Paererewā: 1,000-year bench project
Paererewā Charitable Trust was formed to create Pae – intentional, beautifully designed markers to sit, pause, reflect, and to look beyond our lifetime. The goal? To build, design, and deliver 1,000 Pae to stand for 1,000 years in Aotearoa.
Each Pae is a marker of stillness, placed where stories, memories, and landscapes call for them. These Pae will form a network across Aotearoa that provide moments of reflection for anyone who needs to stop and reconnect with what matters.
Leaving a gift in your Will is one of the most meaningful ways to help ensure these places continue to appear across Aotearoa. It is an act of generosity that ripples forward to create spaces for reflection for generations yet to come. It is a gift that carries forward, long into the future.
Would you consider leaving such a gift to Paererewā?
Why a gift in your Will matters
Leaving a gift in your Will helps Paererewā create and care for Pae now and beyond our lifetime. Your lasting legacy becomes part of a long thread of generosity that will shape Aotearoa for many years to come.
Your gift will help:
New Pae – creating new places of stillness and reflection across Aotearoa
Long-term stewardship – protecting and caring for existing Pae so they remain meaningful beyond our lifetimes
Community guided locations – placing Pae where stories, memories, and landscapes call for them
A national network of reflective spaces – ensuring anyone, anywhere, can find a moment to pause and breathe
The future of Paererewā – helping the kaupapa endure
Leaving a gift in your Will doesn’t just build a seat for 1,000 years – it builds a moment. A moment that will exist because of you. It will leave a legacy, for you and for your family.
How to leave a gift
A gift can take different forms. Some people choose to leave a percentage of their estate, others a specific amount, and some leave what remains after other wishes have been met. There’s no right way, only what feels right for you, your family, or the community that you are part of.
Leaving a gift in your Will costs nothing now and doesn’t change how you live today. It’s simply a wish you set down for the future – one that only takes effect when the time comes.
You can talk to your solicitor or Will writer about creating or updating your Will to include Paererewā Charitable Trust.
September is Wills Month here in Aotearoa – a reminder, if you’ve been meaning to write or update your Will, that now might be a meaningful time to do so.
Want to know more?
To consider leaving a gift in your Will to Paererewā is such a personal decision that requires time, thought, and clarity. If you have questions, we’re happy to talk them through. Or, if you’d rather take more time to consider such a gift, we can email you a short information booklet. Whatever you choose, there is no obligation.
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Paererewā Charitable Trust
Sam Johnson, Founding Trustee and General Manager
Email: hello@paererewa.org.nz
Paererewā Charitable Trust is a registered charitable trust, CC63367.