Te Kōhanga Āhuru pest control involves three North Taranaki iwi - Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Maru. Te Kōhanga Āhuru project administrator Marlene Benson said the project would create sustainable employment for the wider whānau and hapū, and ensure that the forests within their rohe are safe for kiwi. The three iwi involved in the project have a deep attachment to the land, she said. Experience Purangi conservation trust general manager Rebecca Somerfield said the funding would allow the East Taranaki Environment Trust to expand pest control boundaries out 5775ha to 18,775ha, and 15 future staff.
Native bird sanctuaries Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust and East Taranaki Environment Trust have also benefited, with $62,000 and $15,000 respectively. Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust chairman Mike Weren said the TET had awarded grants to the trust on a regular basis for the past 10 years to fund educational programmes attended by the majority of schools in the region. The 230ha reserve, east of Eltham, is a predator-protected rare native bird sanctuary and wetland area. Native birds, such as kiwi and toutouwai, are also translocated to Te Papakura ō Taranaki/Egmont National Park from the sanctuary. The East Taranaki Environment Trust, east of Inglewood, managed the Experience Purangi predator protected kiwi and kokāko sanctuary now numbering more than 4000 birds.