Future action

Our annual report aims to not only report on the past year, but also highlight our intentions for the near future. We are making inroads on the four capitals of social, environmental, human, and financial elements and encouraging the community to connect with nature.

The purpose of the Sanctuary deed remains unchanged: to preserve and restore a sustainable natural habitat.

Our immediate aim is to maintain the integrity of our primary asset, the pest fence. We need to enhance the visitor experience by building on initial work developed, such as upgrading the Visitor Centre that has commenced from June 2022. We are looking for opportunities that aid in self sustainability of the Sanctuary and we will be elevating the well-being aspect our Sanctuary offers to the community. We want to keep that momentum going and relationships remain an essential element of Sanctuary support.

The 2020-35 strategic document, outlines our aims and goals including building support for the Sanctuary.

Our people; management and staff

We are building an organisation by empowering our people to make a difference through being part of an effective Sanctuary team. Our key achievements this year reflect the high level of engagement, commitment and hard work of our people in the face of difficult workplace affected by Covid response plans.

Looking forward, the challenges ahead of the Sanctuary include steadily enhance the visitor experience in the Sanctuary. In the next financial year we expect inflationary effects on costs and uncertainty surrounding government funding will put pressure on our annual budget.

Ru Collin

Chief Executive