… of New Zealand’s protected marine animals in commercial fishing nets and on lines and hooks.  You can download Forest …

Create a wetland in your backyard, and you’ll quickly become popular with your feathered friends. Protecting, restoring or even creating a wetland can involve quite a lot of work initially, but once established, it will pretty much take care of itself – …

… Forest & Bird submission on proposed changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act …

Sunday 22nd of March experts will provide amazing insights into the nightlife of our native bush and wetland - we might see glow worms, find koura (cray fish), discover spiders and see or hear the birds of the night: ruru (morepork), petrels, maybe even …

… coastal areas Penguins are caught and killed as bycatch in fishing nets Sea level rise is shrinking nesting habitat, and …

Ninety percent of New Zealand’s original wetlands have been destroyed by agricultural and urban development – and are still disappearing. Every wetland counts Wetlands are climate heroes – they can store large amounts of carbon and increase climate …

Forest & Bird says the Government’s lack of investment in New Zealand’s environment in Budget 2025 is deeply concerning given the importance of the environment to our economy and society.  The organisation says Aotearoa needs to invest around $2 billion a …

Forest & Bird has announced the winners of the organisation's top honours at its awards dinner this evening. These include: Old Blue award to Roger Williams, Warkworth Old Blue award to Neil Eagles, Taradale Old Blue award to Graeme Loh, Otago …

Pearl Creek (off Cotterell Road, Appleby, access from the Great Taste Trail cycle path) is a spring-fed stream that flows into the Waimeha/Waimea Inlet. It was part of the extensive Waimea delta system, now fragmented by different land uses including …

Little penguins (kororā) live around all of New Zealand’s coastal areas (except the Sub-Antarctic islands and the Kermadec Islands) and in South Australia and Tasmania. They are the world’s smallest penguin, standing at only 35-43 cm (just slightly taller …

Forest & Bird says rare native bats desperately need better protection in Hamilton, before they disappear from the region. New developments are wiping out bat habitats and Waikato Regional Council and Hamilton City Council urgently need a long term …

Forest & Bird is calling for ambitious climate action to protect natural ecosystems in tandem with eliminating fossil fuels, following the release of the Climate Commission’s report this morning.    “The Climate Commission confirms there are two parts to …

… be the beating heart that powers legal work pressuring industry and government, as well as regional efforts to …

Forest & Bird has announced it is closing all its reserves with wild kauri to the public, and is calling on the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to provide communities and land owners with desperately needed national directions for managing the …

… rules by hiding meetings he personally invited mining industry representatives to. He’s flipped off “Freddy”, the …