At our 2025 AGM, we gathered with our incredible volunteers, funders, partners, supporters and friends to celebrate a year of growth, connection and collective impact. With a high turnout, our Chair Charmaine Bailie and Kaihautū | Chief Executive Teresa Kavanagh shared reflections on a year that has been both grounding and visionary.
This year, we deepened our focus on indigenous biodiversity, citizen science, food resilience, soil integrity, climate action and behaviour change—all woven together by our commitment to community-led ecological regeneration.
A Year of Growth & Visibility
From the vibrant EcoHub hosting hundreds of workshops and events, to our national presence through the Heal the Hauraki docuseries and the Meridian Energy Community Decarbonisation Fund campaign, our stories reached hearts across Aotearoa. Our Gift a Tree campaign lit up JCDecaux billboards nationwide, and EcoFest collaboration brought together hundreds of sustainability events across Tāmaki Makaurau.
Impact by the Numbers
- 13k+ volunteer hours invested annually
- 43k+ native plants grown annually
- 80+ native plant species grown to enhance biodiversity
- 400+ community volunteer days, workshops and activations run annually
- 6k+ people engaged in-person as volunteers or event participants annually
- 1 tonne of pest plants removed
- 8 tonnes of food & green waste diverted at our two community compost hubs
- 43k+ website visits annually
- 27+ years of experience
Ka mua, ka muri – we walk backwards into the future.
Guided by the wisdom of those who came before us and the energy of those walking with us now, we continue to cultivate new potential. Leadership is shared, and progress is made together.
To everyone who has walked alongside us - ngā mihi nui!
To those we’ve yet to meet - we look forward to the journey ahead.
Check out our full Annual Report 2025 here to explore more stories about our collective impact.