Charitable Purposes

 5.1 The charitable purposes of the Trust shall be:

1. To support and encourage landowners and other custodians of Hurunui’s natural resources to conserve, enhance and sustainably manage the indigenous biodiversity of Hurunui; and

2. To facilitate and promote the sharing of information and raise awareness within the wider community about sustainable management and biodiversity matters relevant to Hurunui; and

3. To organise or facilitate workshops and educational opportunities to support sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity in Hurunui; and

4. To create alliances and build ongoing relationships with groups pursuing similar objectives, including those engaged in supporting biodiversity on public land; and

5. To help initiate and foster collaborative strategies that will optimise the long-term viability of biodiversity-related activities in Hurunui; and

6. To contribute to research into the status and quality of the environment of Hurunui; and

7. To contribute as appropriate to inventories of ecological sites and biodiversity initiatives and opportunities in Hurunui; and

8. To promote best-practice examples of sustainable management of bio-diversity and conservation practice; and

9. To build and manage relationships and seek the support and involvement of appropriate organisations and agencies in allowing these Charitable Objects; and

10. To source and allocate funds for projects which support these Charitable Objects; and

11. To undertake similar or corresponding purposes within Hurunui.

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5.2 Without detracting from the charitable purposes of the Trust set out in clause 5.1, the trustees shall operate and administer the Trust in accordance with the following fundamental principles:

a. the Trust shall operate independently and free from the influence of business, religious, governmental and local governmental organisations and interests;

b. the Trust shall be a-political;

c. founders or contributors to the Trust shall not be permitted to directly influence the Trust or its operations by virtue of the provisions of such funding or contributions;

d. without limiting clause 5.2c above, the Trust shall operate inclusively and without discrimination against any particular section of the Hurunui community;

e. the Trust's activities shall be informed by research and insight in all decision making;

f.  the Trust's activities shall be carried out in a manner which is forward looking, long term and strategic in seeking to achieve its charitable purposes.