Key facts: Mountains To Sea Conservation Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC23406), operating in the emergency / disaster relief sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$10.3M and total expenditure of NZ$10.2M for the year ended 2025.
The Northland-based Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust was established in 2002, as a charitable umbrella and support organisation for the Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) marine education and Whitebait Connection (WBC) freshwater education programmes. These are both leading models in education for sustainability in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
The Trust sees education as a vital part of society and central to all environmental restoration. Both programmes involve young people, their parents and the wider community. Our programmes reinforce simple concepts such as the uniqueness of our freshwater and marine biodiversity and provide an active focus on conservation of these environments through education and action.
Our goal is to empower and support communities to achieve marine and freshwater conservation through science based experiential programmes, resources, projects and community engagement.
Our purpose is further described in our Trust deed objectives.
NZ$10.3M
Gross income
NZ$10.2M
Expenditure
NZ$4.4M
Total assets
NZ$268K
Total equity
Income vs expenditure
Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.