Sponsors
A BIG thank you to all of our sponsors
If you or your organisation would like to sponsor the conservation work of the Pomona Island Charitable Trust please call our secretary Viv Shaw on 03 249 7112 or email her at pomona.island@ihug.co.nz
We have already received financial and in-kind support from a number of organisations.
Further sponsorship is being sought from a number of organisations throughout New Zealand.
We are specifically grateful to The Leslie Hutchins Conservation Foundation for their funding of baseline research into the flora and fauna on both Pomona and Rona Islands. More...>
An anonymous benefactor has kindly donated a significant sum of money towards the costs of rodent eradication. These funds allowed the Trust to carry out an aerial application of brodifacoum to remove all the rats and mice from both Pomona and Rona Islands.
Lottery Environment and Heritage has allocated the Trust two grants. The first grant in 2006 funded a pest management plan and a social impact assessment. The second grant in 2008 supported the possum mop-up phase of our pest eradication programme on Pomona Island.
The Department of Conservation have generously given advice and equipment for the stoat and rodent eradication projects.
A donation from the Southland Branch of Forest and Bird has helped us to promote the activities of the Trust.
Adventure Kayak and Cruise have transported volunteers to Pomona Island to help with the eradication of pests from Pomona Island. They have also financially supported the stoat eradication programme.
The Community Trust of Southland has awarded the Trust a grant towards the cost of eradicating rodents from Pomona and Rona Islands.
A Transpower grant, administered by the NZ National Parks and Conservation Foundation has been received for the eradication of possums from Pomona Island.
A second anonymous benefactor has donated two significant sums of money. The first donation contributed to the costs of pest eradication and quarantine measures on the islands. A second donation has been made contributing to the first transfer of robins to Pomona and Rona Islands.
The development of Friends of Pomona has been made possible through a grant from the Meridian Energy Manapouri Te Anau Community Fund
A contribution to the costs of the deer eradication on Pomona Island has been received from the Morven Family Partnership
A donation from the Gary Chisholm family of Christchurch has enabled the Trust to replace all existing stoat traps on Pomona and the adjacent mainland with stainless steel DOC 150 traps. In addition, the funding was made available to put in place two new trap lines on the mainland to give greater protection to Rona Island.
A local family Trust has donated a significant sum in support of the overall conservation aims of the Trust.