The Kaharoa Kokako Trust has established a named endowment fund with the Geyser Community Foundation.
Trust chairperson Sue Williams said it was the trustee's intention to progressively transfer its Nest Egg Fund to the new Kaharoa Kokako Conservation Fund to be managed by the Geyser Community Foundation in perpetuity.
"Trustees formed the Kokako Nest Egg Fund in 2007 with the aim of raising $150,000 in 10 years so that the interest on the funds raised could be used to pay for pest control operations," she said.
"The new endowment fund managed by Geyser provides a special and powerful way in which a wide range of individuals, whanau, schools, and organisations can support the ongoing projects and activities of the Kaharoa Kokako Trust for the long term."
"All donations made to the fund, including bequests and endowments in people's wills, will be managed and invested by the Geyser Community Foundation on the Trust's behalf," said Mrs Williams.