The biodiversity protected by QEII covenants provides important resources such as clean air and fertile soils."
Sir Brian Lochore
Chairperson
Open SpaceTM magazine
Check out the QEII Open Space magazine, March 2010 (PDF 2.5MB)
Download March 2010 articles:
Gisborne: Fencing a water catchment
Tararua: Replacing ineffective fencing
Covenants protecting Olearia shrubland and moths dependent on Olearia shrubs
Forest fragments: Objectives of restoration and management
Kaharoa Kokako: Amplifying New Zealand's original song
Find out more about Open Space magazine ....
Next issue: Late July 2010
Join QEII National Trust
Help protect New Zealand's unique national heritage by becoming a member of QEII Trust
Above: Mokatahi Hill at Mahia near Gisborne, protected by a QEII open space covenant in perpetuity.
Your benefits as a QEII Trust member
Joining QEII National Trust as a member will give you the following benefits:
- A year's subscription to our highly regarded magazine Open Space™ with Inspirational stories of New Zealanders protecting their special areas with QEII covenants - three issues a year.
- Entitlement to nominate and vote for two members onto the QEII National Trust Board of Directors. The current directors elected by members are James Hunter of Waipukurau and Jo Ritchie of Helensville.
- Free or discounted entry to properties owned or administered by the following organisations:
QEII covenantors automatically become members.
Financial Membership types
- Individual $30
- Family $45
- Life $550
- Corporate - business $75
- Corporate - non profit organisation $50
Subscriptions include GST.
Financial members must currently reside in New Zealand and have a New Zealand postal address.
To join QEII:
- Email us with your details, or
- Phone us on 04 472 6626 , or from outside Wellington on 0800 4 OPENSPACE (0800 467 367),or
- Download this QEII membership form (PDF, 72KB) and post to QEII National Trust, PO Box 3341, Wellington 6140
Membership runs from 1 July to 30 June. New memberships after 31 March will come due for renewal 30 June the following year.
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What's New
- Sir Brian Lochore thanks Nelson and Tasman covenantors
- 2010 QEII Athol Patterson Bursary awarded
- Landcare Research - your input requested on pest management
- New brochure: Protecting wetlands with QEII covenants
- Carbon credits
Kiwi at Tui Glen

Looking after kiwi at Tui Glen farm near Whangarei.
Find out more about this covenant.
Brochures
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Frequently asked questions about open space covenants |
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Assisting landowners to protect special features on their land Download PDF, 222KB |
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QEII covenants: Protecting and enhancing wetlands on private land |






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