 The trust gained the use of the 230 ha Orokonui Conservation Area 20 km north of central Dunedin.The New Zealand Department of Conservation approved the trust's use of the land and completed a heads of agreement and the Orokonui site was visited on 27 April 2006 by Chris Carter, the New Zealand Minister of Conservation.The trust purchased and added a further 67 hectares of adjacent land to the Conservation Area.