The NEXT Review
This Review covers the journey of NEXT over ten years and includes the back story, way of operating, key milestones and various lessons learned along the way.
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Reflections at Sunset by Bill Kermode
Kia ora koutou, and welcome to the fourth and final issue of the NEXT Stories.
NEXT was launched ten years ago and as we approach our ten-year spend down, I’v...
Successes, learning and the future
Reflections at sunset
• Annette and Neal Plowman are the founders of NEXT, a ten-year spend down foundation, with a strategic focus on the environment and educat...
Sustaining the gains
Beyond NEXT
• NEXT is a limited life Foundation and planning for transition and sustainability of grant partners began at the point of NEXT investment
• NEXT looked to suppor...
Fellowship Roopu Tuatoru
On the systems change frontier
• In 2019 NEXT turned its attention to growing leaders in system change, via the NEXT Fellowship
• The vision is to build, connect, and gro...
The Centre for Strategic Philanthropy
An invitation to give thoughtfully
• The Centre for Strategic Philanthropy (CSP) is a place for givers with a strategic, business-like approach to meet, share...
Guided by stars
Vision, objectives and values
NEXT’s vision reflects the philosophy of it’s founders, Annette and Neal Plowman, and their particular areas of interest in environment and educat...
Caring for the land and people
A whole lot of help from our friends
NEXT’s vision is to leave a legacy of environmental and educational excellence for the benefit of future generations of New ...
Growing strategic agents of change
Summary
Aotearoa New Zealand is facing serious challenges - social, environmental, economic and cultural - many of which are complex, embedded, fractured and...
Creating a legacy for future generations
The importance of people
The NEXT team and community aspire to make a transformational difference for future generations of New Zealanders
NEXT is a...
Kia ora koutou, and welcome to the third issue of NEXT Stories.
NEXT was formed eight years ago and I’ve been musing over recent months how much has changed during that time.
We have witnessed C...
Two of NEXT’s environmental initiatives have reached significant milestones. Project Janszoon and Taranaki Mounga Project have both signed The Tomorrow Accord agreement - recognising they have achieve...
For decades kiwis were not seen or heard in the Kaitake Range in Taranaki.
But after a massive predator control effort ten kiwis were released there last year - all have paired up and are breeding an...
One of NEXT’s environmental initiatives, Project Janszoon, has given some rare blue ducks a grand entry into the Abel Tasman National Park - as part of its conservation strategy to help protect the sp...
Predator Free Wellington has released its latest Impact Report - which shows trappers have caught more than 100,00 rats - and counting. It’s also close to eliminating rats on the Miramar Peninsula, wi...
Project Janszoon, one of the projects in NEXT’s environmental portfolio is about to celebrate its tenth anniversary and as its annual report shows the initiative is on track for some signifiant biodiv...
Kia ora friend of NEXT,
When we set the education and environmental initiatives NEXT supports the challenge of coming up with an image and one sentence to illustrate their highlight of 2021 for our...
One of NEXT’s environmental investments, Te Manahuna Aoraki, has released its Annual Report for 2021.
The project is restoring the iconic natural landscape and birdlife in the MacKenzie Basin and Ao...
The documentary series Fight for the Wild - that follows the moonshot mission to make New Zealand a predator free country - has won international acclaim.
The series, produced by Peter Young and Fis...
Native birds and vegetation are likely to benefit if regenerative farming practices are adopted, according to new research supported by NEXT. The New Zealand Herald reports.
Four kiwi chicks and their handlers were granted a Covid travel exemption to travel to Auckland - where they have been released onto the wildlife sanctuary, Rotoroa Island.
Rotoroa Island is one of ...
Predator control has meant hatching rates for some of the endangered bird species at the Te Manahuna Aoraki environmental project in the Mackenzie Country are going up. The project is one of the envir...
Conservationists at Te Manahuna Aoraki - an environmental initiative NEXT invests in - are celebrating an invertebrate success. In a predator free enclosure they set up to protect the endangered Robus...
Taranaki Mounga Kaiwhakamōkihi/Trainee Ranger Tipunakore Rangiwai (Taranaki Iwi) is doing the mahi to help restore his maunga. This video follows his journey and how it has positively impacted the res...
