Save a Wild Kaimanawa — Support a Community Hero

The July 2025 wild Kaimanawa muster is imminent.

Sonja Mors of Pongarosa Equestrian hopes to rescue a Kaimanawa horse for her equine healing programmes — Equine Therapy, Human Equine Assisted Reality Therapy (HEART) and Human Assisted Learning Organisation (HALO). These programmes support people with PTSD, anxiety, addiction, and soon will help those with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). They help both adults and children and make real change. (Read more here: https://pongarosa.jimdofree.com/)

Because they are mostly ground-based, Pongarosa's programmes give jobs and purpose to horses often overlooked: minis, smaller, older, and unridable horses. Each muster has Kaimanawas like these who are harder to rehome — this is a chance to give one a future.

Besides Equine Therapy, HEART and HALO, Pongarosa Equestrian runs low-cost grassroots events — in-hand classes, obstacle, ribbon days, ODEs, dressage, and camps — confidence-building opportunities for the local equine community that many of us have enjoyed over the years.

Last year, Sonja suffered a serious concussion, forcing her to pause events and live off savings. While rebuilding, she can’t cover the initial outlay for a rescue but can provide long-term care.

I’ve known Sonja for years. Her horses are meticulously cared for in nutrition, bodywork, work/life balance, and love. So I wanted to help. I am going to tame her horse.

We need to raise $2,500. We have had prior pledges of $1,100. That leaves $1,400 to raise.