Protect penguins and other threatened seabirds with a gift in your will
Until last week, I was one of the approximately 38% of New Zealanders who haven't got around to writing a will.
Today, I am asking you to consider pledging a gift in your will and offering you a free and simple will template.
But first, we want to thank you for your interest and support in 2023. With your support, we continue our successful research, education and advocacy programmes and add to them, for example with a new fixed microchip reader to better understand the behaviour of our West Coast little penguins - kororā, and to extend the penguin protection fence north of Punakaiki.
We know many people use the start of the new year to revisit finances and to get on top of life admin. Having an accurate or up-to-date will is one of the most important things we can do for our loved ones. We may be able to help and I'm excited to bring you this opportunity.
To help make the process as easy as possible, Gathered Here, a trusted online will provider, offers free and simple online wills. Provided you don't have great complexity to your family and your estate, their template will help you write your will in no time.
Not only have Gathered Here made this task, one that so many of us keep putting off, very easy, they have also linked it to charities like the West Coast Penguin Trust. After providing for loved ones, you'll notice there is an option to leave a gift/s to charities that you care about, including ours.
They have found that many people would like to include their favourite charity or charities in their will but don't know how. By using this simple template, people like you and me can add a charity, or more than one charity, very easily.