ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTENTS FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2019. Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust Trustees and Staff 2 This Annual Report will be presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust to be held Chairperson’s Report 4 at The Old Stone House, Cashmere, on Thursday 1 August 2019. 2050 Ecological Vision for Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū (including Port Hills) 6 The Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust was Goal one – Old forest remnants 7 established in 2001 and is a non- proft organisation, a charitable trust under the Charitable Trusts Act, Goal two – Rare ecosystems 9 and is registered with the Charities Commission. Goal three – Land/freshwater/marine habitats & the species that depend on them 10 Offce: Main Akaroa Highway, P O Box 146, Tai Tapu 7645 Goal four – Core indigenous forest areas Email: [email protected] 12 Phone: (03) 329 6340 Goal fve – Productive & settled land also supports indigenous biodiversity 16 Website: www.bpct.org.nz Goal six – Flora & fauna are increasingly abundant 19 Title page photos from top to bottom: 1. French Peak Photo credit: Marie Neal 2. Balguerie Stream Photo credit: Marie Neal Goal seven – Species reintroductions 22 3. Port Saddle Photo credit: Sophie Hartnell 4. Akaroa Harbour Photo credit: Milan Sommer Goal eight – Pest Free Banks Peninsula 24 Covenants Map 26 Our Supporters 27 Financial Statements 28 BANKS PENINSULA CONSERVATION TRUST TRUSTEES & STAFF Amy Carter is CEO of The Christchurch Philip Helps resides in Port Levy. Married Rebecca Parish is the Property Paul Bingham is Executive Chair of Foundation. She is also chairperson at to Jane, they have jointly farmed their Port Development Manager at Foodstuffs Digital Marketing Platform Shuttlerock, public relations frm Perception PR & Levy property for in excess of 40 years. South Island. With a background in town Chair and ffty percent shareholder of Banks Marketing. Her communications and Other interest includes active involvement in planning, business, resource management, Peninsula’s Black Cat Cruises, a Director of public relations experience includes work a marine farming partnership. Philip’s family and governance. Rebecca divides her time Ngai Tahu Tourism and Trustee of The Christ- with some of New Zealand’s iconic has had a continuous association with the between a home in Governors Bay and church Foundation. He recently retired from charitable organisations including Surf Life land as farmers on Banks Peninsula, dating their 130 acre property on a ridge above the Air New Zealand board and served as Saving New Zealand, Swimming back to the late 1830s. Philip is an active Okains Bay. Rebecca chairs the Wildside Director at Tourism New Zealand and Chair New Zealand, and St John. Amy lives member within the Banks Peninsula branch Committee. of Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism. with her family at Taylor’s Mistake and of Federated Farmers. Paul’s career has spanned marketing roles has been involved with the Trust since 2011. Pam Richardson farms in partnership with in a range of companies, he led Black Cat Ingrid Kerr is a chartered accountant husband Ian and son Andrew a 710 hectare Cruises for 15 years as Managing Director. Mark Christensen (Chair) is a natural working as Chief Financial Offcer for Banks Peninsula hill country property. Paul’s family lived in Diamond Harbour and resources lawyer, specialising in biodiversity construction frm Armitage Williams. In 2007 they won a Ballance Farm Akaroa and has been based in Asia, the issues. He became involved with the Trust She lives on Mt. Pleasant and enjoys Environment Land and Life Award. UK, and the US before returning to live in when working on a Ministerial Advisory a family holiday home in French Farm. Pam is a founding member of the Banks New Zealand 20 years ago. Committee on the protection of biodiversity Peninsula Conservation Trust, Chairperson on private land. Mark is a trustee of the NZ David Miller lives in Decanter Bay, where of the Banks Peninsula Community Board, National Parks and Conservation he has owned his farm since 2001, and was as well as a member of the Goat Edward Aitken lives in Pigeon Bay with Foundation. He is a consultant to the World one of the earliest covenantors with the Eradication Working Group & Banks wife Penny on a 1100ha sheep and beef Conservation Union IUCN, and the Trust. David has a background in Peninsula Pest Liaison Committee. breeding property. This developed farm is Manager of the Sustainable Business clinical psychology and public health. now managed by son Angus in conjunction Council’s Business, Biodiversity, and He has worked in these felds in many Richard Simpson (Deputy Chair) lives with an intensive farm in North Canterbury. Ecosystem Service Project. regions for the United Nations and as the at Fisherman’s Bay on the eastern side of Farm stay accommodation is available and Ombudsman for the World Health