Covenant Stories

A 2ha remnant of riparian kowhai-ribbonwood treeland in Southland has been protected with the 3,000th QEII covenant.

Covenants protecting flowering trees and shrubs.

Integrating conservation with sheep and dairy grazing in the unique coastal environment of Aotea Harbour.

Find out about four covenants that reflect the wide array of biodiversity and landscapes QEII covenants help to preserve.

The historic Cockayne Plots on Northburn Station near Cromwell are protected with a QEII covenant.

QEII covenants or formal agreements are options councils can use to protect special features on land held by them.

Protecting bush remnants on dairy farms adds value.

Private landowners are contributing to efforts to restore degraded gullies.

Covenants protecting dryland biodiversity.

Understanding the significance of dryland shrublands and their management requirements is fundamental in protecting grey scrub sites.

A wide array of fungi thrive in forest protected by open space covenants.

Nelson and Tasman QEII covenantors visit three long-standing covenants in Golden Bay.

A 'classic' QEII open space covenant protects a braided shingle riverbed, sedgeland, tussockland and shrubland on the station.

QEII covenants help to safeguard New Zealand’s biodiversity by protecting our unique natural heritage in perpetuity for future generations to enjoy.

Three outstanding covenants include kaki (black stilt) breeding habitat.

The Te Hapua wetland complex at Te Horo is one of the best examples left of interconnected swamps on the Kapiti Coast.

Protecting the habitat of North Island brown kiwi.

Landcorp has protected 282 hectares of wetlands and dune lakes on Sweetwater Station near Kaitaia.

Covenants protecting mistletoes and their host trees in the Nelson area.

Natural turfs of diverse tiny plants protected by covenants.

A 147 hectare QEII covenant covers the hill country which forms the headland on Nicks Head Station near Gisborne.

Landowners and councils are now protecting remaining habitats of our Olearia shrubs with QEII covenants.

Integrating conservation with sheep and dairy grazing in the unique coastal environment of Aotea Harbour.

At Patoka, neighbours are working with each other and with councils to make connections between bush fragments in catchment areas.

The peripatus (ngaokeoke, velvet worm) is an ancient forest creature.

On Pikarere Farm in Titahi Bay, a kohekohe forest remnant is in the process of being protected with a QEII covenant

Discover our great trees from the podocarp family: totara, rimu, kahikatea, matai and miro.

QEII Trust celebrated 30 years of protecting open space in March 2007.

A number of covenants protect the habitat and breeding sites of petrels and shearwaters.

An open space gift to the people of Blenheim.

A range of restoration work has been undertaken at Sherwood Forest at Tussock Creek north-east of Invercargill since 2003.

A significant riparian wetland on Snowdon Station has been protected for 25 years.

The 41ha Soper's HIll covenant in Golden Bay was protected by Frank and Berna Soper in May 1998.

Farmers celebrate nature in South Taranaki.

Natural features protected by QEII covenants in Southland.

West of Gore a peat bog is protected in perpetuity.

A 94ha covenant protects Corkills Bush near Inglewood.

Protecting and restoring a degraded treeland that was once part of a densely forested tract.

Waikato covenants protecting forest fragments containing tawa.

Since 1993, the Bowden family has protected ten outstanding blocks of coastal cliffs and forest remnants at Matapouri with QEII covenants.

An early covenant on a well-known Romney stud farm north-east of Masterton.

Near Russell in Northland, coastal open space is protected in perpetuity.

Improving wetland condition is a benefit of covenant protection.

Trevor Thompson, QEII Wairarapa Regional Representative, is actively managing the only Alepis flavida plants known in the lower North Island.