Our Mission Statement

To Protect Orca and their Habitat, through Conservation, Education and Scientific Research.

The Orca Research Trust (ORT) was founded in 1998 by Dr Ingrid N. Visser.  

The ORT is an officially registered NGO with the New Zealand Government’s Charities Commission. 

It is a nonprofit Partner of 1% For The Planet (a global network tackling our planet’s most pressing environmental issues).

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