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Group administration

We’ve written a range of resources to assist with setting up and running a community conservation group.

Governance and strategy

Information on how to successfully run a community conservation group, including some of the strategies, systems and processes that enable a group to be successful and achieve their goals.

  • Governance
  • Strategic planning and risk management
  • Partnerships
  • Mātauranga Māori
  • Financial management
  • Fundraising
  • Policies
  • Legal FAQs
  • Te Tiriti o Waitangi – The Treaty of Waitangi

Management

Guidance on how to best manage a group to ensure it’s successful for the long term.

  • How to find (and keep) volunteers
  • Health and safety
  • Communication tips for community groups
  • Tips for writing grant applications.

Practical skills

Some practical, ‘how to’ advice for community conservation groups.

  • Trapping best practice for rats, stoats, ferrets and possums.
  • Bait stations — an introduction to bait stations (a summary of baits used in New Zealand, and some safety tips). Also guidance on which bait stations to use for possums and rats.
  • Baits versus traps and their relative merits
  • How to use GPS and data collection tools
  • How to monitor birds, bats and lizards.

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