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Welcome to Biome Trust Aotearoa’s first annual impact report, highlighting the work we supported during the year ended 31 March 2026, and our learning along the way.

We acknowledge the mana of the mountains, rivers, oceans, forests, creatures, and people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and our shared responsibility to support a healthy and flourishing world. In particular, we acknowledge te awa Mangaroa, the Remutaka Range, and ngā mana whenua, Te Āti Awa whānau whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika, as ancestral guardians of the whenua we call home.

This year, our giving grew, with more than 80% directed towards environmental purposes. We also invested in relationships and shared learning through initiatives including Earth Fellows, which supports and connects regenerative leaders, and the Education Hui, which brought education leaders together to share perspectives and explore opportunities for change.

Through our wholly owned subsidiary, Mangaroa Farms, we continued to steward a 1,222-hectare charitable farm and living laboratory, providing a place to explore and practise approaches to land stewardship, regeneration, and learning.

Ma Earth also reached an important milestone during the year, becoming an independent charitable foundation based in Switzerland. Building on more than a decade of experience in grantmaking and land stewardship, it has continued to develop beyond Biome Trust. After the reporting period, it ran its third funding round — the first on its own platform — supporting nearly ten times the value of the previous round.

We feel fortunate to be on this journey alongside so many remarkable people. We especially want to acknowledge the people and organisations whose work we support. We deeply value our partnerships and are continually inspired by the care and commitment you bring to your work.

Ngā mihi aroha,
— Biome Trust