Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust

The organization is an NZ charity for social and economic improvement in the Tairawhiti region (East Coast). It operates a co-working space that supports grassroots innovators and entrepreneurs tackling local challenges, with a focus on supporting Maori and indigenous entrepreneurs to start their own service businesses. Through the Slash for Cash project, TBICT encourages community members to clean and heal the Tairawhiti and Wairoa regional lands by repurposing wood debris waste into organic biochar fertilizer and smokeless charcoal briquettes, whilst creating employment opportunities for local east coast communities.