Native Forest Restoration Trust

Founded in 1980, the Native Forest Restoration Trust is dedicated to the restoration, regeneration, and protection of New Zealand’s native forests and wetlands. Simply purchasing land and preventing it from being logged, farmed, or developed is not sufficient to ensure its survival. The presence of invasive weeds and introduced pests such as possums, rats, mice, and stoats pose a significant threat to our native flora and fauna. For our forests to regenerate and be restored to their natural state, and to ensure their survival for future generations, they require careful management. They need to be protected from weeds and pests. They need time for seeds to grow into seedlings, seedlings to become saplings, and saplings to mature into strong, mature trees. The Trust owns and manages over 8,000 hectares of native forest and wetland throughout the North and South islands of New Zealand – nature reserves which are now protected forever.