On 6 June 2022, one of Forest & Bird’s longest serving committee members received a special award from a nonagenarian celebrating her Platinum Jubilee – a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM).
For the average Kiwi, a play space might bring to mind an area with Lego, balls to kick around, dress-ups and multitude of tiny toys, or a PlayStation.
In this issue, we find out how a “lost” population of critically endangered lizards was recently discovered on a high country station. The owners may be doing more for the planet than any other farmer in New Zealand.
Mining, quarrying and infrastructure projects will be allowed to destroy New Zealand’s rarest and most important native species and habitats if they meet a 'significance test' under a government policy released for consultation today.
Bianca Ranson has joined the Forest & Bird as advocate for the Hauraki Gulf. Based on Waiheke, she has been working most recently on the campaign to protect the penguin colony from the work on the new Waiheke Marina.
