Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund
Partner with Save the Kiwi to help our national icon not only survive but thrive, long into the future.
Investing in the future of kiwi conservation today
The Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund gives generous donor the opportunity to invest directly into the future of our national icon.
Proceeds from the fund will be invested into predator control, training, the development of more kōhanga sites, incubation, and crèching facilities, and other kiwi conservation initiatives that will ensure the ongoing protection and growth of the national kiwi population long into the future.
The purpose of the Endowment Fund
Creating safer habitat for kiwi
For kiwi to not only survive but thrive, their habitat needs to be safer. A significant amount of the work that Save the Kiwi supports revolves around creating safer habitat for kiwi.
Repopulating the country with kiwi
Kōhanga Kiwi works to increase the kiwi population by taking kiwi eggs out of the wild, incubating, hatching, and raising them in captivity, then releasing them into predator-free sites where they live safely and breed. Eventually, progeny kiwi are transferred from these locations and released into kiwi-safe habitat around Aotearoa.
Futureproofing the work we do today
The work that Save the Kiwi does and supports is essential to the future of the kiwi population. When we understand how much funding we can rely on, we can plan long into the future.
How to donate to the Endowment Fund
Discuss a donation
Get in touch with the Save the Kiwi chairperson or Board of Trustees to find out more about the Endowment Fund and how your contribution could make a difference.
Donate directly
Make a donation directly into our account using the details below:
Account number:
02-0192-0144374-003
Registered Charity: CC47976
Donations are tax deductible. Save the Kiwi will send you a receipt for your gift.
Leave a gift in your Will
After looking after your loved ones, leaving a gift to the Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund in your Will will make sure future generations will always hear the call of the kiwi in the wild.
Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund patrons
Rt Hon. Helen Clark
Helen has been a long-standing supporter of conservation. In her early days in Parliament, she served as the Minister of Conservation immediately following the establishment of the Department of Conservation. Over the years she has maintained that love of nature and has explored many of New Zealand’s great walks.
“There are some core values about being a New Zealander that everyone wants to advance, and one of them is looking after our unique biodiversity of which kiwi are a keystone species. I’m very conscious that through the kiwi you can raise awareness of native species and conservation generally. If you can save the kiwi, you can save the korimako, the tūī, or the pīwakawaka. But the kiwi is the flagship, the one that we identify with above all in the bird family.”
Rt Hon. Sir John Key
Sir John is inadvertently the architect of the strategic plan that underpins much of Save the Kiwi’s work. During his time as Prime Minister, Sir John challenged then Kiwis for kiwi chair Sir Rob Fenwick to provide a robust plan to not just reduce the decline in kiwi populations but also generate growth. This was the catalyst for Save the Kiwi’s kōhanga strategy.
“Not everyone can hold a kiwi, release a kiwi, or see it in its natural environment, but we can teach New Zealanders about the risks, the threats, and the work being done to preserve it. It fits into that feeling of national pride too. We like being called Kiwis – it’s a term of endearment – so let’s make sure the species survives.”
Growth
Money held in the Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund is invested as capital and left to build over time. Save the Kiwi is able to use a portion of the earned interest annually to fund its work.
Fund Policy
For more information about the Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund, please download the fund policy.
Alternatively, you can make a donation directly to our account by using the details below:
Account number: 02-0192-0144374-003
Registered Charity: CC47976
Donations are tax deductible. Save the Kiwi will send you a receipt for your gift.
