Environmental Initiatives Fund (EIF)

Project Profiles

Thanks to the Environmental Initiatives Fund, there is some great work being done throughout the Auckland region by the community, take a look at the stories below:

Jennifer and Lance Gravatt - Iffley Meadow Farms Limited

Jennifer and Lance Gravatt are passionate landowners. In 2005 they started a major project to restore land including a wetland ecosystem of a tributary of the Hoteo River, which forms part of their Tomorata farm in Rodney. Read more...

Karaka Rangatahi Trust

The Karaka Rangatahi Trust, guardians (Kaitiaki) of a Karaka property are making sure that it is preserved for future generations. Read more...

Mahurangi West Hall and Reserve Incorporated

A group of Mahurangi locals are restoring one of their area’s most iconic buildings. A few years ago, a group of locals, who call themselves The Mahurangi West Hall and Reserve Incorporated, decided to restore their local hall. Read more...

Bethells Baiting Group – Ark in the Park Buffer Zone

Four years ago Rachel Bebbington formed the Bethells Baiting Group so Bethell Valley landowners could support Ark in the Park, a community restoration project in the Cascade Kauri Park. Read more...

Scandrett Holdings Ltd

An important Maori Pa site in Warkworth is being protected with help from ARC’s Environmental Initiatives Fund (EIF). In August 2006 Scandrett Holdings Limited received an EIF grant to fence-off coastal margins at a Mullet Point property. Read more...

Pest Control in the Forest Ridge area, through community based initiatives

A sighting of a North Island robin on his Bethells Beach property in 2006 is what first motivated Andy Warneford to start a community pest control project which has seen a rapid rise in bird numbers. Read more...

Maybil Partnership

Lesley Powell and Kathleen Bellamy three years ago embarked on a major project to regenerate their Wellsford property. When Lesley and Kathleen bought their 140 hectares Tomarata property in 2005 they could see it had a lot of potential. They set up a beef breeding and fattening unit on their property and were keen to improve the condition of their land and farm in an environmentally sustainable way. Read more...