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Your donation will support the Auckland Island/ Maukahuka Restoration Project. Located in the subantarctic, about 465 km (290 miles) south of Aotearoa New Zealand, Maukahuka (Auckland Island) is a stronghold of remarkable plants and animals. As a nature reserve and World Heritage site, this island is home to some of the world’s rarest animals, like the toroa / Gibson’s albatross, tētē kākāriki / Auckland Island teal and Auckland Island rail. In the bitingly cold surrounding oceans, tohorā / southern right whales, pakake / New Zealand sea lions and hoiho / yellow-eyed penguins thrive in the protection of a marine reserve. The island has exceptionally high seabird diversity and is a migration hub for seabird species that roam the globe. The island supports more than 500 species of native plants and animals, over 100 of which are not found anywhere else in the world. The wild landscape is dominated by formidable cliffs carved by pounding seas, windswept coastal rātā forests, alpine tussock, peat fields and unique megaherbs. This landscape is of great cultural and spiritual significance for Māori, with a long history of Polynesian voyages to the islands. Sadly, we are rapidly losing these precious plants and animals. Over the last 200 years, populations of introduced pigs, feral cats and mice have inflicted severe harm. As a result, large swathes of forest have disturbed soils and stunted understories. Iconic carpets of megaherbs have been reduced to individual plants in the few places that are inaccessible to pigs. Now, 25 native bird species can no longer breed on the island, with smaller vulnerable populations surviving on small islands nearby. Without deliberate action, plants, animals and ocean health will continue to decline.

Your donation will support the Auckland Island/ Maukahuka Restoration Project. Located in the subantarctic, about 465 km (290 miles) south of Aotearoa New Zealand, Maukahuka (Auckland Island) is a stronghold of remarkable plants and animals. As a nature reserve and World Heritage site, this island is home to some of the world’s rarest animals, like the toroa / Gibson’s albatross, tētē kākāriki / Auckland Island teal and Auckland Island rail. In the bitingly cold surrounding oceans, tohorā / southern right whales, pakake / New Zealand sea lions and hoiho / yellow-eyed penguins thrive in the protection of a marine reserve. The island has exceptionally high seabird diversity and is a migration hub for seabird species that roam the globe. The island supports more than 500 species of native plants and animals, over 100 of which are not found anywhere else in the world. The wild landscape is dominated by formidable cliffs carved by pounding seas, windswept coastal rātā forests, alpine tussock, peat fields and unique megaherbs. This landscape is of great cultural and spiritual significance for Māori, with a long history of Polynesian voyages to the islands. Sadly, we are rapidly losing these precious plants and animals. Over the last 200 years, populations of introduced pigs, feral cats and mice have inflicted severe harm. As a result, large swathes of forest have disturbed soils and stunted understories. Iconic carpets of megaherbs have been reduced to individual plants in the few places that are inaccessible to pigs. Now, 25 native bird species can no longer breed on the island, with smaller vulnerable populations surviving on small islands nearby. Without deliberate action, plants, animals and ocean health will continue to decline.