SOKK’s achievements have only been possible because of a team of friends and supporters that helps the ECOED Trust to remain financially afloat, turn the ambition into reality and get the message out.
This year, we were grateful for contributions from:
Pan Pac Forest Products
Our thanks to the Pan Pac Forest Products, our key sponsor. They have supported ECOED from the outset, with the building and maintenance of the predator-proof fence at Lake Opouahi.
Pan Pac Environmental Trust
Our thanks also go to the Pan Pac Environmental Trust for its support. This year, the Trust awarded funding to ECOED for pest and predator control.
Stantec
We are thrilled to announce that Stantec have come on board as a multi-year sponsor of ECOED and the Save our Kaweka Kiwi Project. Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. We also look forward to more kiwi adventures with the local Stantec team, who are some of the most enthusiastic volunteers we have had!
Save the Kiwi
Save the Kiwi is a national organisation that works alongside iwi, conservation groups, communities, organisations, and the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai to reverse the decline of the national kiwi population and create more kiwi-safe habitat all over Aotearoa.
Z Energy
We’re incredibly grateful to Z Energy for the donation of $4,000 worth of fuel vouchers, helping to keep our network of busy volunteers moving.
Hawke’s Bay Foundation
In 2025, a generous donation from Hawke’s Bay Foundation is helping to support our trapping operations in the Kaweka Forest Park. Trapping pests is a vital part of our Save Our Kaweka Kiwi project as it helps protect wild kiwi, their habitat, and other taonga species from predation.
In the past, we have been supported by:
- Department of Conservation
- Z Energy
- Gwen Malden Trust
- NZ Lottery Grants
- Hawke’s Bay Foundation
- First Light
- WWF
- East Kaweka Helicopters
- Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
- HB Blue Light and Birthright HB
- Napier i-Site
- Bay Tours and Charters
- Cobden Garden B&B
Previous operations, including the construction of the predator-proof fence at the kiwi crèche, were supported by:
- Andrew Whitney Design
- Bank of New Zealand
- Birdwood Gallery
- BP
- Eastern & Central Community Trust
- Ed (Empire Design)
- Endeavour Community Trust
- Farmlands Trading Society Ltd
- Flaxpod
- Hawke’s Bay Protein
- HB Audit
- Heather Thurston
- Infinity Foundation
- Landcorp Farming Ltd
- M A Wolstencroft Charitable Trust
- Markhams
- Ministry of Health
- Nature Heritage Fund
- NZ Post
- Porter Hire
- Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
- Sport Hawke’s Bay
- Strata Group
- Waipawa Timber Supplies Ltd
- Williams & Kettle
