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Forest & Bird is deeply disappointed that bottom trawling, dredging and Danish seining will still be allowed under the Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan, released in draft form last week. 

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.  

Please note: Forest & Bird is disseminating this media release on behalf of Northland hapū, Ngāti Kuta and Te Uri o Hikihiki. Please click here for the media release from Forest & Bird.

Forest & Bird and Fish Forever are thrilled that three areas of the Northland coast will be protected as a result of an Environment Court decision released in November.

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?

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.

Forest & Bird strongly endorses the closure of the last two remaining commercial tipa/scallop beds in Aotearoa announced today by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries.

A Government freshwater announcement means wetlands will continue to be lost, including to coalmines, and will have wide-ranging impacts across the country, says Forest & Bird. 

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

Forest & Bird is calling on the Government to develop a national Room for Rivers plan to protect communities and wildlife in the face of increased flooding – and want a $500m contestable flood mitigation fund set up to help make it happ

Making room for rivers is a nature-based solution that will reduce flooding, help us adapt to climate change, restore native wildlife, and increase community wellbeing.

Following weeks of protests, media coverage, and the joint publication of an open letter to the Prime Minister, New Zealand’s largest environmental NGOs will be taking their call to stop new mines on public conservation land direct to the Labour Pa

Forest & Bird is celebrating an Environment Court report released today that recommends a Water Conservation Order (WCO) for the entirety of the Ngaruroro River.  

The pīwauwau rock wren has won Bird of the Year 2022. 

Forest & Bird members have gathered this morning at Mt Richmond Forest Park between Nelson and Blenheim, the third stop on a national rally for conservation land under threat of being mined for coal, gold, and other minerals.

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.

The biggest kept secret in Auckland’s Waitākere Ranges is the grey, blue-wattled bird soaring the forests in and around Ark in the Park.

Gemma Marnane and Connor Wallace have recently been re-elected as co-directors of Forest & Bird Youth.

The battle for Bird of the Year is stretching from the highest mountaintops down to the oceans, as the alpine-dwelling pīwauwau and fush-munching kororā compete for the number one spot. 

This morning, Forest & Bird supporters converged on the Denniston Plateau – in the second in a rolling series of protests – calling for the Labour Government to fulfil its 2017 promise to end mining on conservation land. 

This morning, Forest & Bird and Greenpeace Aotearoa supporters converged on a proposed mine site on public conservation land, calling for the Labour Government to fulfil its promise to end mining on conservation land. 

Statistics New Zealand/Ministry for the Environment’s latest report of the state of the environment warns that land-based pollution, fishing and plastics are harming the seas around New Zealand and carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the ocean.&nbsp

This week's proposal by the Government for a price on agricultural greenhouse gases and fertilizer is the last chance for the agriculture sector to meet climate change targets and show consumers that it is serious about tackling climate cha

Get your memes and campaign slogans ready: voting for Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau opens next Monday 17 October at 9am. 

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!

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