About Us
Rimutaka Forest Park Charitable Trust is a non-profit organisation committed to protecting and restoring the unique flora and fauna of the Rimutaka Forest Park located east of Wainuiomata, near Wellington, New Zealand.
We believe that the trust, in partnership with the local community and Tangata Whenua - and with support from the Department of Conservation (DoC), local bodies and a myriad of interested groups - can succeed in restoring a self-sustaining natural biodiversity where indigenous flora and fauna will flourish and allow visitors to the park unlimited access to the precious Taonga O Ngahere o Aotearoa.
The Rimutaka Forest Park Trust was formed in October 1988 to stimulate public interest in conservation areas, encourage interactive research and environmental programmes and to cooperate with DoC in the fullest development of the Park.
The Trust began as an Incorporated Society and is now a registered Charitable Trust comprising an entirely voluntary workforce.
The Trust committee meets monthly and is always keen to hear from anyone prepared to take a more active role in the Trust's activities, whether physical - with expertise or skills - or by supporting the trust as a paid up member - or any combination of the above!
Alternatively, you can help to Save Our Kiwi (and other native wildlife) by sponsoring a trap. (More...)
Wanted!! Volunteers for various roles within the Trust. (More...)
Rock pool at Graces Stream near the Old Five Mile Track Loop. (Photos credit: Peter Cooper)
Magnificent beech forest surrounds you as you walk along many sections of the Orongorongo Track to the River in the Rimutaka Forest Park, one of New Zealand's most easily accessible and popular bush walking areas.