Feral cats are one of the main predators in the Te Manahuna Aoraki project area.
They are stealthy hunters and are hard to control. So alongside other methods like trapping and trail cameras the envi...
Kia ora friend of NEXT,
With Aotearoa New Zealand in another lockdown it seems apt that this newsletter features a story from former PFNZ 2050 Ltd CEO Abbie Reynolds on conservation as a catalyst f...
The Director General of Conservation Lou Sanson retires this month after eight years at the helm. The relationship between NEXT and DOC has been a crucial part of NEXT’s strategic philanthropy approac...
In this special edition newsletter we share all the links to Fight for the Wild - the four part documentary series on New Zealand’s audacious goal to become Predator Free by 2050. Documentary maker Pe...
Predator Free NZ 2050 has been put under an international lens - it’s the focus of a new documentary released by 101 East Al Jazeera. The documentary on New Zealand’s "hairy audacious goal” features e...
In this edition of NEXT Outlook, Predator Free 2050 Limited CEO Abbie Reynolds discusses how the predator free movement’s benefits go far beyond saving more than 25 million birds a year and helping pr...
A podcast series by freelance environmental journalist Dave Hansford has been released to compliment the video series of Fight for the Wild.
“Predator Free NZ 2050 is by far the biggest and best news...
In the final episode of Fight for the Wild, we travel to predator free Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island to see what the vision of a predator-free Aotearoa could look like. We discover breakthroug...
Fight for the Wild episode three focuses on the mahi being undertaken to save New Zealand’s endangered bird species.While bird song is receding across New Zealand’s mainland, hundreds of community-led...
New Zealander’s have drawn a line in the sand, announcing that Aotearoa will rid the nation of rats, stoats and possums by 2050. We’ve been successful on off-shore islands, but what will it take to ex...
New Zealand’s ambitious goal to become predator free by 2050 is under the spotlight in a four part documentary and podcast series that is released next week - a project supported by NEXT.
The docum...
NEXT is excited to be a funder in a four part documentary series on the Predator Free 2050 movement - Fight for the Wild.
Fight for the Wild takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa and docume...
Ten western brown kiwi have been released into the bush in Taranaki - in an historic reintroduction of the birds into the Kaitake Ranges, part of the National Park.
The release follows a huge colla...
Do you know how important lizards are to protecting the biodiversity of the South Island High Country?
This TVOne News story explains why - and why its important to monitor the endangered species i...
After decades of absence kiwi have been returned to the Kaitake Ranges in Taranaki. A fabulous milestone for NEXT supported environment initiative Taranaki Mounga, other conservation groups and the pe...
Rotoroa Island is celebrating10 years as a wildlife sanctuary - and visitors over Easter were treated to a kiwi release.
The island was closed to the public for 100 years as The Salvation Army’s dr...
TV One News reports on a research project underway into hedgehogs at NEXT supported environmental initiative Te Manahuna Aoraki.
Hedgehogs are a major predator in the MacKenzie Basin - so the resea...
New Zealand’s most ambitious predator free project launched
New Zealand’s largest and most ambitious predator free project will provide a pathway towards the country’s goal of being predator free b...
NEXT Foundation has welcomed a white paper released today setting out research priorities for the future of regenerative farming in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Paper was released by Our Land and Wate...
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We set the environmental initiatives NEXT invests i...
Most of the landmarks in Te Manahuna Aoraki are named after ancestors of the waka atua Āraiteuru including the majestic Aoraki. Te rūnaka o Moeraki Upoko, and Te Manahuna Aoraki board member, David Hi...
Two of the environmental initiatives NEXT supports have been awarded funding by PFNZ2050 Ltd.
The Cacophony Project and Zero Invasive Projects have both been given funding to develop tools to help ...
Project Janszoon, an environmental initiative NEXT supports restoring the ecosystems in the Abel Tasman National Park, has reached a signifiant milestone.
It has trapped over 40,000 rats over the p...
Te Manahuna Aoraki - an environmental initiative NEXT invests in, has published its 2020 Annual Report.
It outlines all the mahi being done on this collaborative project to restore the biodiversity...
