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Conservation and thousands of kilometers of Mime

$1,018 donated
Given by 11 generous donors in 8 weeks

Comedy and ultra-running combined to highlight the bestness of Aotearoa arts and environment

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Touring a physical comedy show through Aotearoa on foot 3000km along Te Araroa Trail wilderness is the project. An Order of Magnitude experiments with what's possible physically and where it is possible to perform, breaking the mould for touring arts while taking advantage of our unique and pristine environment. Our arts and environment are two consistently undervalued areas and this project makes use of and highlights both.

An Order of Magnitude will be touring Te Waipounamu/South Island during January and February 2027 and Te Ika-a-Māui/North Island dates will be announced later once I know what state my physical condition will be.

Support the show and conservations efforts via NZ Nature Fund by donating. Come to see the show, follow along on instagram or strava and visit thommonckton.net/tour for more information.

Use of funds

50% of costs raised for on-trail and show-related expenses (nutrition, hydration, transport, equipment maintenance) and 50% to NZ Nature Fund until $5k is raised for Endling and then 100% of anything raised above this will be donated to NZ Nature Fund.

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Latest update

Logistics, Venues, and Conservation Efforts  29 October 2026

Wow Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far to help raise $1000 for NZ Conservation Fund, and entertaining new audiences along Te Araroa with a bonkers little mime show. The arts and conservation are two causes that are increasingly in-need of support so thank you. I did a little demo of the show in Wellington and was very happy with the result, many of you were in the audience in that show, thank you for coming on out. As part of training I also ran the 50km Tekapo Ultra.

This is an update on one of the many projects that is happening from NZ Nature Fund:

https://nznaturefund.org/news/four-tonnes-of-lead-have-come-out-of-kea-country-there-is-more-to-go/

I am deep in logistics and spreadsheet mode and most of the venues have been booked for the south island. Before it's official here are some of the places you can see the show. The ticketing will be rolling out over the next few months and I'll post an update here when they are.

January 9th Bluff St John Hall 6pm

January 10th Invercargill Arts Muruhiku 5pm

January 21st Glenorchy The Headwaters 6pm

January 22nd Queenstown Te Atamira 6pm

January 23rd PHYSICAL COMEDY WORKSHOP Te Atamira 10am - 11am

January 31st Twizel Events Centre 6pm

February 2nd Tekapo Town Hall 6pm

February 9th Ōtautahi Christchurch Altiora TBC

February 23rd Whakatū Nelson WAA Club 7pm

April 4th Whanganui Repertory Theatre

April 22nd Raglan TBC

May 11th Kerikeri Turner Centre TBC

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Latest donations

Moneybags
Moneybags on 29 Oct 2026
50% now and 50% when you finish.
$1
Thomas Monckton

It's incentives like this that will keep this project going through the tough times. 😁

Thomas Monckton
ElasticMind
ElasticMind on 27 Oct 2026
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Thomas Monckton

Thanks ElasticMind! Hugely appreciative.

Thomas Monckton
Joy
Joy on 22 Sep 2026
Sans perdre equilibre, on ne peut pas avancer! Courage, et merci pour le cafe.
$20
Thomas Monckton

Merci Joy! C'est une belle expression, je l'aime.

Thomas Monckton
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 21 Sep 2026
Loved your show and the vision of conservation and mime!!
$77
Thomas Monckton

Amazing, thanks for being the best audience and thanks for your extra support!

Thomas Monckton
Zane
Zane on 16 Sep 2026
Yay for wild artistic adventures!
$77
Thomas Monckton

Thank you Zane my ginger brethren!

Thomas Monckton

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This campaign started on 8 Sep 2026 and ends on 7 Mar 2027.