Our business is to harness community, business and government resources to restore and develop lost wetland areas within New Zealand.

Wetland Care members recognise that wetlands are vital to the wellbeing of the environment, acting as huge ecological sponges by soaking up pollutants and filtering water before it reaches streams, rivers, lakes, aquifers and the sea.

Our initiatives focus on matters as far-reaching as groundwater replenishment, flood control, nutrient and contaminant management and climate change - all critical factors for the conservation of freshwater and saltwater wetlands and marshes.

We want to preserve and conserve the flora and fauna of our most endangered ecosystem so that vibrant wetlands are our legacy to future generations.

Funding for projects comes from the Waterfowl and Wetlands Trust which was established by Ducks Unlimited New Zealand Inc in 1991, as well as membership, donations and corporate memberships such as that from Banrock Station Wines.

Central to Wetland Care New Zealand's mission is forming partnerships with people and organisations with similar aims. An example is Banrock Station Wines who place the Wetland Care New Zealand logo on their wine bottles distributed in New Zealand. In return, Banrock contribute a fee, which is based on each bottle sold, to Wetland Care New Zealand.

Money from this partnership has been given to wetland conservation projects done by:

• Tutukaka Landcare Coalition
• Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Society Inc.
• Ducks Unlimited Operation Pateke
• Port Charles release 2005 at Coromandel
• Henley Trust, Masterton
• Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellington
• Kitchener Park, Feilding
• Manawatu Estuary Trust, Foxton
• Mangaone Wetland, Raetihi
• Masterton Intermediate School, Masterton
• Steyning Trust, Hawkes Bay
• Travis Wetland Trust, Christchurch
• Wairio Wetland, South Wairarapa
• Wetland Trust New Zealand, Rangiriri
• Waitakere Branch of Forest and Bird, West Auckland
• Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, Dunedin