More help for threatened species
ore funds for the Threatened Species Trust have been offered by an Auckland company which makes gold coins. The funds will come from a proportion of each sale of a quarterounce gold ‘coin’ marking the new millennium. The coins have no face value — only the Crown can mint New Zealand money — but are part of an international trade in gold ‘commemorative coins’. The coins each feature a kiwi and are part of a series begun in 1989 known as the New Zealand Gold Kiwi. The Threatened Species Trust was initiated by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, with the Department of
Conservation and the New Zealand Conservation Authority, to handle private donations towards restoring populations of threatened species. Its high-profile recovery programmes include kakapo (sponsored by Comalco) and the kiwi (sponsored by the BNZ), both of which have their own programme trusts. The new initiative comes from New Zealand Mint Ltd and will benefit general funds for threatened species work.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 10
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