Tiritiri Matangi island is a wildlife sanctuary located 30 kilometres northeast of central Auckland. It is one of New Zealand's best-known and exciting conservation projects and is considered by many to be a world leader in community-led conservation efforts. After many generations of human habitation on the island, only 6% of the original forest remained. Between 1984 and 1994, volunteers planted nearly 300,000 native trees, and since then, we have eradicated all mammalian predators. As a result, endangered native species can now thrive here, finding plentiful food sources from the regenerating forest.
The Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi was established 30 years ago to ensure that the newly re-planted island would continue to thrive and provide a safe habitat for our threatened wildlife. We want the island to be a complex, healthy ecosystem, a haven for New Zealand's native species, a place that engages and inspires volunteers and visitors to understand our unique cultural and historic heritage and to make a difference in their own environment.
Every year around 20,000 people visit the Island and benefit from walking amongst forest and grasslands that are moving ever closer to the pre-human environment, where birds, reptiles and invertebrates dominated the landscape. Ultimately it is young people who will gain the maximum benefit from our work. We host approximately 5000 students each year who come to Tiri to be educated about our natural taonga and inspired to make a difference in their communities.
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