Aims - Tūmanako

A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand seeks to fulfil the 5 commitments central to all A Rocha projects around the world. In order to do this in our local context we have set a number of specific goals, summarised as follows:

• Hands-on conservation: protecting and restoring natural ecosystems and the people, plants and animals that depend on them.

• Community-building: encouraging a community response to local environmental needs and a culture of genuine care and support.

• Environmental education: inspiring and empowering people with conservation knowledge and skills, and encouraging the church to adopt creation care as an integral part of the Christian life.

• Research and monitoring: studying natural ecosystems to foster knowledge and love of them, to enable informed conservation action.

• Promoting partnership: active collaboration with various organisations and stakeholders to achieve mutual conservation goals.