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Open Space^TM magazine

Check out the QEII Open Space magazine, July 2008 (PDF 3.5MB)

Download July 2008 articles:

Restoring degraded gullies in Hamilton

Stemming the decline in beech mistletoes

Find out more about Open Space magazine ....

Next issue: Late November 2008

QEII National Trust

For open space in New Zealand

QEII helps landowners to protect significant natural and cultural features on their land through open space covenants.

A lowland forest and freshwater oxbow wetland covenant on alluvial terraces of the Motu River on the East Coast.

QEII offers:

• Expertise in legal protection
• Expertise in monitoring programmes
• Field representatives working with landowners
• An independent relationship with landowners
• A reputation of trust, respect and partnership with landowners
• QEII also owns 27 properties, which collectively protect 1,500 hectares of significant habitat. These have mostly been gifted to the Trust. Effective stewardship of these properties is greatly assisted by local communities and management committees.

Landowners throughout the country have voluntarily protected over 105,000 hectares of their land through QEII covenants (or protection agreements).

The Trust also helps by contributing funds for covenant projects and advising landowners on managing their covenants.

Slideshow about QEII Trust

Download Protecting our heritage - private conservation in New Zealand (PPT 2.6MB)

or PDF version - Protecting our heritage (950KB)

QEII Trust Legislation

To aid conservation on private land, QEII was established under visionary legislation by the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act 1977 'to encourage and promote, for the benefit of New Zealand, the provision, protection, preservation and enhancement of open space.' For more about the legislation .....

The Trust is a statutory organisation independent from Government and managed by a Board of Directors.

A QEII Regional Representative's View

Download a QEII Regional Representative's View of the work of QEII (PDF 253KB), by Miles Giller, QEII North Canterbury Regional Representative.

Right: Kowhai trees growing over mixed scrub and tussock grasslands, North Canterbury.

For Board and organisational structure ...