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Forest & Bird Magazine

As New Zealand’s only magazine dedicated to conservation, Forest & Bird is popular with nature lovers of all ages. It is available in hard copy and digital versions.

Forest & Bird Magazine

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Forest & Bird is a high-quality quarterly publication filled with lively articles about New Zealand’s wildlife and wild places illustrated by leading nature photographers. Our writers love sharing what is special about nature in Aotearoa and why it needs our help to survive and thrive. Keep up to date with Forest & Bird’s work to defend and restore threatened species and their habitats in all corners of the country. Become a member and you will receive a free subscription to Forest & Bird magazine. Click here to join Forest & Bird and help support our vital conservation work.

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We welcome feedback about the magazine and the submission of original story ideas, photographs, and quality writing about any aspect of nature. We sometimes commission articles, illustrations and images, contact the Editor for rates and word counts. If you are a professional writer, graphic designer, or photographer, please consider supporting our conservation work by volunteering to write or illustrate an article in our flagship magazine. To find out more, contact the editor Caroline Wood at editor@forestandbird.org.nz. 

Advertising

You can connect with our nature, travel, and outdoor-loving readers by advertising in Forest & Bird magazine. Every dollar of advertising revenue goes towards supporting conservation work to protect the wildlife you love. As a charity, we rely on donations to be an effective voice for nature. We have a print run of more than 23,000 printed copies per quarter with 90% being directly mailed to our members and supporters. Our readership is 90,000 New Zealanders per quarter plus a growing digital reach. Limited website advertising is also available. To discuss options and rates, contact our advertising manager Karen Condon at karenc@mpm.nz or call 027 542 0338.

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Back issues

You can buy single copies of the magazine from Forest & Bird’s online shop. A digital back catalogue of our magazines from 2005 to 2020 is available for free on issuu.com. Historic magazines from 1923-1945 can be viewed and searched on the National Library’s Papers Past website

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Magazine articles

Pāhau kākāpō moss and kākāpō side by side

What's in a name?

It is our good fortune and legacy to have both Māori and scientific names to describe the natural world around us. By Ann Graeme
Whitebait fish out of water

A Tasmanian Tale

Overfishing caused the whitebait fishery to close in Tasmania.

The Tasmanian whitebait fishery introduced a raft of sustainable fishing rules following the collapse of fish stocks in the late 1980s.
Algal blooms surround Lake Erie (Canada and USA) - image from space

Bloomin' Algae

We should be doing better when it comes to controlling pollution in our waterways. By Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Tom Kay. 
dead kānuka tumble onto the beach of Whangakopikopiko island

Death by 1000 waves for rare kānuka

Climate change is likely to see the demise of a rare species of kānuka on a tiny island in the Bay of Plenty, but local plant lovers are determined to keep it alive on the mainland. By Meg Collins* 
Lake Manapōuri with forest covered hills from above

The Politics of Manapōuri

2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Forest & Bird’s record-breaking petition that saw nearly one in 10 Kiwis signing to save Lake Manapōuri. By Caroline Wood
Sooty Shearwater (tītī) in flight over water

Bring back the seabirds

Life at the conservation coalface isn’t always simple, as Caroline Wood finds out when she visits a Forest & Bird seabird project on the Otago Peninsula.

This isn’t a walk in the park, I reflect, as I struggle to keep on my feet while scrambling up
Banded dotterel/pohowera standing on a small mound on the beach

Bird Atlas needs you

Birds New Zealand is embarking on the country’s largest ever citizen-science project to map the distribution and abundance of New Zealand birds.

The New Zealand Bird Atlas 2019–2024 is an ambitious five-year initiative to map the country’s unique birdl
Musicians Emily and Charles Looker from pop band Aro

Manu Magic

We talk to Aro about their album celebrating Aotearoa’s wonderful birdlife.

Emily and Charles Looker, who make up the pop duo Aro, have released their album called Manu inspired by the melodies, rhythms, and stories of Aotearoa’s native birds.
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Supporting Forest & Bird is one of the best things you can do for New Zealand's environment. We need people like you to support us, so that nature will always have a voice.

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Forest & Bird is a registered charitable entity in terms of the Charities Act 2005. Registration No. CC26943.

Authorised by Kevin Hague, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society, 205 Victoria St, Wellington.

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