Banks Peninsula where he and his wife Jill Edward is a director and shareholder of Organisation and the Global Fund to Fight farm 402 hectares, running beef cows marine farming companies in the area. AIDS, TB, and Malaria, in Geneva. and dairy replacements. They have Banks Edward has had many years involvement, Peninsula Conservation Trust covenants with Federated Farmers, in the District Plan totalling 76 hectares and have been process, out of which evolved the Trust. involved with the Trust since its inception in 2001. Richard chairs the Trust’s Finance Maree Burnett – General Manager; Committee. Marie Neal – Covenants Offcer; Sophie Hartnell – Volunteer Coordinator; Kate Whyte lives with her family in and Marie Haley – Wildside Coordinator Lyttelton. She has signifcant experience (resigned October 2018). managing ecological restoration projects on the Peninsula. Kate has been actively involved in the Trust’s work since its inception and is committed to ensuring it remains a community- led organisation. 2 3 CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT I am very pleased to present the In every annual report I say the same thing The audited fnancial statements are Environment Canterbury, Department of chairperson’s report for the 2018/19 - our primary challenge is the fnancial provided separately. Once again I can Conservation, the Rod Donald Banks fnancial year. resilience and sustainability of the Trust. report that we have managed our limited Peninsula Trust, and WWF is critical to our How do we move beyond the traditional fnances prudently. Thanks particularly to success and continues to be received with The Trust continues both to play our part in, reliance on grant funding? We spend much the Trust’s Finance Committee of Richard thanks. and to lead collaborations for, implement- time and resources on a continual search for Simpson, Ingrid Kerr, and Maree Burnett. ing the eight Goals of the 2050 Ecological the fnances to keep us operating at the high The trustees wish to thank our four hard Vision for Banks Peninsula/ Te Pātaka o level you have come to expect, let alone the Forging lasting partnerships with commercial working and positive staff – Maree Burnett Rākaihautū. In this annual report you can resources to allow us to expand our supporters is also critical, and this year our General Manager, Marie Haley Wildside read about the range of the Trust’s work on activities to respond to the increasing structured sponsorship programme has Coordinator, Marie Neal Covenants Offcer, each of these Goals. It is also pleasing to demand from landowners and agencies for continued. For the fnancial year we have and Sophie Hartnell Volunteer Coordinator. see agencies and other organisations support, and to continue the leadership the been delighted to have the continued I particularly want to acknowledge Marie and groups beginning to collaborate with Trust provides for various collaborations. support of Hue Ltd as our Principal Sponsor. Haley who this year fnished her work as the the Trust more closely around some of Having said that, we remain extremely Our thanks particularly to Andrew Wildside Coordinator in October after eight these Goals. grateful to our existing funders and McCarthy, Managing Director of Hue Ltd. years of service. Under Maree Burnett’s supporters because that support allows us leadership, our staff worked tirelessly for Over this year we have been particularly to achieve much, operating effciently on We continue to be grateful for the support the Trust over the year, and our success is pleased with the continued expansion of relatively limited income. of foundation sponsors Anderson Lloyd, substantially because of their commitment, our covenanting programme, the Trust’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, and Lincoln enthusiasm and rapport with landowners leadership and facilitation of the One positive aspect of this challenge is that University. and members. It has been a pleasure to Memorandum of Understanding signed by we are continually striving to be ever more work with you all. 14 agencies and organisations on Pest Free effcient with the resources we have and to Gold sponsor Independent Line Banks Peninsula, continuing leadership of increase the transparency over the results Services continue to provide support for Personally, I also wish to thank my fellow the Wildside Project, and leading the of our work. We believe that our funders the Wildside. Gold sponsors Fox and trustees for your continuing passion and development of the concept for a ‘Port Hills and supporters need to clearly see where Associates, Boffa Miskell and Vicinity GIS commitment to the Trust’s work and vision. Biodiversity Hub’. You can read about all their money and their time is being spent, Solutions, support us with surveying, Almost entirely landowners & residents on these initiatives, and others, later in this so they can be confdent that the results ecological, and GiS advice and services the Peninsula and Port Hills, the trustees act, report.