OUR SUPPORTERS

Thank you

We are grateful to all the generous individuals, groups and organisations that support QEII, both as financial members and donors. We are also extremely thankful for the dedicated support we receive through the Partners in Protection Ōhākī gifts in will programme, which assists us in our work to protect and enhance QEII covenants on private land in perpetuity.

Notably for our 2021/22 financial year, we would like to thank the estates of Margaret (Bunny) and John Mortimer, the Irvine Estate, and the Perrin Estate, and our donors Sir Stephen and Lady Margaret Tindall, Mrs F Campbell, the Basil & Cynthia Hewett Charitable Trust, Brendon the Vegan, John and Elisa Mendzela, Pru Robbie, Catherine Smith, Sue Chapman, Tui Aroha Williams, Dr Ralph Samuelson and our generous anonymous donors.

Partners in Protection Ōhākī

In September 2021, we were thrilled to announce the launch of our Partners in Protection Ōhākī gifts in will programme; a way that you can support our crucial work by leaving a gift in your will.

The QEII National Trust Partners in Protection Ōhākī programme honours the generosity of individuals and families who plan to leave us a gift in their will.

QEII has proven its expertise time and again in the last 40 years, protecting and enhancing hundreds of thousands of hectares of open space. Making a financial contribution to support QEII’s work is one of the best ways to help preserve Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural and cultural heritage. Every dollar we receive helps grow the network of private land protected in New Zealand, in perpetuity.

"Kaitiakitanga is a team effort," QEII Chair Bruce Wills says. "Landowners are already leaving a legacy by protecting their land with QEII, and we are now focused on strengthening this commitment through our Partners in Protection programme.

“We’ve got a proven recipe, and as a covenantor, I’ve experienced first-hand the incredible support landowners get from QEII – and the sense of pride and enjoyment in knowing my land is protected in perpetuity.”

“We’ve reached a stage where we need to take control of our destiny and have certainty of our own existence, so that we can help to ensure our special places of ecological and cultural significance remain for future generations.”

We are incredibly thankful to all our supporters who have already included QEII in their will. For more information, see

qeii.org.nz/partners-in-protection

“ The time to leave a lasting legacy is now”

Mr Bruce Wills ONZM, Chair of the QEII Board of Directors

ABOVE Partners in Protection Ōhākī was officially launched on Tuesday 21 September, hosted by our Vice-Regal Patron, Her Excellency the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy Governor-General of New Zealand, in Her Excellency’s final event in that role and attended by the Minister of Conservation at the time, Hon Kiri Allan, and some of our network of supporters and stakeholders