The Mt Hiwi Charitable Trust. Preserving native bush, native birds. Conservation for Tui, Kiwi, Ruru, Grey Teal, Rata, Ponga

Welcome to our site.

Please feel free to look around. However, the best way to find out what's going on is to email with questions. Note that we're all volunteers, so factor that into your response expectations!
Please also email us if you have any queries or ideas you think we'd find useful.

Upcoming Events

The next Meeting is to be held Monday 10 October 2011.

The AGM will be held at this time also (delayed from 19 Deptember) - so come one, come all. Timing and location are: 7:30pm at Fidel's cafe, Cuba St. Wellington.

The next Maintenance trip to the land is planned for late September. Fun and games for all who would like to assist in keeping the tracks and fenceline tidy.

Hunters will be operating at the property on: ... (None currently scheduled) ...
(Please note that hunting is only permitted by prior agreement. For safety reasons casual hunters are expressly not permitted.)

What is the Mt Hiwi Trust?

The Mount Hiwi Charitable Trust was formed to allow access to and preserve indigenous virgin forests and ecosystems in perpetuity.

The initial 1016 acre (411 hectare) block of land consists of 3 distinct regions (see map )

*Reserve Block - 343 acres (139 ha) complete virgin bush in a single valley catchment

*Buffer Block - 320 acres (129 ha) to the north and east of the Reserve catchment, also in (mostly) virgin bush

*Regenerating Block - 350 acres (142 ha) to the west of the Buffer Block, in regenerating bush

The 343 acres of the Reserve Block forms the head catchment of an area identified by DoC as being ecologically significant (a Significant Natural Area, or SNA) and therefore worthwhile protecting. The remainder of the SNA is located on a neighbour's property, as shown on the map (note that the Trust only has access to that part of the SNA on our property).

Location and Access

IMPORTANT NOTE: We are actively managing the property. This includes the use of hunters targeting pests ... which sometimes means GUNS, so please check in using the contacts prior to any visit to ensure no lead is flying when you're there.

So where is this stunning piece of Aotearoa? The block is approximately 60km north of Wanganui at the head of the Maumahaki lake sequence.

Turn off SH3 at Waverly Post Office, the lakes are 15km inland.

The final 2km is on easy access unsealed road through stunning country side.

To repeat: please advise us if you are intending to visit - we have hunters shooting to keep on top of the mammalian pests, and have no wish to add humans to that list.

What's there?

Wildlife	Vegetation
Brown kiwi	tawa
North Island robin	large rimu
Grey teal	beech
Spotless crake	sedge grass
Fern bird	rata
Native fish	raupo
Eel	toe toe
NZ falcon (Dave's darlings)	wheki
Ruru (morepork)

Membership and Contact Details.

We welcome new members all the time. If you're inclined towards assistance without being a member, we're OK with that too. Give us a call :-)