Ruamahanga Restoration Trust

About

Our aim is to promote the restoration and protection of bio-diverse ecosystems that support indigenous flora and fauna within the Wairarapa

Mission

Our mission is to educate a young generation of future leaders in the hope that through our stories and assistance the good work of New Zealanders in action can be viewed as a role model and guide for communities everywhere; protecting, restoring and nourishing the return of healthy ecosystems for future generations.

Our aim is to work with students, teachers, landowners, conservation groups, and government to address and promote the need to halt and reverse the decline of natural wilderness and wetlands within the Wairarapa; to encourage the protection and return of endangered fauna, along with the regrowth of native flora; and to help reverse the effects of climate change.

Our mission starts at the Rathkeale College Eco Trail, as flag bearers and storytellers with a message of good; to inform and encourage others in the belief that “nothing is impossible” when it comes to protecting and restoring the health and lifespan of our fragile and bio-diverse planet and ecosystems.

Our Values

We believe in doing good, being kind, and selflessly contributing towards the future wellbeing and health of our children, country, and our planet.

We encourage debate and awareness of environmental issues, sharing the work of like-minded individuals in other organizations or charity groups, where possible extending our support towards their needs.

We embrace new technologies that aim to aid and assist sustainable methods of working with land and wildlife rejuvenation projects; supporting and mentoring local technology start-ups that aim to use new technologies for the purpose of restoring and protecting our ecosystems.

We encourage an understanding of our natural treasures (toanga) through the values, knowledge and traditions of the Maori culture and local iwi; with the aim to communicate and share these stories as a means to encourage students and local communities to show respect for the land, natural waterways and surrounding ocean by restoring healthy relationships between places and people.

We recognize that our work as local stewards and guardians is to encourage charitable conservation and environmentalism philanthropy – inviting investment, scientific, educational and technical expertise that in turn helps saves threatened sites and ensures the survival of endangered native species, including our local environments from risks associated with any further rise in global temperatures.