The Whakatāne Kiwi Trust is a leader in community driven conservation.

Your organisation can make a valuable contribution to our work and share in the benefits… a tangible commitment to environmental sustainability with a real ‘feel good’ factor.

There are five packages available for corporate sponsorship; however, personalised packages can also be tailored to suit your organisation’s needs.

The Whakatāne Kiwi Trust is a charitable trust, established in 2006. The Trust oversees management of kiwi in the project area, helps coordinate pest control, and promotes kiwi conservation  through advocacy and education.

Packages Available

  • Kaka

    $2K pa

    • Sponsor a trap line in a local reserve

    • Your logo on Whakatāne Kiwi Trust (WKT) website with link to your website

    • Use of the WKT Logo

    • Facebook post celebrating your sponsorship

    • Photo opportunity with the WKT truck

  • Miromiro

    $5k pa

    Full marketing benefits (see below)

    • A group of up to 20 people from your organisation will receive a private night walk on an agreed date

  • Toutouwai

    $10k pa

    Full marketing benefits (see below)

    • Sponsor one of our monitored kiwi ‘dads’

    • Receive two updates on this kiwi per annum

    • Two people from your organisation will have the opportunity to attend a kiwi health check

  • Korimako

    $25k pa

    Full marketing benefits (see below)

    • Sponsor one of our contractor positions (e.g. Education, Volunteer & Events, Kiwi Management)

    • Receive an annual report

    • A group from your organisation will receive a team building experience with your sponsored position (E.g. Private Kiwi Tracker walk, Corporate work day, or ‘Chick Pinging’ adventure).

  • Kiwi

    $25k pa (Minimum 2-year sign up)

    Full marketing Benefits (see below)

    • Naming rights to the WKT Night Walks

    • Your branding on the Night Walks website, Facebook and Eventfinda pages; and all promotional material

    • Option to provide branded signage/flags and uniform for night walks guides

    • A group of up to 20 people will receive a private night walk on an agreed date.


Marketing benefits for all tiers $5k and above:

  • Corporate Logo on WKT website with link to sponsor’s website

  • WKT Facebook posts celebrating our sponsorship relationship

  • WKT Newsletter article celebrating the relationship

  • 1 x media release

  • Photo opportunity with Kiwi Truck in front of your business

  • Annual update on the project

  • Option for WKT to give a presentation to your employees

Ready to become a corporate sponsor, or want more information?

Get in touch using the form, indicate which package you might be interested in, and we will get back to you!

Or download the brochure here.

Help us protect Whakatāne’s precious wildlife and spectacular native forest!

The Whakatāne district is blessed with not only a stunning natural environment, but abundant indigenous wildlife.  Kiwi, our iconic national bird, literally live in our backyards.  Residents and visitors to the township are able to visit not just one, but three, public scenic reserves and step straight into kiwi territory. This exceptional set of circumstances has led to Whakatāne gaining official trademark recognition as the ‘Kiwi Capital of the World™’

However, without active management kiwi and other native species are still at risk of population decline and extinction.   The Whakatāne Kiwi Trust was established to provide a vehicle for community involvement in the Whakatāne Kiwi Project (e.g. volunteering) and a means of delivering the project’s pest control programme.  

Trap sponsorship is another way that individuals, businesses and organisations can support the Trust’s pest control work.  By sponsoring a trap, you will make a tangible contribution to pest eradication and protecting our native taonga (treasures) in Whakatāne.

Sponsor a stoat trap in the Kiwi Trust network

The cost to sponsor a stoat trap is $135 per annum.  This money will be used to support the Trust’s pest control programme by funding operational costs such as: bait, trap maintenance, trap replacement (as many of our traps are nearly 20 years old!), trap network expansion and contractor expenses.

All of our traps are regularly checked and rebaited (usually once a fortnight) by our dedicated team of volunteer ‘trappers’.   You can choose a trap(s) to sponsor by following this link to a map of our trap network:  http://www.whakatanekiwi.com/map.aspx

Click on each trap to view the most recent catches and identify the name of the trap you wish to sponsor (e.g. MK33).  You can also have your business or organisation’s logo displayed at your trap’s location on the map, by mailing a JPEG or PNG logo file and your trap number to:marketing@whakatanekiwi.org.nz

This is a great, low cost way to advertise your business or compete with colleagues, friends and family for the most ‘trap catches’!  So, take time to choose your trap wisely!

If you are interested about trapping on your land or have any trapping enquiries please contact: predatorcontrol@whakatanekiwi.org.nz