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Email: admin@acat.org.nz
Phone: 022 397 0891
Facebook page: Aotearoa Climbing Access
Facebook group: Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust Group
If you have made a donation to ACAT, you are entitled to claim a 33% tax credit. You can increase your impact by sending it back to ACAT, or keep it yourself.
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We are looking for committed volunteers who want to contribute to ACAT’s mission.
If you believe in ACAT’s work and would like to help by volunteering, please get in touch and let us know:
Where you’re based
What kind of skills and experience you might be able to contribute
How much time you’re keen to put in
We will...
ACAT is working on a range of issues that affect crags on public conservation land, farmland and Māori land. Our key initiatives are designed to help achieve ACAT’s overall charitable purposes.
Access information
Historically there has been no reliable channels or policies for sharing information about access issues within the climbing...
ACAT’s General Manager is Edwin Sheppard, an experienced climber who has a legal background in resource management, health and safety and dispute resolution.
Recruiting a GM was a top priority for ACAT. This is the first time that anyone has ever been paid to work specifically on rock climbing access issues in New Zealand and it is a huge step...
These are the overall purposes that are enshrined in ACAT’s Trust Deed, our founding document. All decisions will be directed toward achieving these purposes.
Promoting public access to all climbing areas in Aotearoa
Protecting climbing access in Aotearoa is all about community and relationships. ACAT’s goal is to help the climbing community...
The Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust (ACAT) is bound by New Zealand legislation, including the Privacy Act 2020 (the Act) and the 12 Privacy Principles contained therein. This policy outlines ACAT’s commitment to protecting the privacy of its supporters in accordance with the Act.
The information we collect
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Our Board of Trustees is the governing body of ACAT, providing strategic oversight and direction to the Trust. The Board seeks to ensure the best interest of all stakeholders in their management decisions, providing highly competent, professional governance by climbers, for climbers.
ACAT’s Board of Trustees is the governing body of the Trust. The Board makes key decisions about the direction of the organisation. Day-to-day operations are coordinated by our General Manager.
Establishing the Trust has been a massive effort. Much of the work has been done in coordination with a host of passionate volunteers:
New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) has been instrumental in developing and supporting ACAT and our organisations intend to maintain a close working relationship into the future.
NZAC’s member surveys have shown that climbing access is a top priority for its members, a majority of whom are rock climbers in addition to having other interests. NZAC has...
Did you know that donations made by companies may be eligible for a tax deduction? A tax deduction reduces the amount of income assessable for tax purposes and can be claimed when filing your annual tax return (IR4).
Company donations
ACAT is an IRD-approved charity and donee organisation, ao companies that donate to ACAT are eligible to...
Over the past ten years we have watched many of New Zealand’s most historic and best quality crags close. Some of these crags, such as AGS Rockwall (the Quarry) and Whanganui Bay, had decades of climbing history and were at one time the epicentre of NZ climbing.
These crags even saw the establishment of some of the hardest routes...