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.

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.

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. 

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