Haere Mai - Welcome

What is the Mt Hiwi Trust?

The Mount Hiwi Charitable Trust was formed to allow access to and preserve indigenous virgin forests and ecosystems in perpetuity.

The initial 1016 acre (411 hectare) block of land consists of 3 distinct regions (see map below)

*Reserve Block - 343 acres (139 ha) complete virgin bush in a single valley catchment

*Buffer Block - 320 acres (129 ha) to the north and east of the Reserve catchment, also in (mostly) virgin bush

*Regenerating Block - 350 acres (142 ha) to the west of the Buffer Block, in regenerating bush

The 343 acres of the Reserve Block forms the head cathcment, and is the majority, of an area identified by DoC as being ecologically significant (a Significant Natural Area, or SNA) and therefore worthwhile protecting.

Location and Access

IMPORTANT NOTE: We are actively managing the property. This includes hunters targeting pests... which sometimes means GUNS, so please check in using the contacts prior to any visit to ensure no lead is flying when you're there.

So where is this stunning piece of Aotearoa? The block is approximately 60km north of Wanganui at the head of the Maumahaki lake sequence.

Turn off SH3 at Waverly Post Office, the lakes are 15km inland.

The final 2km is on easy access unsealed road through stunning country side. Please advise us if you are intending to visit - we have hunters shooting to keep on top of the mammalian pests, and have no wish to add humans to that list.

What's there?

-- Wildlife

• Brown kiwi
• North Island Robin
• grey teal
• spotless crake
• fern bird
• native fish
• eels
• NZ falcon
• Ruru - Morepork

-- Vegetation

• tawa
• large Rimu
• beech
• sedge grass
• rata
• raupo
• toe toe
• wheki
  

Membership and Contact Details.

We welcome new members all the time. If you're inclined towards assistance without being a member, we're OK with that too. Give us a call :-)