Brook Sanctuary

With 700 hectares of fenced land, the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary in Nelson enables endangered plants and wildlife to breed and flourish as they did 250 years ago.


The idea of a sanctuary was first considered in 2002, and in 2004 trustees, hardworking volunteers and a small group of staff made the vision a reality. And what they've created is a historic piece of NZ where native birds, reptiles and invertebrates can thrive in the haven they've created.


Inside the sanctuary there are many walking tracks, old bridges, weirs and waterfalls, and plenty of wildlife to see and hear. The visitor centre explains things easily and the friendly volunteer staff will help you out.


Silky Store NZ support the sanctuary by providing tools for track clearing and maintaining, and also for pruning the odd tree branch here and there. Peter Hay, from the sanctuary, had this to say recently. "Since 2005 a small army of volunteers at Nelson's Brook Waimarama Mainland Island Sanctuary, have developed a network of 130 Km of monitoring and visitor walking tracks. Throughout this time Silex Tools / Silky Saws NZ have supported our volunteers’ conservation efforts with very generous financial help in equipping the team with tools. This has enabled us to use the very best gear available for consistently heavy work in serious bush conditions. We predominantly carry Silky Zubat 300mm, plus Ultra Accel and Super Accel foldables and we simply can’t recommend these tools highly enough. The tracks are cut now, but our Silkys are still a delight to use on windthrow and ingrowth clearance and so often save us from hulking heavy chainsaws and gas, chaps, helmets etc for miles.” 

To find out more about the sanctuary - click here.

Saving the Whio

Passionate hunters & fishermen team up to protect the nationally vulnerable species of Whio (Blue Duck).

Read more

Ridding the wildlings

An independent not-for-profit community come together in response to the growing concern for the impact and spread of wilding pines.

Read more

biking tracks

Silky Store NZ's own Rod Sharp is passionate about mountain biking, so we do our bit to help with track maintenance.

Read more

Creating a sanctuary

The Brook Waimarama Sanctuary is 700 hectares of fenced land, all for the protection of endangered plants and creatures.

Read more

Arborist support

Existing to encourage, foster, improve and educate all aspects of arboriculture throughout New Zealand.

Read more

Going Wild in waikawa

Set in the Marlborough Sounds, Wild Waikawa is the project of two passionate people to restore 200 hectares back to the way it used to be.

Read more

Predator Free NZ

Connecting and energizing New Zealanders towards a predator free Aotearoa NZ.

Read more