NEXT environmental director Jan Hania is part of a group that has published this paper looking at future business in Aotearoa through a stewardship and kaitiakitanga lens.
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Predator Free New Zealand 2050 Limited has released its annual report.
Chair Jane Taylor and CEO Abbie Reynolds says it has been a dramatic year - with Covid-19 presenting challenges and opportunit...
Zero Invasive Predators has released its 2020 Annual Report.
The report outlines progress on the Perth River Valley project where ZIP has undertaken the biggest ever mainland predator eradication p...
In this edition of the NEXT newsletter, Wellington welcomes some new rare residents, we introduce you to the second cohort of NEXT fellows, the Ministry of Eduction collaborates more closely with phil...
An endangered bird species has settled into new digs in Wellington.
The matuku moana / reef heron has been spotted off Island Bay - proof the strategy for Predator Free Wellington is paying dividen...
Predator Free Wellington has released its impact report for 2019/20.
Project director James Willcocks says "In a year of a global pandemic, predator free mahi has proven it’s not only good for the ...
Predator Free Wellington has received an additional $7.6million funding boost as part of the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme.
The funding comes from Predator Free NZ 2050 Limited. It will fast...
Abbie Reynolds has been appointed CEO of Predator Free NZ 2050 Limited.
Abbie is the former Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Council and takes over the role next month.
Photo credi...
Kia ora friend of NEXT
He rangi tā matawhāiti,
he rangi tā matawhānui
A person with narrow vision has a restricted horizon, a person with wide vision has plenty of opportunities.
Looking for...
Taranaki Mounga DOC Ranger Tama Blackburn loves his Waitara community. He describes his connection to Koro Taranaki, and his community volunteering efforts with Waitara taiao (natural environment) and...
Tiki Toa, is a fabulous programme for intermediate children of Taranaki - focussing on their connection to to Taranaki Mounga, the taiao (natural environment) and Te Ao Māori (Maori world view) to sup...
Students from Auroa School in South Taranaki are helping provide a safe haven for endangered species on Taranaki Mounga. They have developed a solar powered audio system to lure stoats into traps - an...
Trevor Walker - Trevor is from START Taranaki, a programme that supports young men in the youth justice system. Trev has found a new happy place - on the Mounga, where he is building traps and cutting...
Photo Credit: Jeremy Beckers
Taranaki Mounga is an ambitious conservation project transforming the mountain, ranges and islands of Taranaki.
But as well as protecting and enhancing the biodiversit...
One of the world’s first predator free fences for insects is operating near Tekapo - to help save the endangered Robust Grasshopper. As this video by NEXT supported environmental project Te Manahuna A...
The Abel Tasman National Park is home to two rare native snails - including a critically endangered species. In this video NEXT supported environmental initiative Project Janszoon looks at the intense...
Covid 19 presented unforeseen challenges to the environmental projects NEXT supports - but also created opportunities.
In this series Polly Hudson looks at how the environmental projects pivoted in...
NEXT Foundation has announced it has appointed an Environmental Operations Director.
Stephen Hall has more than 20 years experience in natural resource management, and will take up the role in Octo...
The Ipipiri Nature Conservancy Trust has secured a deal to buy Elliot Bay - a 700 hectare property at one of Northland’s iconic surf beaches.
The Trust has a vision of preserving the Māori heritage, ...
NEXT supported environmental project Zero Invasive Predators has received funding to develop a backcountry detection camera to help track rats stoats and possums that are decimating the birdlife in Ne...
When Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased it came just in time for the field workers at NEXT supported environmental project Te Manahuna Aoraki. They were able to retrieve some predator monitorin...
Could the Bay of Islands become the location of a Great Walk to rival the Milford and Routeburn Tracks? That’s the vision of the Ipipiri Nature Conservancy Trust after it secured a deal on 700 hectare...
Iconic national surf beach Elliot Bay has been saved from development - with the Ipipiri Nature Conservancy Trust managing to secure a deal in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.
NEXT is one of many ...
The Cacophony Project focuses on New Zealand’s big environmental problem - developing AI to help get rid of the rats stoats and possums that kill 25 million of our native birds a year.
