The Project Crimson Trust, in partnership with Meridian Energy and the Department of Conservation, is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of New Zealand’s pohutukawa and rata trees. Our focus has been two-fold; supporting active campaigns around planting and protection, and undergoing public awareness work to highlight the ecological, cultural, historic and aesthetic value of these trees to New Zealand. The Trust works with organisations, communities and individuals throughout New Zealand and assists them by providing funding and ecologically-sourced trees for local projects, through a funding application process in March each year.