What we are about
Our mission is exemplified by our tagline ‘Cultivating community since 1871’.
We exist, and our constant mission is to use the profits we generate from our commercial business activities to contribute positively to strengthen and build a more cohesive, vibrant and progressive community.
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We are unique in New Zealand in being one of only two trusts, the other also being located in the Wairarapa just 23kms up the road in Masterton, that are privileged to be in a position backed by legislation to help our communities in this way. And we’ve been doing it for over 150 years.
Our Trustee predecessors were instrumental in the building of the town’s important public facilities, the development of its open spaces and the provision of education to its community. So we like to think, in fact, we know, we have helped make Greytown what it is today – a highly desirable place in which to live, work and play.
You can read more on the history of the Trust over the years in:
The History of the Greytown District Trust Lands Part I by BH Jack Bull.
History of the Greytown District Trust Lands Part II by June Prince.
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Beneficiaries of Greytown Lands Trust grants must live or operate within the Trust’s defined geographical boundaries being the Greytown District Electoral Ward.
