Corporate Volunteering | Sponsorship | Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate volunteering activities

Restoring native bush
Clearing invasive pest plants
Clearing rubbish from forests and streams
Planting native trees (May - September)
Bushwalks
Trapping pests
Working in the native plant nursery
Tailored activities for your group
Receiving educational nuggets and having fun!

This work helps the lasting regeneration of local reserves and significant ecological areas across Auckland.

Working together, we can restore our native plants, birds, bugs and fish.

Practical details

We welcome corporate volunteering groups on Fridays and can host groups of 6 – 25 people. We will work with you to make the session most enjoyable. If a Friday doesn't suit, please let us know and we'll see if another day is available.

Register your interest in Corporate volunteering by completing this online form.
Where: Our EcoHub and the surrounding forest reserves we care for are just a 20-minute drive from central Auckland.

Available packages:

Half-day team building volunteering day (3 hours) - fee of $500 + GST
Full-day team building volunteering day (6 hours) - fee of $800 + GST
Half-day planting day with 80 native plants supplied (3 hours) - $1,200 + GST

Kaipātiki Project is a charity and relies on the generosity of funders, supporters, members, sponsors and volunteers.

Sponsorship opportunities

We are looking for sponsors whose line of work or business practices are compatible with our values, and who share our vision for sustainability.

Request our Sponsorship Pack

Turn your dollars into sustainable impact - helping native plants grow, turning waste into compost and turning one's junk into another one's treasure. Request our full Sponsorship Pack here or contact us at [email protected]. The options in the Pack act as a guide and we would love to discuss tailor-made solutions with you to achieve a win-win-win; for the environment, for you and for Kaipātiki Project.

Many ways to sponsor

View some examples of how other organisations support us, and we are always open to personalising ways you can support us to fit with your organisations. Get in touch to talk to us.

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Your benefits

Brand Exposure: Corporate Social Responsibility allows you to enact positive change. Consumers are influenced by how socially responsible a company they’re dealing with is. This helps build trust, raise awareness, and encourages social change. You will be making a real impact in your communities and they will hear about it; through brand placement, story-telling, reporting and promotion. We regularly communicate with 15,000 of highly engaged households, many face-to-face through volunteering and events, social media, newsletters, websites and workshops.
Corporate Volunteering: Days away from the normal work environment can truly boost morale and increase team cohesiveness. A day with us certainly ticks all the boxes, while connecting with nature and giving back to the community. Team activities include working in our plant nursery, weeding, planting trees (May-Sept), learning about trapping pests as a practical field work.
Your Impact and Involvement – Facts, Anecdotes and Storytelling: We can provide content you can use for your internal communications, Annual Report, Investor Relations or customer engagement. This can range from impact reporting, anecdotes, imagery and video.

Contact us to discuss sponsorship opportunities.

Partnership opportunities

Your business can partner with us in other ways – taking your corporate social responsibility to the next level. We’ve enjoyed joining forces with businesses large and small since we began.

Partnering with us helps us to continue what we do best – local bush restoration and conservation, volunteering opportunities, education and events about sustainable living, our native plant nursery selling bulk plants.

Partnership opportunities include contributing:

Materials for our landscaping and building projects
Sustainable building components (for example, solar, materials, lighting, water reticulation and collection, low water toilets)
Staff uniforms
Transport (electric)
Refreshments for our volunteers
Professional services (planning, design, project management business modelling, legal and HR services)

We will acknowledge support from our partners, sponsors and funders, and will work with you on best ways for us to share our good news stories.

Other corporate social responsibility opportunities

Advice on reducing your business waste (including building and demolition waste) and support for organic waste management.
Carbon-offsetting. We grow and plant New Zealand native trees on your behalf.

Contact us to find out more about these opportunities.