Queenstown's Whakatipu Reforestation Trust, Tahuna-Glenorchy Dark Skies Group and the Whakatipu Wildlife Trust are among the inaugural beneficiaries of the ‘Love Queenstown’ and ‘Love Wānaka’ community funds — an initiative borne from the district-wide destination management plan. The first funding round, announced this week, totals $60,000 — other recipients are Wānaka’s Te Kakao Aotearoa, Wānaka Backyard Trapping, WAI Wānaka and the Upper Clutha Wilding Tree Group. Additionally, another $15,000’s been invested in a local endowment fund, with support from the Wakatipu Community Foundation, to ensure local environmental efforts can be supported into the future.
