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Forest & Bird’s Ashburton Branch worked with scientists and landowners for more than a decade to save a new species of Canterbury daisy. By Mary Ralston

Forest & Bird is working with local iwi to restore the mana of Lake Rotoiti’s scenic reserves, its precious pōhutukawa, and weweia dabchicks.

During the Sanderson years (1923–1945), the Society focused on a range of conservation issues, including wild bird poaching, gazetting new nature sanctuaries, stronger wildlife laws, forest protection, and the control of “noxious animals”.

A colony of pekapeka has been discovered in the Rai Valley, Marlborough, bringing hope for this rarely seen species. By Lynn Freeman

Leaving a bustling city for life in the country, a former Wellington couple is busy restoring the bush in their new backyard. By David Brooks

Here is our guide to some of the top family-friendly snorkelling and diving spots in Aotearoa. By Kathryn Curzon

Fifty-eight years ago Geoff Harrow made a startling discovery that led him on a lifelong journey to save a special seabird from extinction. by David Brooks

Thirty-five years ago, a writer at the height of her powers helped Forest & Bird advocate for the first World Heritage site in Aotearoa.  

It's time to protect and restore this precious ocean taonga for future generations. By Caroline Wood

The discovery of a new population of critically endangered New Zealand creeping foxglove shows the importance of the Catlins as a floral hotspot.

Meet the man determined to change the face of conservation in Aotearoa one genetic "barcode" at a time. By Jazmine Ropner

The Coromandel Peninsula is apparently home to 50 million Archey's frogs. Stuart Attwood set out to see how many he could find over a weekend.

A new way of controlling dama wallabies in the central North Island is showing promising results - but only in areas with low rat numbers. By Peter Fergusson

The highs and lows of restoring a remnant wetland on Aotea Great Barrier Island. By John Ogden and Lotte McIntyre

A year of Forest & Bird celebration will kick off in March 2023. Here's a sneak preview of the theme and some of the events already under way.

As another year draws to a close, we're looking back at our collective mahi speaking up for nature. Thank you for being part of Te Reo o te Taiao and helping us achieve so much together!

A mammoth tree was recently found in Forest & Bird's Tautuku Ecological Restoration Project area. Could this southern rātā be a record-breaker?

Music meets nature in a spectacular premiere concert at Auckland Arts Festival on 17 March 2023. Grab your tickets now – only 400 available!

A last-minute change of plans led to the exciting discovery of a previously unknown “marine animal forest” off Wellington’s west coast. We need to better protect these underappreciated and vulnerable ecosystems.

Is the proposed NZ Battery Project the country’s climate saviour or a potential $4bn white elephant? By Chelsea McGaw, Tom Kay, and Caroline Wood

A Q&A with wetland experts Karen Denyer and Monica Peters, who recently published Life in the Shallows, a new book celebrating the “ecological underdogs” of the natural world.

Yes, it’s back, the most hotly contested avian election on Earth – Forest & Bird’s Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau kicks off on 17 October and runs for two weeks.

Forest & Bird wants the government to introduce a national Cat Management Act with the mandated registration and desexing of pet cats to protect our wildlife. By Amelia Geary

Research student Caitlyn Friedel cried when she first saw goldstripe geckos at Forest & Bird’s Bushy Park Tarapuruhi Sanctuary. Now she is studying them for her Master’s!

Gifted to Forest & Bird to stop future development, the Chapman Reserve in Fiordland has an intriguing history. By Michael Pringle

We recently caught up with Greig Brebner, the founder of Blunt Umbrellas, to find out why his company is supporting Forest & Bird’s work.

More than 30 years of volunteer efforts have helped restore the dawn chorus in the Bay of Plenty. by Kate Loman-Smith

The founder of Active Components, Rob Mackley, explains why his company is supporting Forest & Bird’s marine protection work in the Hauraki Gulf.

The family that pioneered New Zealand’s first carbon-positive farm is also kaitiaki to a critically endangered population of lizards. By Caroline Wood.

For nearly 25 years, volunteers from Forest & Bird’s Central Otago-Lakes Branch have been looking after an important population of mohua in the ancient beech forests of Makarora.

Allowing rivers to move rather than engineering them into artificial channels is a nature-friendly way to reduce flooding. By Tom Kay

Conservationists are facing difficult questions as nature struggles to survive our warming planet. Should we be thinking about radical adaptation as well as mitigation? By Jane Young

How can mātauranga Māori indigenous knowledge help us adapt to climate change? By Jazmine Ropner

A 1000-year-old northern rātā in Forest & Bird’s Bushy Park Tarapuruhi sanctuary is the only New Zealand tree to feature in an international writing project called 26 Trees.

Researchers have been unlocking the incredible carbon-capturing qualities of New Zealand’s largest peat bog. By Zoe Brown

We look back at the highs and lows of Forest & Bird’s hoiho yellow-eyed penguin sanctuary in the Catlins. By Chris Rance