Our Key Supporters

Department of Conservation

Our vision is for New Zealand to be the greatest living space on Earth
Kāore he wāhi i tua atu i a Aotearoa, hei wahi noho i te ao.

Our vision means ensuring that New Zealanders gain a wide range of benefits from healthy functioning ecosystems, recreation opportunities, and through living our history.

To do this, we organise our work around five outcomes:
the diversity of our natural heritage is maintained and restored
our history is protected and brought to life
more people participate in recreation
more people engage with conservation and value its benefits
conservation gains from more business partnerships.

Our partnership with the Backcountry Trust and funding of volunteer work on huts and tracks helps us achieve these outcomes. We particularly value the engagement of outdoor enthusiasts to help maintain access to our remote places for future generations of backcountry explorers.

Kingspan Thermakraft

Kingspan Thermakraft donate building wrap and roofing underlay for many backcountry hut renovations. In the past few years the BCT has been undertaking an extensive program of re-roofing many older huts that were built over 60 years ago. There are multiple reasons for this work, with one of the main reasons the removal of lead ridging and lead nails from the backcountry to protect kea.

In many cases the building paper under the roof has failed and replacing this with Thermakraft Covertek 407 will ensure these huts are protected for many years into the future.

Swandri

Creators of the iconic New Zealand bush shirt, Swanndri is a brand that has a natural fit with the good folk doing the work on our backcountry huts and tracks.

Using the ultimate in sustainable fibre from New Zealand farms, Swanndri has kept people warm in the high country mountains and forests since 1913.

Carry bags for in-store purchases at Swanndri stores are now 50¢ each and Swanndri is generously donating all proceeds from these bags directly to the Backcountry Trust.

Bivouac/Outdoor

Every little bit helps. Carry bags for in-store purchases at Bivouac are now 50¢ each and Bivouac is generously donating all proceeds from these bags directly to the Backcountry Trust.

Tait Communications

The Backcountry Trust appreciates the support of of Tait Communications in Christchurch.

Tait is well known for manufacturing high tech communications solutions world wide for the very high end applications like tourism, transport operators and emergency response.

Tait Communications recently generously donated 4 of their radios for field communications as we move in to doing more track work with larger teams. These units have the ability to log into the same Department of Conservation radio network used by rangers to give us the same sort of communications support in the field.

We need all the support we can get

Like most charitable organisations, more funds lets us do more good. Send us an email or call to talk about corporate sponsorship opportunities. We are seeking sponsorship from organisations who have an interest in supporting the infrastructure that enables New Zealanders to enjoy the outdoors, as well as organisations directly related to the building materials and services industry that our volunteers use on a regular basis.

The survival of our backcountry network depends on widespread support from the outdoors community. We receive many unsolicited individual donations throughout the year and the regular small monthly donations help keep us going. Any donation, no matter how small or big, helps us to look after more of Aotearoa's backcountry huts and tracks. Thanks in anticipation for your support.

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The Backcountry Trust is a Registered Charitable Trust with the Charities Commission of NZ (Number CC 54962) and has Donee Status with IRD.