Sustainability at Wildfinder

At Wildfinder, we’re all about encouraging guests to explore our amazing local environment in a sustainable way, promoting the eco-friendly transport of mountain bikes & eBikes. Behind the scenes, sustainability is at the forefront of what we do. Check out some of the actions we’re taking towards this initiative:

Steps we’re taking…

We Love Local: We use local caterers and accommodation, and all our staff live and work in the areas of the trail that we service. We love to support the community of both Eastbourne, and the wider Hutt Valley and Wellington areas: by offering donations, raffle prizes, special discounts for schools, charities & community groups.

Our Sites: We use rainwater collection systems at our sites, and provide recycling systems for our staff, guests and the general public to use. Our off grid Kaitoke site has been specifically designed & set up to minimise it’s impact on the environment, and runs on solar power.

Qualmark: We've been awarded a Silver Sustainable Tourism Award. Qualmark, New Zealand tourism's official mark of quality, independently evaluates tourism operators in New Zealand across 5 key areas: Health & Safety; Business Systems; Environment; People; and Community & Culture. This Sustainable Tourism Business criteria has been officially recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council as being in line with the GSTC Industry Criteria.

The Tiaki Promise: We are proud to support the Tiaki Promise, a commitment to care for New Zealand, for now and for future generations. We teach our guests to care for land, sea and nature, treading (or rather, cycling!) lightly and leaving no trace.

'Tiaki' means to care for people and place. The Tiaki Promise is a way that everyone who lives and travels in Aotearoa can show their commitment to looking after it. You can read more about the Tiaki Promise here, or scroll down.

Steps we’re working towards…

Low Carbon Acceleration Fund: With the help of Hutt City Council, purchasing an electric van to service our daytrips & tours, instead of our current diesel fleet.

Tourism Sustainability Commitment: We have now signed up to this program, developed by Tourism Industry Aotearoa. The vision is to work towards twelve Commitments across the four elements of tourism sustainability: Economic, Visitor, Community and Environment. You can read more about it here.