Southern Coastal Charitable Trust - Coastal Clean Up

The Southern Coastal Charitable Trust was established in 2017 and is registered as a Charitable Trust.

O̅raka-Aprarima Rūnaka Inc. and Waihōpai Rūnaka Inc support the Trust along with several local entities such as Cray8, Sanfords, Ngai Tahu Seafood Products & Talleys.

We are looking for ongoing support for our objectives and specifically a clean up to be completed in 2020.

We have donations of $40,000 which puts the project well on it's way.

The specific objective is in deficit the sum of $22,250, which is required to ensure the clean up can go ahead. The break down of costs of the clean up include:

- Costs of a days worth of shipping to taxi the rubbish and waste from Fiordland ($6,000);

- Sacks and Fadges to hold rubbish ($4,740);

- Use of staff from Talleys for a week of recycling ($2,214);

- Bond contracting rubbish and cartage ($1,000); and

- Accommodation, Food and Volunteer Costs ($14,000)

Volunteers contribute $500 towards the costs associated with their attendance.

BACKGROUND:

Southern Coastal Charitable Trust aims to:-

• Promote the protection and preservation of the remote coastline environment in Southern New Zealand, Fiordland and Stewart Island.

• To organise and participate in regular clean-up operations to remove all unnatural items and rubbish from remote coastlines in Southern New Zealand, Fiordland and Stewart Island.

• To dispose of collected rubbish and other items in an environmentally appropriate manner.

• To raise funds to enable the Trust to carry out its objectives.

Benefits:

* Maintain the pristine nature of the coastline by removing unnatural items.

* Marine mammals, birds and fish will be to remove this source of contamination from their environment.

* New Zealanders and tourists is they can experience these areas in their natural state

People associated with the Southern Coastal Charitable Trust also organised: -

(i) The 2015 Fiordland Clean-Up – Breaksea Sound to Chalky Inlet;

(ii) The 2018 Stewart Island Coastal Clean Up, and;

(iii) A spot clean-up of the beaches south and north of Milford in September 2019.

The historical cost associated with these clean-ups are as follows: -

(a) 2015 Fiordland $134,220.00

(b) Stewart Island 2018 $124,624.00

(c) Spot clean up Milford 2019 $32,333.12