Waiheke Resources Trust &
Sustainability Centre
Nau mai, haere mai!
The Waiheke Resources Trust (WRT) is a professional non-profit organisation dedicated promoting sustainability and environmental responsibility on Waiheke Island. We work to restore the environment, protect our natural resources and build resilience in communities for a sustainable future.
For over 20 years, WRT has been at the forefront of sustainable living initiatives, offering a range of resources, education, and services that support a healthier, more sustainable future for our community.
What’s On
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Sustainable Living
Kai Conscious Cafe
Visit the Sustainability Centre on a Friday lunchtime and join a shared lunch prepared by our Kai Conscious cooks using rescued food from stores and eateries across Waiheke. Donate what you think it is worth, or what you are able, and contribute to reducing food waste and food poverty in our community.
Get composting
We can help you get you started at home with workshops, support and composting products including Bokashi systems and worm farms. We even sell our own compost and crushed shells for the garden. If you’re a business looking to manage food scraps and compostables sustainably, we want to hear from you too. Visit the Sustainability Centre for supplies or get in touch.
Ecostore
Every time you refill an empty container – that’s one less plastic bottle in the world and a bit more cash in your back pocket. Be clean and green by making the transition to Ecostore environmentally-safe household and personal products. As a responsible Waihikean, you’ll also be protecting your waste water system as every product is septic-tank friendly.
Community fridge and pantry
The community fridge and pantry is just outside the Sustainability Centre door and it is open to all, 24/7. The Kai Conscious team stocks it with rescued food from local supermarkets and eateries several times a week. We also welcome any donations of surplus garden produce or food – pop them straight in! They are greatly appreciated by the community.
Volunteers and internships
Join one of our amazing projects and help restore our beautiful wetlands, reduce our food waste and support our community. There are plenty of activities to choose from and if you’re more of an indoors person, there’s lots going on in the Kai Conscious kitchen and WRT offices.
Book the Sustainability Centre
The Sustainability Centre supports community collaboration and the space can be booked by community groups and individuals. We have a projector, presentation space and a fully-equipped kitchen including cookware. (Please note that the we do not host birthday parties). If you would like to add your event to our calendar, make a booking.
Latest Blog Posts
ECOFEST 2023 is coming to Waiheke!
Waiheke Resources Trust is proud to present EcoFest 2023. This will be a month-long event showcasing sustainability and ecology around Waiheke and Tāmaki Makaurau Featuring interactive workshops, experiences and activities that celebrate and restore our natural environment, offering practical ways to…
Food Rescue Will Continue Over the Holidays
Last Kai Cafe for 2022 but Food Rescue Will Continue Over the Holidays Kai Cafe held its last Friday lunch for the year last week but Food Rescue will continue over the holidays. It’s been a tough year for food…
Kai Conscious Café delighted to spring back into action on September 23rd
Waiheke Resources Trust has missed seeing the community at the tables of the Waiheke Sustainability Centre every Friday. Staff are delighted to announce that Kai Conscious Café is returning on the first day of spring. September 23rd will see the…
Keeping Your Worms Happy and Healthy
Conventional compost, hot compost, Bokashi bins, worm farms . . . with so many different ways to compost organic matter it can be difficult to make sure you’re getting it all right. Worm farming, also called ‘vermiculture’ or ‘vermicomposting,’ is…
It’s Just Rubbish Really
Out of sight, out of mind huh? That’s how most of us think about our rubbish: deposit that offensive piece of packaging in the recycle bin, throw in the glass, the plastics, the tetra container, the cans, the mouldy bread…
Wicked Science Wednesday
Wednesday, October 10th This school holidays the Project Little Oneroa team hosted Wicked Science Wednesday to promote the importance of our stream by using science to explore what’s beneath it. Unfortunately like too many waterways in Aotearoa the Little Oneroa…
$15,000 to boost Waiheke food security
Waiheke Resources Trust opens applications for MSD Food Security Funding: From Tuesday 7 December, the Waiheke community can apply for a portion of $15,000 of funding for new or existing projects on the motu that support food security. Waiheke Resources…
Changes to the Kai Conscious team help grow Waiheke’s food resilience
From rescuing food to growing food; this week (Monday 8 November) Eddie Welsh will leave the staff of the Waiheke Resources Trust. The well-liked part-time Kai Conscious food rescuer has been overwhelmed with orders for veggie seedlings through his home…
Interested in Volunteering ?
Join one of our amazing projects and help restore our beautiful wetlands, reduce our food waste and support our community. There are plenty of activities to choose from and if you’re more of an indoors person, there’s lots going on in the Kai Conscious kitchen and WRT offices.
Waiheke Resources Trust is aligned with 13 of the 17 United Nations Sustainability Development Goals.
Meet Our Team
The WRT’s work is made possible by a network of people committed to the Trust’s vision.