Restoring the mauri of the Kaimai Mamaku.
Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project
The Kaimai Mamaku is 230,000+ 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 of the eight active Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project groups 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.*
OUR 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.
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KUPU TAUTOKO | WORDS FROM OUR SUPPORTERS
"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
"My staff and I have worked alongside Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust and the Kaimai Mamaku [Restoration Project] iwi-led teams since 2021 and we endorse their work establishing new ground-based pest control projects. In particular, we strongly support the Trust’s leadership of the KMRP and collaborative and innovative approaches to maintaining and financing landscape-scale pest control for the benefit of our community and future generations."
Mayor James Denyer
Western Bay of Plenty District Council
"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
"Ngāti Tumutumu Trust has been an active and longstanding member of the KMRP collective and undertakes ongoing environmental restoration and kaitiakitanga delivery across its rohe, including the interface of Te Aroha Maunga and the wider Kaimai Mamaku landscape. Funding delivered through the Trust enables consistency in governance, reporting, and accountability across the collective, while still supporting iwi and hapū-led delivery on the ground. This approach reflects our mana whenua responsibilities to protect the taiao, restore mauri, and ensure the long-term health and resilience of the ngahere and catchments for future generations."
Daniel Braid, Chairman
Ngāti Tumutumu Trust
"MKMT has a long-standing kaupapa and provides significant support to community conservation groups working to protect threatened indigenous species in the Kaimai-Mamaku Ranges. Waikato Regional Council staff value our excellent working relationship with the trust, whose vision is to deliver landscape-scale biodiversity outcomes through iwi-led, intergenerational projects."
Chris McLay, Chief Executive
Waikato Regional Council
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Ngā mihi nui to our funders and supporters.
