Te Manahuna Aoraki is a nationally significant conservation project focused on restoring the iconic natural landscapes and threatened species of the upper Mackenzie Basin and Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.
Launched in November 2018, the project aims to enhance biodiversity across 310,000 hectares of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most stunning landscapes, including braided river systems and alpine habitats.
The area is home to endangered species like kea, tuke/rock wren and scree weta in the alpine zone and ngutuparore/wrybill, robust grasshopper, and the world’s rarest wading bird kakī/black stilt, in our braided rivers.
The Te Manahuna Aoraki project includes both private and public land – iwi, high country run holders, government departments, philanthropists, councils and the community are all working together towards a shared vision to care for this special environment.