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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.

We should be doing better when it comes to controlling pollution in our waterways. By Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Tom Kay. 

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* 

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

This isn’t a walk in the park, I reflect, as I struggle to keep on my feet while scrambling up

The New Zealand Bird Atlas 2019–2024 is an ambitious five-year initiative to map the country’s unique birdl

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.

I was brimming with anticipation when four of us set off to check bat traps before da

As native forests warm, ship rats will move into new areas. Lynley Hargreaves investigates what that will mean for New Zealand’s most precious “deep endemics” such as mohua and kiwi.

The fungi fun quiz featured in the Autumn 2019 issue of the Forest & Bird magazine.  Sign up as a Forest & Bird member to receive your copy (in print or digital). 

Barry Coates explains how his new charity Mindful Money is helping New Zealanders choose KiwiSaver funds that are good for nature as well as their retirement nest egg.

Award-winning advertising agency Colenso BBDO has been working with Forest & Bird on a new predator-free poster campaign.

In 1958, a tiny hapū from Motiti Island asked the Prime Minister Walter Nash to prohibit fishing near their home. He declined to do so.

Do harakeke display a different flower colour depending on the landscape they inhabit? Di Lucas, a landscape planner and ecologist, needs your help to find out the answer

Forest & Bird has secured funding for a three-year project to learn more about critically endangered long-tailed bats in the top of the South Island. By Caroline Wood.

Molesworth is New Zealand’s largest farm, as you will know if you’ve ever been lucky enough to visit. 

Marina Skinner ventures out after dark to find out what nature gets up to from dusk to dawn.

By Michelle Harnett

Under the cover of darkness, one of New Zealand’s top predators emerges.

How can we work together to restore nature rather than carry on destroying it?

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Forest & Bird is calling on the government to stop subsidising large-scale dam and irrigation projects to help restore the health of our rivers, lakes, and streams, as Annabeth Cohen explains.

It’s time to establish a Mackenzie Basin Conservation Park and save its outstanding natural landscapes from further destruction. By Lynley Hargreaves.

Forest & Bird is calling on the government to restore the health and mauri of the Hauraki Gulf. But we need your help, as Alicia Bullock explains.

We need to teach our children that native New Zealand is worth fighting for and that pests deserve a humane death. Words and images by Ann Graeme.

Solarcity is a solar power business that wants to help people reduce their carbon footprint. Jess Winchester explains why the new Solarcity partnership with Forest & Bird fits with our vision.

By Stella McQueen*

A version of this story first appeared in Forest & Bird magazine in Spring 2016.

You can make a submission to Department of Conservation supporting better whitebait rules before 2 March 2020. 

Not all “environmentally friendly” packaging is created equal, as Toby Whyte, managing director of Health Pak, one of our supporters, explains.

Which of our native plants are also natural healers? Jess Winchester finds out when she talks to naturopath Katie Stone, who works for PureNature, one of Forest & Bird’s sponsors.

Rob Fenwick talks about the influence of his ancestor Sir George Fenwick, newspaper baron and pioneer conservationist. By Caroline Wood.

*Sir Rob Fenwick died in March 2020 after battling cancer for five years.

A study by PhD candidate Kyle Morrison has found that rockhopper penguins could be casualties of changes in climate.

One of New Zealand’s rarest birds is settling in to a new home, thanks to a translocation project at Forest & Bird’s Bushy Park sanctuary near Wanganui.

North Shore branch’s project to restore the native plants and wildlife at a volcanic cone next to the northern motorway in Auckland has been awarded the Golden Spade planting award.

An inspiring initiative led by Māori and supported by Forest & Bird could create a way forward to protect marine life. By Dean Baigent-Mercer.

Take a close look at the praying mantises in your garden. They may not be the Godzone insects you think they are, as Graeme Hill writes.

An independent panel of international fisheries experts agrees that the New Zealand hoki fishery does not merit the “sustainability tick” it has been awarded today.