Supporting the Community

New Zealand Steel and it's employees are proud to be supporting the community.

We actively seek opportunities to share our successes with the community and we do that in a very focussed and deliberate way. Franklin is home to our operation and home to a large percentage of our employees; our community programme reflects the scale of our presence. We are totally committed to caring for our workforce, our community and environment. Our community safety and environmental responsibilities are integral to the way we do business.

The priority areas for our community support are:

Young people - Ideally through projects that address issues such as health, well-being, skills development and employment opportunities.
Education - Support for academic and other skills development and environmental awareness.
Safety - Through projects that address safety issues and result in improvement.

These are some of the projects that we have supported through community sponsorships. While sponsorship is the largest area of financial assistance we provide for the community, we also make donations to a range of causes including schools, community special events and charitable organisations.

RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Since 2007 New Zealand Steel has been a primary sponsor of RYDA NZ - a role that it shares with BOC.
The programme targets 15-16 year olds who are at the stage of their lives when they start to drive or ride in a vehicle driven by their peers. Since its inception, RYDA has benefited the lives of more than 90,000 students across New Zealand.
New Zealand Steel is proud to support RYDA because of the impact road accidents have on young people and families and particularly because it is a good fit with safety being a core value at New Zealand Steel.

Learn more about the RYDA programme at www.rse.org.nz
Te Whangai Trust

Working with people most at risk of long-term unemployment, Te Whangai creates unique and innovative means of supporting the most vulnerable members of our community. They have a Kaupapa Maori approach that creates a village for people of all ages.
New Zealand Steel has partnered with Te Whangai for over 14 years to achieve social, environmental, economic and cultural outcomes for its communities.

Learn more about Te Whangai Trust at www.tewhangai.org
Tread Lightly Charitable Trust

Inspiring New Zealanders to Live Sustainably.
Tread Lightly programmes aim to teach Auckland students and their families of the environmental consequences of their everyday lives, and to inspire positive behaviour change to create actual environmental beneﬁts.
Tread Lightly Trust has completed over 200 school visits in the Auckland region and hosts over 10,000 students a year. More than 65,000 school children have experienced the programme since it began in 2010.
New Zealand Steel has supported the Tread Lightly Caravan (TLC) since 2015 enabling the caravan to visit schools in Franklin and other parts of Auckland.
Learn more about Tread Lightly programmes at www.tread-lightly.org
Trees for Survival

Trees for Survival is a charitable trust which works with over 150 schools and local communities across New Zealand to grow and plant native trees along waterways and on erosion prone hillsides.
New Zealand Steel has supported Trees for Survival for more than 15 years. Students grow seedlings throughout the year to plant on environmentally at-risk sites during planting season (May - August).
This year students from our local schools planted over 3,500 native plants in our community as part of the Trees for Survival programme.
Learn more about Trees for Survival at www.tfsnz.org.nz
Coastguard Waiuku

Coastguard Waiuku was formed in 1973 and covers the Waikato River up as far as Huntly, Waikato River Bar, the West Coast up to 12 nautical miles out, and the Manukau Harbour and bar.
New Zealand Steel has provided long-standing support to enable a rescue vessel to operate in the waters surrounding the local area.
Learn more about Coastguard Waiuku here >
Graeme Dingle Foundation

Established in 1995, the Graeme Dingle Foundation aims inspire school age New Zealand children to reach their full potential through programmes that help build self-esteem, promote good values and teach valuable life, education and health skills.
In 2018, after learning of the struggles Pukekohe North School was facing to engage students and maintain a positive, violence free environment, New Zealand Steel provided financial support to the Dingle Foundation to enable the launch of a Kiwi Can programme at Pukekohe North School which has now seen some amazing results.
Learn more about the foundation here >
Apply for Sponsorship

New Zealand Steel has guidelines and criteria in place for community donations and sponsorships to ensure quality and transparency in the way that we support community organisations.
Applications are considered by the Company's Donations & Sponsorships Committee for approval.
> Contact us if you would like to apply.