Te Whangai Trust
Nurturing people to nurture the environment
Products and Services
We guarantee Value for Money, Quality and Service
Under our contract with the Ministry of Social Development, Te Whangai Trust has chosen not to compete against commercial nurseries. We sell only to ratepayer and taxpayer funded environmental projects, mainly through local councils, Environment Waikato, Auckland Regional Council, and to industries, farmers, schools and others planting for compliance or conservation on a not-for-profit basis. The only exception to this is when we occasionally sell plants to our local community – to build strong relationships and increase understanding and acceptance of the Te Whangai concept.
If you are a business which reports triple bottom line, purchasing your native plants from Te Whangai Trust contributes both to your social and environmental bottom lines. When you buy our plants, you receive a product in which has developed the skills of a worker that would have previously been paid by the government to stay home on a benefit.
Our business prides itself on quality, integrity, and service with all clients. Our sales and service philosophy is excellence. If we don't meet your expectations we ask you to tell us so we can rectify the situation.
To guarantee that our work is in line with our values and vision we have robust criteria set by us:
- Projects are community-based, i.e. direct or indirect benefit flow to the local community;
- Initiatives are based predominately in low-socio economic areas;
- First class eco-sourced plants, shrubs and trees. For the cost our plants are larger healthier and have better established root systems than those supplied by our competitors. This significantly reduces plant losses, saving you money and time.
- Community and/or client involvement potential, e.g. tree planting days;
- Project offsets are only accounted for once.
- A skilled planting workforce. Make use of our trained team to get the job done right the first time. We can offer a maintenance program to control pest weeds and ensure the plant-out establishes and thrives.
- Native tree planting is on government and/or covenanted land to ensure permanence of the forests; we can offer the same to farmers and property owners for clean stream, gully restoration and other options.
Services
All our plants, shrubs and trees are eco-sourced and above industry standard. For the cost our plants are larger, healthier and have better established root. This significantly reduces plant losses, saving you money and time.
Our team are trained to plant correctly and get the job done right the first time. We also offer maintenance programs to make sure your plants establish and thrive.
We can offer advice with what plants work best for your project’s needs. We can help you plan for success.
- Technical
- Contracted ecologist advice Strategic Planning and Consultation Services
- Planting and Labour Gangs
- Weed Control
- Regeneration Management - ongoing management and maintenance services
- ·Contract growing
Our Plants
Our seeds are ecosourced from the required areas by the team.
List of Current Stock:
Agathis australis, Aristotelia Serrata, Astelia silver spear, Carex Secta,
Carex frosted Curls, Coprosma Marble Queen, Coprosma Robusta,
Cordyline Australis, Corokia Mangatangai, Cortaderia Fulvida,
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Dodonea Viscosa, Dodonea Viscosa Purpurea,
Gossamer Grass, Hebe Paiutiora, Hebe specosia, Hoheria Populnea,
Juncus Inflexus, Kunzea ericoides, Leptospernum Scoparium, Libertia Grandifolil,
Melicytus ramiflorus, Meryta sinclairii, Myrsine Australis, Phormium Cookianum,
Phormium Tenax, Pitto Tenufolium, Pittosporum Crassifolium, Pittosporum Eugenoides,
Plagianthus Regius, Podocarpus totara, Pseudopanex, Sophora Micropylla,
Tairere, Titoki, Uncinia uncinata 'rubra‘, Vitex lucens.
We have in excess of 160,000 native plants. We grow various different species for reforestation and revegetation - wetland projects.
