on any of the following bases:

  • for a regular number of hours on a particular day each week or month
  • for a variable number of hours on any day each week or month
  • for one off tasks periodically

We have volunteer vacancies in the following areas:

  • administration & reception
  • birds and other species
  • education
  • fund raising
  • guiding
  • maintenance and labourers
  • meet and greet (weekends)
  • pest eradication
  • planting & weeding
  • stall holders

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please click here to print a Volunteer Registration Form.  Complete and mail to us at PO Box 476 Cambridge.

 

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Become a Sponsor

The fence is built, the reintroductions are made, the predators are taken care of, what's left to do?  Maintaining a predator-free mountain is a huge and ongoing task and we need to raise more than $2,000,000 annually from sponsors and donations to maintain the security of our endangered species and their environment. You have the opportunity to sponsor this programme.  Some of the operations you may be interested in sponsoring include:

  • Pest control - baits, traps, pesticides, weedicides, application, monitoring and maintenance operations
  • Fence & track maintenance - fencing materials, track metal, culverts, fence alarm system/monitoring, cartage & contractors
  • Equipment - vehicles, quad bikes, diggers, chainsaws, operating costs, repairs, maintenance and replacement programmes
  • Biodiversity Management - species management and monitoring
  • Administration - support staffing, office rents, electricity, phones, postage, printing

We also have a number of new capital infrastructure programmes planned.

 

Please call our General Manager on 07 823 7455 for further details on sponsorship.

 

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Buy Merchandise

 

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