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Female climber in purple shirt laybacks on rock Crete photographed from above
Jana Wold laying back on the crux of Transmission, Whanganui Bay. Photo: John Palmer,

Donate to help us continue our critical NZ climbing access and advocacy work

ACAT exists to improve access to rock climbing and bouldering areas around NZ. Since we began, we have worked to reopen Mangorewa Gorge and Pakeho, helped preserve the future of Waipari and Wharepapa Rock, gained a trial reopening for Whanganui Bay, successfully advocated for changes to health & safety laws, submitted on adventure tourism, stewardship land, Milford Sound legislation, and more.

There is still so much more to do – access is threatened or prohibited at many crags around NZ. Starting a regular donation now is the best way you can help us keep going.

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All NZ :
ACAT will be holding its Annual General Meeting at 7:30pm on Monday 9 November 2026. All ACAT supporters and interested climbers are welcome to...
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All NZ :
When climbing isn't formally recognised and we lack strong relationships with DOC, councils and mana whenua, even long-established crags on public...
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All NZ :
How did a law meant to keep people safe at work end up closing climbing crags?  When Parliament passed the Health and Safety at Work Act in 2015...
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All NZ :
Access Action Week is a nationwide week of action to strengthen the future of climbing access across Aotearoa.  Climbing has grown. Our approach...
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Vacant chair with ACAT logo on a belay ledge in the mountains.
All NZ :
Volunteer Board role | Governance | Climbing access & conservation About ACATThe Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust (ACAT) exists to protect and...
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Climber in blue on a grey boulder in a boulder field
All NZ :
ACAT has worked for years to change unclear workplace health and safety laws that raised liability concerns for landowners and inadvertently...