Through the Community Conservation Fund, WWF-New Zealand, in partnership with the Tindall Foundation, supports communities and educational facilities to run projects that conserve and restore Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environment and the native species in these habitats.
We received so many awesome applications from a wide range of community and educational projects this past funding round. We are excited to announce that these 18 projects around the motu have been successful. We look forward to supporting these projects and their important mahi in 2026.
- A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand - Te Whakaoranga O Karioi (The Karioi Project)
- Endeavour Inlet Conservation Trust - Punaruawhiti / Endeavour Inlet Predator Network Expansion
- Guardians of Tutira and Districts - Guthrie Smith Wetlands Restoration
- Hauraki Gulf Conservation Trust - Waiheke Marine Project
- Kaikōura Wildlife Centre Trust - Project BlueBird - Little Penguin/Kororā Reserve
- Kawatiri Nature Environment & Communities Trust (KNECT) - The Nurture School Predator Control Programme
- Kirivalu Aotearoa Society - Guardians of Tomorrow: Community Conservation Education
- Mana Tāhuna Charitable Trust - Toitū Wai Whakaata
- Menzshed Waimea - Community Predator Trap Project
- Muriwai Environmental Action Community Trust (MET) - The Kiwi Project
- Otara Waterways and Lake Trust - Stream Restoration Project
- Project Jonah New Zealand - Marine Education in Schools Programme
- Sea Cleaners Trust - Sea Cleaners Canterbury
- Tasman Bay Guardians Trust - Love Rimurimu Education Programme
- Tomahawk-Smaills BeachCare Trust - Growing Habitat for NZ Sea Lions
- Te Matuku Regeneration Group (umbrellaed by Waiheke Resources Trust) - Peninsula Regeneration Project
- Whakatipu Wildlife Trust - Te-taumata-o-Hakitekura - Ben Lomond Threatened Endemic Moths Project
- Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust - Seeds to Trees