QEII National Trust

QEII Trust helps private landowners in New Zealand to protect significant natural and cultural features on their land through open space covenants in perpetuity.

Features protected include landscapes, forest remnants, wetlands, grasslands, threatened species habitats, and cultural and archaeological sites.

A QEII open space covenant can help safeguard forever a place that is special to you.

Find out how to protect your special area

Effective covenant fencing

Covenant management information

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Three Streams Reserve in
Albany is protected by a QEII
covenant. In September,
David Bellamy planted a
kauri in the reserve with the
help of local school students
and Dan Godoy, QEII
Regional Representative.
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Sir Brian Lochore acknowledges Canterbury QEII covenantors for their generosity

High Peak Station
November 2009

Over 100 Canterbury landowners who protect natural features with QEII covenants were recognised for their generosity by Sir Brian Lochore on 18 November at High Peak Station in the Windwhistle/ Lake Coleridge area.

The covenantors were invited to High Peak for lunch with QEII directors and staff and for a walk through the 94ha open space covenant on the station.

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High Peak Station: QEII Chairperson Sir Brian Lochore thanks Canterbury QEII covenantors for their generosity.