Kiwi Art Trail
At Contact, we’re all about making sure Aotearoa stays an amazing place to call home for wildlife for generations to come. That’s why we’re sponsoring a sculpture in the Kiwi Art Trail.
Organised by conservation charity Save the Kiwi, the Kiwi Art Trail is a collection of 20 kiwi sculptures painted by local artists and displayed around downtown Auckland to raise awareness of how New Zealanders can help protect this taonga species. The sculptures will be auctioned at the end of the year, with proceeds going towards the next generation of kiwi at a facility that incubates, hatches and releases chicks into the wild.
The Kiwi Art Trail will be on display from 9th October - 3rd November.
Kiwi Contact
Contact is proud to support independent charity Save the Kiwi through our Kiwi Contact programme.
The programme enables school kids from the Taupō region to visit the Save the Kiwi Burrow where the charity incubates and hatches kiwi chicks.
This helps the school groups learn not only about kiwi conservation, but also about biodiversity and sustainability initiatives with the aim of inspiring future generations to do their bit to look after our home.
Taranaki Kiwi Trust
Contact has worked with the Taranaki Kiwi Trust since 2020, when we sponsored Koko – a resident kiwi on Taranaki Maunga. In 2022, we extended that support into a three-year sponsorship of the Trust to undertake education and advocacy programmes. In 2023 the Trust delivered 58 training, education and advocacy events with schools, churches, businesses, clubs and organisations across the region.
The Taranaki Kiwi Trust is dedicated to protecting and preserving the Western Brown Kiwi population through Taranaki. The Trust is engaged with pest control on public and private land, egg lifts, releasing kiwi, kiwi monitoring and surveying. It provides protection for kiwi on private properties in Taranaki through predator trapping.
Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre
We are proud to support the release of karearea (NZ Falcon) on Tuwharetoa iwi land, in Taupō. We have released six karearea so far and aim to release a total of 15 birds.
Kārearea are a threatened species, with less than 10,000 remaining in the wild. 75% of juveniles die in their first year, many from starvation. Our sponsorship covers equipment, travel, food costs, feed requirements, and volunteer monitoring to support the chicks in their first few months of life.
We are thrilled to see these beautiful native birds soaring over Tauhara maunga once again.
