PROJECT 'REUSE'

Regenerating our native bush

Eating ethically

Utilising overpopulated wild meat

Supporting food security

Encouraging community-led projects

In 2025 the DIA support us to fund this new initiative. It involves responsible hunting and culling of wild deer in native bush areas around the Wairarapa. The culled feral animal carcasses are delivered to a butcher who packages and stores the meat. This meat is used by WCCT and other agencies to support our hungry whanau. We have feed over 35,000 people in the Wairarapa from this project.

If you would like to find out more about this project, please email Bev Jack (Manager, WCCT) here or find out more contact details here.