Sponsors

Trust Tairāwhiti is the regional community trust, with a strategic focus on community initiatives, economic development and providing for future generations in Tairāwhiti. We invest in the wellbeing of our people, the success of our businesses and the future of our region. Since its inception, the Trust has distributed, invested or delivered $158 million to a diverse range of initiatives and operation.

Gisborne District Council supports community groups to restore local dunes along Wainui, Okitu, Makorori, Anaura Bay, and Kaiti Beach. This includes plant orders, workshops, seed collection, and maintenance assistance. The collaborative initiative empowers communities to enhance coastal ecosystems, promote biodiversity, and protect natural habitats, fostering a sustainable environment for future generations while strengthening community ties through shared stewardship of vital coastal areas.

SCG provides purpose-defined creative, content, print and delivery services for any sized project. SCG’s print capabilities combines top technology with passionate experts for billboards, business cards, vehicle wrapping or brochures. SCG is sponsoring the printing of our conference handbook.

Southlight Studio combines the talents of artist Janet Andrews & photographer Simon Hoyle. Based on the seafront in Days Bay, the studio is a gallery & working space for their creations. Janet is a well known NZ watercolour artist but along with her background as a geologist & zoologist, she has embraced the values of coastal restoration. Simon has been a professional photographer for most of his career & specialises in black & white environmental portraits. Originally trained as a mining engineer, he has combined with Janet to create short entertaining videos on various subjects. In 2021, Southlight was contracted & funded by DOC & CRT to produce a series of 14 videos on Coastal Restoration issues in New Zealand. Southlight are the official photographers for the Ūawa conference 2025

Parata Limited was established in April 2023 post Cyclone Gabrielle. As a civil roading contracting company based on the coast, it is 100% Maori owned and operated. With two additional companies to its name, Parata Limited supports local entrepreneurship. Their company Kurawai, supplies and delivers drinking water between Potaka and Uawa while Waihanga is a trade services business- facilitating building, electrical and plumbing work. Parata Limited is sponsoring a lunch at the conference.

Coastlands Plant Nursery is New Zealand’s national coastal sand dune regevetation centre specialising in foredune and back dune plant species. Coastlands have a specially built propagation facility in Eastern Bay of Plenty producing around 500,000 plants annually for large environmental projects, coast care groups, councils and private landowners. Coastlands are sponsoring a lunch at the conference.

The Native Garden Nursery was established in 1995. The Native Garden Nursery has become a trusted provider of quality native plants and expertise for local projects, and is now owned by Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust, supporting their vision to protect and nurture the natural environment. The Native Garden Nursery is sponsoring a morning tea at the conference.

Established in 2002 in Northland, Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust (MTSCT) sees education as a vital part of society and central to all environmental restoration. Their marine and freshwater programmes involve young people, their parents and the wider community. These programmes reinforce simple concepts such as the uniqueness of marine & freshwater biodiversity and provide an active focus on conservation. By making schools a focal point, both meaningful learning and long-term behaviour change is supported for both today’s and tomorrow’s generations. MTSCT have also established the Wai Connection – Tatai Ki Te Wai Project, a MfE-funded catchment community engagement project that works with freshwater management. It aims to support a shared vision of ecological sustainability as the basis of a healthy community.

Wildland Consultants is a progressive ecological consultancy committed to the care and enhancement of our natural environment.  We provide specialist skills in relation to ecology and biodiversity, services include ecological evaluations and solutions, ecological survey and monitoring, ecological restoration, pest plants and animals, wetland restoration, fauna restoration management plans and salvage.

Hertz Gisborne, part of the Global Hertz Network, is proud to be a locally owned and operated business servicing the vehicle hire needs of the wider Gisborne region for more than twenty-five years with a modern, safe and versatile private & commercial vehicle fleet. Hertz Gisborne is providing a discount to any conference attendees hiring vehicles for the conference. For futher details, see the Transport tab.

Daltons are a nationwide supplier of potting mixes and landscape products and have a state of the art manufacturing plant. Daltons are recognised throughout New Zealand for their Quality Assurance Programme, outstanding customer service and utilisation of natural and renewable resources. Daltons have been supporting the Coastal restorationtrust’s conference for many years.

Riverside Horticulture is a leading plant nursery specialising in contract growing for large-scale restoration projects. With expertise in growing native coastal species for dune stabilisation and ecological restoration. We produce around 2 million plants annually, primarily native species, alongside forestry seedlings and landscaping plants.