But when the...
Our Relationship with Nature in the age of Covid-19 By Devon McLean NEXT Environmental Advisor
What would happen in New Zealand if we applied the mutual care attitude we adopted during the Covi...
The Abel Tasman National Park is open again to the public - and post Covid-19 lockdown there is a rare opportunity for New Zealanders to visit without the crowds.
It’s also a chance to experience s...
The Covid-19 lockdown gave iconic Taranaki Mounga a chance to breathe and balance himself, according to the Chair of the Taranaki Mounga project and iwi leader Jamie Tuuta.
The mounga, which has hu...
Rotoroa Island has a history of restoration.
Initially it served as an alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre under its owners The Salvation Army.
For the past ten years The Rotoroa Island Trust...
Lockdown has allowed Wellington residents the opportunity to appreciate the mahi of its Predator Free Wellington project.
Birds have been spreading their wings and discovering new parts of the city- ...
Entrepreneur and inventor Grant Ryan - who runs the NEXT supported Cacophony Project, is using his kiwi ingenuity to repurpose a predator thermal camera design to help try and eliminate Covid 19. The ...
Some of the field rangers for Zero Invasive Predators - an initiative NEXT invests in - are extreme social isolators. They are used to spending ten days at time in remote South Island huts by themselv...
NEXT is delighted to share with you a new publication which focuses on fourteen case studies of strategic philanthropy both within New Zealand and overseas.
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Kia ora friend of NEXT.
Welcome to the NEXT newsletter “Lockdown edition” - we hope you and your families are safe and well during these challenging times.
Just as Aotearoa New Zealand was enter...
NEXT Foundation is saddened to hear of the loss of iconic environmentalist Sir Rob Fenwick, KNZM KStJ.
Sir Rob was a valued mentor and friend of the NEXT Foundation team, a regular guest speaker ...
The endangered rare native blue duck - the whio, is hatching in record numbers in Taranaki.
Taranaki Mounga - a NEXT environmental investment that is restoring the biodiversity to the mountain and ...
Why is Wellington on an ambitious journey to try and become the first Predator Free capital city in the world?
In this edition of NEXT Outlook, Predator Free Wellington Chair Peter Chrisp outlines ...
Predator Free Wellington Project Director James Willcocks shares stories from The Miramar Peninsula predator eradication project, in this presentation for a NEXT Outlook breakfast.
The project has ...
Predator control networks around the braided rivers of South Canterbury is helping some of the endangered bird species have a better chance of survival.
The trapping network, which is part of the ...
Zero Invasive Predators - a NEXT environmental investment - has just completed a successful predator eradication operation on mainland New Zealand.
The Perth River Valley project is groundbreaking - ...
Residents in the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington might be getting their best christmas present ever - after a huge eradication project by Predator Free Wellington - one of NEXT’s environmental investm...
Kea has profiled Neal and Annette Plowman and NEXT foundation in their end of year newsletter as part of a feature on a Giving in New Zealand.
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NEXT supported environmental initiative Zero Invasive Predators has undertaken a ground breaking trial in Perth River Valley, South Westland.
The ZIP team carried out a challenging operation to com...
New Zealand Geographic has featured three of NEXT’s environmental initiatives in an in depth feature on New Zealand’s ambitious goal to become a Predator Free country by 2050.
Zero Invasive Predato...
The fellows, who will be supported for a year, will undertake research in two of NEXT’s investment focus areas, the first 1,000 days of life, and healthy rivers.
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Taranaki Mounga - one of NEXT’s environmental investments, has published its annual report highlighting progress in this project which is restoring the biodiversity on the Mounga and its surrounds.
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Strategic philanthropy is at the very heart of NEXT foundation - supporting education and environmental initiatives with not just funding but governance, management and other expertise too.
It is a m...
Te Manahuna Aoraki - one of NEXT’s environmental investments, has published its inaugural annual report. In its first year it has focused on providing a safer environment for the birds that live in th...
The Te Manahuna Aorkai environmental initiative - which NEXT invests in - has caught more than 1,000 predators in its first year of operation. The project has counted rats, possums, hedgehogs, musteli...