Trust Aims

To facilitate the restoration of indigenous vegetation and fauna on Otamahua/Quail Island and provide refuge for locally extinct, or rare and endangered species of the Banks Peninsula region;
to recognise, protect and enhance the natural values and the landscape character of the island;
to recognise historical sites and respect historic values of relevance both to the tangata whenua of Whakaraupo and to non-Maori;
to encourage public understanding, awareness and care of the island and its historic, cultural and natural values, and to foster interest in the restoration project through publicity and education;
to recognise and accommodate public use of the island;
to encourage relevant research on the natural features and cultural history of the island;
through a partnership between the tangata whenua, Department of Conservation and the Trust to achieve each of the above and assist in the management of the island.

Quail Island