It opens a credible new pathway for global philanthropic capital to flow into New Zealand — at a scale our charitable sector has not seen before — and the New Zealand Nature Fund is ready to help applicants put that capital to work.
This is welcome news for New Zealand’s charitable sector. Our charitable sector is small by international standards, undercapitalised against the scale of the causes it serves, and reliant on a narrow funding base.
Our thanks to Immigration Minister Hon. Erica Stanford and Conservation Minister Hon. Tama Potaka for their leadership and future focused vision in this space.
New capital at this scale can be genuinely transformational — for conservation and for the wider community causes that depend on philanthropic support.
We believe New Zealand’s natural environment is one of the country’s defining assets and one of the strongest reasons people choose to live here. It is also chronically underfunded relative to need. Conservation is a natural fit for philanthropists choosing Aotearoa as their home.
If you know anyone who is considering the AIP Visa, we are available to help discuss and navigate the options. We are well placed to advise on channelling donor philanthropic funds to the Department of Conservation as well as to regional, district, and community conservation initiatives the length of the country.
Please reach out to CEO Nicky Sygrove and the team for further information, or review the government release here.
