The Waitakere Ranges Protection Society Incorporated exists solely to protect and preserve the Waitakere Ranges, New Zealand. It is a voluntary advocacy group based in Auckland New Zealand. It regards itself as the foremost guardian of the wild Waitakere Ranges, with a mission to educate and protect its biodiversity, environmental and aesthetic values. The Society was formed in 1973 to stop part of the Ranges from becoming a rubbish tip. Since then the vision has expanded to include protecting and conserving the whole of the Ranges from any environmental impact that threatens the integrity of the area. The Society depends entirely on voluntary donations, membership fees, grants and fundraising.
The Society aims to protect and conserve the natural environment in the Waitakere Ranges as a remarkable place of high value, for its ecosystems, for the beauty of its rugged landscape, its ocean and harbour shores and for its native plant and animal life, for its own sake, for its value to people and for the generations to come.
The Society aims to provide an unequivocal voice speaking for this area of exceptional natural heritage, to raise awareness through education, research, publication and promotion of the importance and the value of the Waitakere Ranges to New Zealand’s environmental heritage preservation and well being.
The Society opposes any scheme or activity which might significantly adversely affect the natural ecosystems and landscape of the Waitakere Ranges.
