Tasman Environmental Trust

Name

Tasman Environmental Trust

Legal name

Te Tauihu Environmental Trust

Website

https://tet.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation (BPAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC), Community-Based & Indigenous Tourism Enablement (Local Ownership, Benefit-Sharing) (THAAANAI)

Keywords

• Community conservation support
• Environmental restoration services
• Predator control programs
• Native tree planting
• Wetland restoration projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Tasman

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The trust collects donations from individuals and organizations to support conservation projects. A recent fundraising campaign on Ma Earth platform utilized quadratic funding where the number of donors is as important as the amount raised.
2. Grants and Funding: TET secures grants from government agencies (DOC, Ministry for the Environment, Kānoa), regional councils (Tasman District Council, Nelson City Council), lottery funding, and private foundations to support community conservation projects.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Support from businesses including Fonterra, Manawa Energy, New Forests, and others who contribute funding, equipment, or in-kind support for conservation initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Te Tauihu Environment Trust is a non-profit community conservation hub that supports more than 30 community-led environmental projects across the Nelson Tasman (Te Tauihu) region of New Zealand. It helps volunteer groups, iwi, and landowners with funding applications, project development, communications, governance, volunteer engagement, training, and practical restoration advice. Its flagship programs span predator control, native planting, wetland restoration, catchment management, and coastal blue carbon science.

Product overview

Te Tauihu Environment Trust (TET) is a community conservation organization that acts as a hub supporting community-led environmental projects across the Nelson Tasman region. Rather than offering a single software product, TET provides a portfolio of programs including the Connected by Nature online platform for project coordination and volunteer engagement, a Conservation Hub offering specialist skills and resources, and practical tools for community groups. The organization supports over 30 community-led projects spanning predator control, native planting, wetland restoration, and catchment management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Core & Restore Blue Carbon: A community-based initiative to measure, protect and restore blue carbon habitats across Te Tauihu.

Products and services

• Connected by Nature A free online platform that lets community conservation projects in the Nelson Tasman region create project profiles, share stories, attract volunteers, list events, and accept donations directly. Built by TET with Eat My Carbon.
• Conservation Hub A centralised resource centre operated by TET that provides community-led conservation groups with specialist skills, resources, support, and access to TET's networks across funders, iwi, and government to help amplify their projects.
• Tools and Resources for Community Groups Practical, up-to-date guides, training materials, and support tools for community conservation groups and schools undertaking restoration work.
• Battle for the Banded Rail TET's flagship wetland-bird restoration initiative around the Waimea/Waimea Inlet, coordinating community trapping, native planting, and habitat restoration to protect banded rail and other wetland species.
• Core & Restore Blue Carbon A community-based initiative to measure, protect, and restore blue carbon habitats across Te Tauihu, combining scientific sediment core analysis with cultural monitoring by iwi partners.
• Funding Facilitation and Capacity-Building Support Hands-on help for community groups with funding applications, project development, communications, governance, volunteer engagement, and training, drawing on TET's 25+ year networks across funders, iwi, and government.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million native trees planted by communities working with TET
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Department of Conservation (DOC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment conservation agency partnering on multiple projects including Waimea Inlet Forum, Pest Free Onetahua, and Takahē Recovery Programme
• Tasman District CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner in Waimea Inlet Forum and various environmental initiatives
• Nelson City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner in Waimea Inlet Forum, Blue Carbon project, and conservation initiatives
• Manawhenua ki MohuacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIwi collective (Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Rārua) with cultural leadership role in Onetahua/Farewell Spit restoration, Takahē release, and project governance
• HealthPost Nature TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConservation trust co-funding Pest Free Onetahua fence construction ($250,000+) and completing construction at Farewell Spit
• Cawthron InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific research institute partnering on Core & Restore Blue Carbon project to measure carbon storage in coastal ecosystems
• BecacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering consultancy providing technical expertise for Core & Restore Blue Carbon project sediment core analysis
• Ngāti Apa ki te Rā TōcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIwi partner in Core & Restore Blue Carbon project with cultural monitoring and traditional knowledge contributions
• QEII National TrustsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting protection of private land with QEII covenants for biodiversity conservation
• NZ Landcare TrustsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization supporting community-based environmental management and catchment groups
• Motueka Catchment CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity collective bringing together landowners and groups to protect and restore the Motueka River catchment; TET provides support and coordination
• Connected by NaturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform developed by TET in partnership with Eat My Carbon to connect community conservation projects with volunteers and donors

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Auckland Council Environmental Services / Regional Council environmental programs: Government-funded regional environmental programs that coordinate community conservation at the council level — comparable funding model (rates-based) but operating in a different New Zealand region and not as community-empowered as TET.

Broad incumbents

• Forest & Bird (Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand): New Zealand's largest national conservation NGO with broad advocacy, restoration, and member-based programs — overlaps with TET on habitat restoration, predator control, and policy advocacy but at national scale.
• WWF-New Zealand: International conservation organization operating in New Zealand, already a TET funding partner for species protection work like Farmers for Whio — comparable in conservation focus but at much larger scale.
• Predator Free 2050 Trust: Government-backed national trust coordinating predator eradication efforts across New Zealand — directly overlaps TET's Battle for the Banded Rail and Pest Free Onetahua programs but with national scope and far larger resources.

Emerging players

• Trees That Count: Charitable platform providing funding and coordination for native tree planting across New Zealand — already a TET partner for native planting work, but operates as a comparable peer for the digital coordination niche TET occupies with Connected by Nature.
• Sustainable Coastlines: New Zealand-based coastal restoration charity focused on volunteer engagement and large-scale cleanup/restoration events — comparable community-led, volunteer-driven operating model and overlapping in coastal ecosystem work.
• Wetland Trust New Zealand: Specialist national trust focused on wetland restoration, with a comparable regional project-based structure — directly comparable to TET's Waimea Inlet Forum and Otuwhero Wetland projects.

Others

• Department of Conservation (DOC): New Zealand government conservation agency that is both a TET partner and the dominant funder/operator of conservation work nationally — included as ecosystem participant given direct co-delivery relationships across multiple TET projects.

Direct peers

• NZ Landcare Trust: National network supporting community-based environmental management and catchment groups, very similar operating model to TET's community coordination role — already a partner, but a highly comparable peer for benchmarking impact.
• Queen Elizabeth II National Trust (QEII): New Zealand's leading private-land conservation trust, partnering with landowners on covenants to protect biodiversity — directly comparable to TET's biodiversity restoration mission and overlapping in QEII covenant referrals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TasmanEnvironmentalTrust

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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