Young kowhai seedlings in tray
Want to be involved? You could start a Project Gold site at your local park or reserve, on your farm or station, in your backyard, or your school grounds.
Or you could join a volunteer group that already has a Project Gold kōwhai site. Find out how to grow and care for kowhai.
If you have green fingers or are just interested in kōwhai trees and would like to help out, contact your local DOC office or check out Project Gold planting events in your area.
Wakatipu Reforestation Trust
The trust is the brainchild of local conservationists Barb and Neil Simpson. The Jean Malpas Community Nursery is the hub of their efforts and also provides a base for educational activities.
Supported by hundreds of volunteers, their work on Pig and Pigeon Islands on Lake Wakatipu has seen the islands revegetated with natives providing a haven for native species. The aim of the trust is to broaden this work into the wider Wakatipu basin and engage the community to create wildlife corridors.
As part of Project Gold, DOC Wakatipu has partnered with the trust to employ a volunteer coordinator who works across native revegetation projects in the Queenstown area.
Visit Wakatipu Reforestation Trust on Facebook or the Wakatipu Reforestation Trust website.
School involvement
Remarkables, Queenstown, Arrowtown and Glenorchy Primary Schools have done kōwhai propagation workshops with Jo Wakelin from Otago Polytechnic. Huge thanks to Jo for volunteering her time to do this!
Cromwell Primary School pupils planting kowhai
Make a donation
Project Gold is a non-profit project. You can make a donation, knowing this will help us to achieve our goals. You are guaranteed your donation will go towards the renewal and protection of kōwhai trees in Otago.
If you or your company would like to become a sponsor, contact your local DOC office.
If you can’t sponsor the project but are keen to adopt a site or get involved then contact your local DOC office to find out about opportunites.
Contact your local DOC office
| Dunedin Visitor Centre | |
| Phone: | +64 3 474 3300 |
| Fax: | +64 4 471 1117 |
| Email: | dunedinvc@doc.govt.nz |
| Address: |
50 The Octagon Dunedin |
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 5244 Moray Place Dunedin 9058 |
| Full office details | |
| Whakatipu-wai-Māori / Queenstown Office | |
| Phone: | +64 3 442 7933 |
| Fax: | +64 4 471 1117 |
| Email: | queenstown@doc.govt.nz |
| Address: |
Cavells Building 1 Arthurs Point Road Queenstown 9371 |
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 811 Queenstown 9348 |
| Full office details | |
| Tititea / Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre | |
| Phone: | +64 3 443 7660 |
| Fax: | +64 4 471 1117 |
| Email: | mtaspiringvc@doc.govt.nz |
| Address: |
Ardmore Street Wanaka 9305 |
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 93 Wanaka 9343 |
| Full office details | |
| Kā Moana Haehae / Alexandra Office | |
| Phone: | +64 3 440 2040 |
| Fax: | +64 4 471 1117 |
| Email: | alexandra@doc.govt.nz |
| Address: |
43 Dunstan Road Alexandra 9320 |
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 176 Alexandra 9340 |
| Full office details | |