Our
Fighting Fund

Twenty years ago, community groups like ours helped reinstate building height limits, protect the character of the town basin, and open up the Wairoa Stream walkway. Those wins were not gifts – they were fought for, argued for, and paid for.

Now the biggest planning decisions in a generation are on the table, and the venue has shifted to the Environment Court. Court proceedings require expert witnesses: planners, engineers, and landscape specialists. Even at the discounted community rates our experts have kindly offered, this costs real money – and our current balance of about $7,200 will not carry us through the hearings.

We need to raise a Fighting Fund of $12,000 by March 2027.

To make it concrete:

• $150 sponsors one hour of expert witness time

• $500 covers a half-day of hearing preparation

• $1,500 funds a full expert witness day in court

Every dollar goes directly to the case. Nobody at VKK is paid; our overheads remain, as always, stubbornly minimal.

How to Contribute

• Internet banking: Our account number is 38 9020 0683647 02

  Account Name: Vision for Kerikeri and Environs Incorporated

  Please add your name in the Particulars field and Fight Fund in the Code or Reference field

• Pledge: email us at visionkerikeri@gmail.com with the amount you'd like to pledge, and we'll send you the details.

• In person: at any VKK event (the basket will be there – but so will a QR code, for those of us whose wallets contain more loyalty cards than banknotes)

Donations of any size are welcome, and we will publish a running total on this website so you can see the fund grow.

Why It Matters

If the KFO opportunity is realised well, Kerikeri gets infrastructure, housing that nurses, teachers and young families can actually afford, and a town that works. If it is fumbled, we get the default: scarcity, inequality, and consultants' reports gathering dust.

VKK has spent twenty years showing up. Help us make sure that this time, showing up is done where it counts – in front of a court that has to listen.