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Thank you for looking into our donation page!

Donations help cover a range of our conservation needs from:

  • Nesting box materials for penguins and other native birds
  • Penguin rehabilitation, penguin food, transport costs to the vet,
  • Rehabilitation facility maintenance.
  • Predator control, materials and maintenance, Trappers wage.
  • Reforestation of Pōhatu's covenants, protected zones, planting trees and track building.
  • Research projects.
  • Staff training, e.g. Trapping workshops, Penguin Symposium, rehabilitation workshops.
  • Education for school groups.

Please be aware if you are wanting to gift for Birthdays or Christmas we need time to make the name for the nesting boxes. Snail Mail can take time - best to give us at least 3 weeks to send this to you, if within New Zealand. If it needs to travel overseas, we recommend you purchase your Penguin Adoption at least a month in advance.

What type of donation would you like to make?

$85
Adopt a Penguin - Digital pack.
This symbolic adoption lets you contribute to all of the actions mentioned above + we digitally send you:
  • A Thank You Letter
  • An Adoption Certificate
  • A Pōhatu Penguin A4 poster
  • A Little Penguin fact sheet
  • Access to the Pōhatu Penguin colony map to view your box (login details created upon request)
  • You also get to name a penguin! Give us a name and we will put it on one of our nesting boxes, and we will send you a photo of your penguin’s house.
Sponsor
$110
Adopt a penguin snail mail.
This symbolic adoption lets you contribute to all of the actions mentioned above + we will send you:
  • A Thank You Letter
  • An Adoption Certificate
  • A Little Penguin Life-Cycle Poster
  • A Little Penguin Blueprint Poster
  • A Little Penguin Activity and Fact Book
  • A Pōhatu Penguin Postcard
  • A Pōhatu Penguin Sticker
  • Access to the Pōhatu Penguin colony map to view your box (login details created upon request)
  • You also get to name a penguin! Give us a name and we will put it on one of our nesting boxes, and we will send you a photo of your penguin’s house.
Sponsor
$1500
Adopt a Neighbourhood.
This symbolic adoption lets you contribute to all of the actions mentioned above + the below benefits:
  • A Thank You Letter
  • An Adoption Certificate
  • Your own neighbourhood in the Pōhatu Penguin colony out of only 17.
  • Your business name displayed at Pōhatu under the neighbourhood's name
  • Your business name on the website's colony map
  • Acknowledgement in our seasonal newsletter
  • A social media post
Sponsor
Donation
Donate however much you want to contribute to our conservation effort. Your donation will help fund the various projects mentioned on the left.
Donate
Please note:
  • Your adoption lasts for one year
  • You will be sent a reminder a month prior to the expiration.
  • You're symbolically adopting and naming one penguin. The name you choose is for one penguin in the nesting box. Please no more than 20 characters. There is a pair per nesting box so 2 names might be displayed on the box, one per penguin.
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