Become a supporter

 Join the Tucker whanau to help us empower Northland youth
to live rewarding lives. We warmly invite you on board!

1. Make a donation now

Every dollar counts. We appreciate all contributions to our kaupapa. Small donations make a big difference! Give a little to support a young person.

Direct bank transfer

Donations by direct transfer or credit do not incur fees. This is our favourite way to receive donations!

Mates Donations Account

ASB 12-3102-0064244-51
ABN: 123102 Account: 0064244-51
SWIFT (routing code): ASBBNZ2A

Please email info@tucker.co.nz to confirm your details so that we may receipt this for tax purposes.

Credit Card

You can donate using a credit card through Paypal. 

For international bank transfers or credit card donations, we recommend the use of Transferwise as there are no transaction costs for us.

2. Sponsor a trainee

Change the life of a young Northlander now! You may have someone in mind or there might be an area of benefit or specific school you would like to support. 

3. Sponsor a voyage

Sponsor a 7-day youth voyage for 12 trainees. You are able to specify criteria, type of students, area of benefit, or specific school; we will work with teachers, iwi and schools to get the trainees on board.

“I am very impressed with the way that this has been presented to sponsors. Fantastic to read the feedback from the trainees. The crew clearly does an outstanding job in working with these young people. Well done to you and the team. It is not often that one receives such feedback in respect of Donations made. This makes it all worthwhile from my perspective. I will sign on for another year primarily based on this feedback!!

— Sponsor 

How to give

Sponsor a trainee and change the life of one young person from Northland. You may have someone in mind or you can specify your requirements, area of benefit or the specific school you would like to support. We will work with the schools, iwi, kura and teachers to find the right fit. Sponsorship costs start from $2570.

Sponsor a Trainee

You can make a one-off payment, or setup a weekly or monthly amount to go towards your Trainee sponsorship. We can provide you an invoice and receipt. Your donation is tax deductible. If you want to make a one-time payment, you can donate online.

If you want to set up a payroll donation, you can setup an automatic bank payment.

Name: R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust

Charity Number: CC22076

Account number: Mates of the Tucker 12-3102-0064244-51

When you sail with us your ticket purchase goes towards our Youth Development Programme. Book a sail here or purchase a gift voucher to sail with us.

We have Tucker shirts and many other branded products for sale. Head to our main website and check out our shop here.

We gratefully accept equipment for the Trainees; we appreciate donations of wetsuits, snorkels and dive equipment.
Each year we invite people from the community who are interested in being part of our whānau to come and sail, and work with our guests or rangatahi.
R Tucker Thompson