Aorangi Restoration Trust

Restoring native ecosystems in South Wairarapa

By 2045, the Trust aims to have restored the Aorangi Forest and its surrounds so indigenous forest, coastal, and marine ecosystems are healthy, and its streams, rivers, and wetlands are clean and abundantly inhabited.

News

26 August 2026

Seeking sites for planting native forest trees

The Tonganui Corridors project, which started in winter 2020, is seeking landowners with sites for planting of native trees this winter.

Tonganui is a large-scale tree planting project to establish permanent native forest corridors reconnecting the Aorangi and Remutaka. If you have land that could host planting, get in touch with the Trust.

12 August 2026

Bird highway takes flight

RNZ journalist Sally Round recently interviewed the Aorangi Restoration Trust, Kohunui Marae Nursery and local landowners about the corridors project.

RNZ journalist Sally Round recently interviewed the Aorangi Restoration Trust, Kohunui Marae Nursery and local landowners about the...

29 July 2026

White Rock trapping volunteers required

The Aorangi Restoration Trust are looking for volunteers to service 89 traps once a month at White Rock.

The Aorangi Restoration Trust are looking for volunteers to service 89 traps once a month at White Rock.

27 August 2021

They're at it Again

Those wonderful 'Undulators' keep popping up. Not only did they gift us some money for the bat recording boxes but the Undulators have...

Those wonderful 'Undulators' keep popping up. Not only did they gift us some money for the bat recording boxes but the Undulators have...

27 August 2021

Message from the Chair

Aorangi Restoration Trust 2014 Review Notes from the Chair, Clive Paton The past twelve months have seen many gains in our quest to...

Aorangi Restoration Trust 2014 Review Notes from the Chair, Clive Paton The past twelve months have seen many gains in our quest to...

27 August 2021

"Birds sing while 1080 drops"

Victoria University conservation biologist Dr Stephen Hartley and colleague Asher Cook have released findings of research into birdsong...

Victoria University conservation biologist Dr Stephen Hartley and colleague Asher Cook have released findings of research into birdsong...

27 August 2021

Washpool to Pararaki

A new coastal trapline - Washpool to Pararaki – was established on Thursday 3 December 2015, with 16 Doc250s and 8 Timms traps at 21...

A new coastal trapline - Washpool to Pararaki – was established on Thursday 3 December 2015, with 16 Doc250s and 8 Timms traps at 21...

27 August 2021

DOC Funding Grant Announced

"Aorangi Restoration Trust has received a funding boost of $40,000 from DOC's community fund, allowing the appointment of a part-time...

"Aorangi Restoration Trust has received a funding boost of $40,000 from DOC's community fund, allowing the appointment of a part-time...

27 August 2021

Age Proves no barrier to conservation efforts

Andy & Chris Corser, with Chris's mum Bettine, 80, were featured recently in the Wairarapa Time-Age for their incredible work in...

Andy & Chris Corser, with Chris's mum Bettine, 80, were featured recently in the Wairarapa Time-Age for their incredible work in...

27 August 2021

Gecko Sighting

We had our first sighting of gecko in the Aorangi Forest, recorded just before Christmas 2015 by Ella Buckley. It is a forest gecko of...

We had our first sighting of gecko in the Aorangi Forest, recorded just before Christmas 2015 by Ella Buckley. It is a forest gecko of...

27 August 2021

Aorangi Restoration Trust works closely with deerstalkers and community

A great write-up by Predator Free NZ on Chairman Clive Paton, the work of the Aorangi Restoration Trust, its vision, activities, and...

A great write-up by Predator Free NZ on Chairman Clive Paton, the work of the Aorangi Restoration Trust, its vision, activities, and...

27 August 2021

Former inhabitants of the Aorangi

A crevasse in the ground near Martinborough provides a glimpse of the birds and other animals found in prehistoric south-east Wairarapa....

A crevasse in the ground near Martinborough provides a glimpse of the birds and other animals found in prehistoric south-east Wairarapa....

27 August 2021

Two Legendary Landscapes

With renewed interest in the stories relating to Nga Ra o Kupe by the Department of Conservation, it is timely to feature this blog post...

With renewed interest in the stories relating to Nga Ra o Kupe by the Department of Conservation, it is timely to feature this blog post...

27 August 2021

Always a good day in the Aorangi

The Trust had met the day before to finalise our health and safety plan. Joe gave his health and safety briefing to barracking from the...

The Trust had met the day before to finalise our health and safety plan. Joe gave his health and safety briefing to barracking from the...

27 August 2021

Tonganui Biodiversity Corridors – Looking Forward to the Past

A tree planting project is underway to establish permanent native forest corridors reconnecting the Aorangi and Remutaka Ranges.

A tree planting project is underway to establish permanent native forest corridors reconnecting the Aorangi and Remutaka Ranges.

27 August 2021

Predator Control in Aorangi Forest

An ambitious predator control programme in and around the Aorangi Forest in the southern Wairarapa is delivering some impressive results.

An ambitious predator control programme in and around the Aorangi Forest in the southern Wairarapa is delivering some impressive results.

27 August 2021

Protecting Banded Dotterel at White Rock

The Wairarapa’s largest population of banded dotterel is getting a helping hand from a local protection group and an forestry company.

The Wairarapa’s largest population of banded dotterel is getting a helping hand from a local protection group and an forestry company.