Tēnā koutou and welcome to
the Wilton Foundation Te Tiaki Taiao
If you are teacher or principal the Wilton Foundation can offer your pupils a curriculum based outdoor education experience in the beautiful native bush of Otari-Wilton Bush or another areas of natural ecology. We take school trips of up to 100 students, and we provide an Environmental Interpreter and educational resources for your class.
If you are interested please contact us for more information.
The Wilton Foundation Te Tiaki Taiao is a not for profit charitable trust dedicated to environmental education and we have hosted over 50 schools from around the Wellington region. We have taken over 4500 kids through Otari-Wilton Bush and given them a fun, relevant and informative experience of our native bush and ecology. Click here to read what other schools and teachers have said about the Wilton Foundation’s Otari-Wilton Bush experience.
Otari-Wilton's Bush, Wilton, Wellington, can be found on Google Map
The Wilton Foundation Te Tiaki Taiao Teaching resources are free to use. Click here for our resources.
The Wilton Foundation is dedicated to helping all kids experience and learn about ecology and our natural environment. We may be able to help with transport costs – please ask about this when you enquire.
Why Visit Otari-Wilton's Bush?
It contains the only stand of original native forest on the entire Wellington Peninsula, and is very easy to appreciate, and to marvel at. Being in mature native forest is a rich and beautiful experience.
The Wilton Foundation Te Tiaki Taiao aims are:
- To encourage all young New Zealander’s enthusiasm about outdoor spaces
- To help them find healthy ways to relate to their natural environment.
- To provide experience of hands-on conservation work and ecological restoration.
- To promote a bicultural understanding of the environment and associated history.
- This is done through visits to Otari-Wilton's Bush, and also, if required, to a group's local areas of natural beauty.
Copyright © 2012 The Tiaki Taiao Wilton Foundation.
Nga mihi nui to The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, The Lotteries Commission, Wellington City Council and Otari-Wilton's Bush Trust for all the āwhina. Ko koutou te pahu!