Restoring the mauri of the Kaimai Mamaku.
The Kaimai Mamaku is 260,000+ hectares - simply too much for one person or organisation to protect. Through the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project we bring together all projects, agencies, stakeholders and communities around the rohe. Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust currently manages the funding and gives project support to eight active iwi-hapū led conservation projects.
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Lifetime figures as of 11 November 2025
7,500
Hectares under control.
30,387
Predators removed through trapping.
80,000
Rākau planted.
68.3%
of kaimahi say their mental health has improved since starting this mahi.
89.9%
of funding went directly to restoring the mauri of the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project.*
MAHI
🤝 Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project
In the past financial year, MKMT received more than $4.1M of funding and 89.9% was delivered to eight independent iwi-led project conservation projects working within the Kaimai Mamaku ngahere and catchments.
💪 Capability Building
We provide targeted wānanga and ongoing capability building opportunities to meet the needs and focus areas of all KMRP tīma. Day-to-day we support iwi and hāpu-led conservation tīma with advice, support and mentoring in specialist areas including budgeting, reporting, GIS and predator control.
📈 Nature Credits
The Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project has partnered with Boffa Miskell and CreditNature to launch an international nature credit pilot programme, enabling businesses to make verified nature-positive claims while directly supporting ecosystem restoration across Aotearoa.
HELP US PROTECT THIS IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE
An investment, donation or in-kind support of the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project will help restore the mauri of the Kaimai Mamaku to sustain and provide for current and future generations.
KŌRERO | NEWS
"This work would not be possible without MKMT and the KMRP collective. Together we have made strides in delivering biodiversity outcomes and our collective knowledge on biodiversity and ability to engage and empower diverse communities towards a common cause has been fantastic"
Bill Young, Tipu Environmental Chairperson
Te Paiaka Lands Trust
Through the work of the KMRP—led by iwi and hapū, alongside the support of the Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust (MKMT)—we are restoring life and balance. Pest control, ecological restoration, and engagement with local communities are acts of protection and renewal, rekindling the mana of the forests. Every action affirms that the forests are living, that they hold mana, and that they are inseparable from the people who walk within them.
Larn Wilinson
Hauraki | Hako Tupuna Trust
"This work would not be possible without MKMT and the KMRP collective. Together we have made strides in delivering biodiversity outcomes and our collective knowledge on biodiversity and ability to engage and empower diverse communities towards a common cause has been fantastic"
Bill Young, Tipu Environmental Chairperson
Te Paiaka Lands Trust
HE WAKA EKE NOA
Ngā mihi nui to our funders and supporters.
