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Our trustees

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Julia Mackie, trustee

Julia Mackie, trustee

Julia is a member of the Napier Tramping Club. She loves the outdoors and, to further her outdoor skills, joined LandSAR in 2008.

Her experience is also passed on to students completing the Adventurous Journey section of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Julia has, for the past few years, been assisting ECOED with monitoring and trapping in the Kaweka Range.

Reece and family

Reece O’Leary, trustee

Reece is the Environmental Manager for Pan Pac and was introduced to ECOED when he started his role with Pan Pac (a sponsor of ECOED). Reece enjoys spending time outdoors and is amazed by the amount of work ECOED volunteers do to support the Hawke’s Bay kiwi population. Reece and his wife Hannah are also kept busy with their two young daughters, Frankie (3) and Nellie (1).

Marilyn Wright – trustee

Marilyn Wright, trustee

Marilyn joined ECOED as a creche volunteer in 2019, learning and practising kiwi handling skills.

She subsequently became a trustee and has worked within this role on strategic planning. Previous employment includes teaching, parenting and school counselling.

Deb, manager

Deb Harrington, manager

Deb was recruited as a volunteer in 2011 after taking early retirement from her banking career. Most weeks, she is in the Kawekas tracking down kiwi for health checks, raiding nests and training new volunteers.

She took over the administrator now manager role in 2021.

Tipene with Lionheart

Tipene Cottrell, trustee

Tipene was appointed as a trustee in October 2022.

He has whakapapa connections to Wharerangi marae, Timi Kara marae and Mōteo marae.

Tipene also gives talks to school students about local hapū history.

Stories

The ‘zombie’ kiwi is alive, kicking – and now reporting in correctly!

Banner Photo: Julia holding Mr JCYou could call Mr JC a zombie kiwi. His transmitter was reporting him dead, but he continued to wander about. … Read More

Cute freshly hatched kiwi photos incoming in 3 … 2 … 1 …

The 2023/24 hatching season has officially started at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, with the arrival of four kiwi eggs.Two eggs came from a … Read More

A Japanese flavour to our day

Banner Photo: Checking Huripari's weight gainLast week, four of us headed off the Kaweka Road to do the first health checks on two new young kiwis … Read More

The hidden world uncovered by a trail camera

Banner Photo: Makino River setup l to r: camera, A24 trap, Steve Allen SA2 trap, an AT220 trap and a DoC 200 trapPete and Judy gained experience … Read More

We are almost there with a new Anawhenua trapline

Deb and David Harrington have been busy lately, working in the field on the Save Our Kaweka Kiwi project.On 30 June, they completed marking … Read More

About us

The Environment, Conservation and Outdoor Education Trust (ECOED) was established in 2002 to halt the decline of North Island brown kiwi in the Kaweka Forest Park. At that time, the estimated kiwi population was about 200. In response to the crisis, ECOED initiated the Save the Kiwi Hawke’s Bay Project, which is now known as Save Our Kaweka Kiwi, or SOKK.

Our goal is to restore a healthy population of kiwi in the forest park.

Do you want to help?

From marketing and fundraising to trapping and kiwi monitoring, we'll be able to find a way for you to help.

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Email: [email protected]
Lake Opouahi, Hawke’s Bay

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