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What can mātauranga Māori teach us about caring for local waterways? Jazmine Ropner enrols in a free nationwide course to find out.
Shore plovers are one of the world’s rarest shorebirds and need a huge helping hand to survive. By Peter Lo and Helen Jonas. Images Peter Lo.
Alex Stone looks at the challenges ahead for conservation as we head into 2024 with a new government and an uncertain climate future. Part 3 of 4.
Alex Stone looks at the challenges ahead for conservation as we head into 2024 with a new government and an uncertain climate future. Part 2 of 4.
Four years ago, Silvia Pinca embarked on an ambitious project to almost single-handedly rewild a freshly logged pine forest. This is her story.
After being locally extinct for more than a century, kiwi first returned to Wellington in 2000. How are they doing today? Alan Peck investigates.
Three dedicated conservationists have won Forest & Bird Tī Kōuka awards for making a significant contribution to regional conservation over a long period.
Thank you for helping celebrate a century of conservation mahi together! Here we feature some favourite moments from our centennial year so far, including a number of “firsts”.
Alex Stone looks at the challenges ahead for conservation as we head into 2024 with a new government and an uncertain climate future. Part 1 of 4.
Members of our Te Puke Branch left a huge legacy for kōkako conservation when they fought to protect Rotoehu Forest 35 years ago. By Caroline Wood
Forest & Bird needs your help to get world-leading legislation over the line so we can manage pet cats for the first time in New Zealand’s history. By Amelia Geary
Some off-roaders are riding roughshod over nature and giving law-abiding drivers a bad name. By Chelsea McGaw
Young people have played an important but overlooked role in conservation over the past 100 years, says Emma Graham.
Spiders play a huge part in keeping our natural world in balance, and their webs can be works of art. By Anne Graeme
The nation’s favourite election is back, and the stakes are higher than ever before. By Caroline Wood
A version of this story was first published in the Spring 2023 issue of Forest & Bird magazine.
Forest & Bird member Jill Visser set up a volunteer group to restore a former wetland on the Kāpiti Coast because she wanted to take hands-on action to help mitigate climate change.
Forest & Bird is concerned about the risk to endemic Westland petrels from a proposed industrial-scale mining operation south of Punakaiki. By Suzanne Hills, chair of Forest & Bird’s West Coast Branch.
DNA data can give us tools to aid the recovery of yellow-eyed penguins on the Aotearoa mainland, but only a change in human behaviour can give them a fighting chance of avoiding extinction, as Jane Young explains.
Returning titipounamu to Bushy Park Tarapuruhi was a labour of love, with many working together to provide a safe new home for this tiny taonga.
A booming post-war economy brought many challenges for the men, women, and children attempting to stop the country’s fast-vanishing nature disappearing forever.
Why do we find it hard to kill hedgehogs when they are busy murdering critically endangered birds, lizards, and insects all over Aotearoa? By Chelsea McGaw
More than 75% of indigenous species are at risk of extinction or becoming threatened. What can we do to turn this around? By Caroline Wood
A huge landslide wiped out 20 years of restoration planting, but Dean and Geoff are determined to rebuild their urban “native forest”. By Zoë Brown
Nature-based solutions can help heal the steep hillsides of East Cape and other weather-ravaged communities in Auckland and Hawke’s Bay. By Ann Graeme
We look at some environmentally friendly ways to attract native birds to your garden while avoiding bad practices that could harm their health. By Dr Daria Erastova
Meet the team behind the hugely popular Critter of the Week show and some of the gnarly creatures it has highlighted. By Mike Dickison
In a nearly 50-year labour of love, Forest & Bird branch members saved an important stand of indigenous bush in South Canterbury. By Lynley Hargreaves
Forest & Bird has lost one of its great stalwarts and tireless workers with the death of Ken Catt QSM in April at the age of 93. By Michael Pringle
Forest & Bird was the first of New Zealand’s modern-day conservation groups, and women were involved from its creation, becoming vice-presidents, honorary secretaries, and executive board members.
Penny Willocks gifted a lasting legacy to nature on her death. By Caroline Bruner
Forest & Bird's Marlborough Branch volunteers have been trapping pest skinks in Blenheim. By Helen Braithwaite and Deleece Augustyn
The misunderstood cockroach gets a bad rap in Aotearoa, but our 15 indigenous species perform a vital role in the bush. By Ann Graeme
Fearing the Chatham Island robin was in perilous danger, three generations of conservationists battled to save them. By Caroline Wood
A new report commissioned by Forest & Bird has revealed thousands of drained wetlands could be brought back to life. By Cate Hennessy and Caroline Wood
Who established Forest & Bird 100 years ago and why? We look at the life and times of founder Capt Ernest “Val” Sanderson. By Caroline Wood
Tackling the country’s smallest introduced rodent is essential to protect nature. By Chelsea McGaw
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