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Kereru crowned Bird of the Year for 2018

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With a whoosh-whoosh, the kererū has swooped to glory for the first time, in Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year competition.

Seven years after Rena disaster, marine environment still not protected

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Forest & Bird and the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust say it’s high time the Bay of Plenty Regional Council got on with protecting the marine environment around Motiti Island in the Bay of Plenty, seven years after the Rena disaster.
 

End oil and gas drilling - CLOSED

The Government has proposed a law change to ban new oil and gas exploration (the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill). Nature needs a low carbon future to limit climate change, and reduce the harm that oil and gas exploration can cause throug

Death of female Māui’s dolphin a tragic blow

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Forest & Bird is devastated to hear of the death of a suspected female Māui’s dolphin.

New Zealanders flock to the polls to vote for Bird of the Year

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Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year competition begins Monday, 1 October.

Forest & Bird is asking New Zealanders to vote for their favourite native bird in an annual competition that aims to raise awareness of the threats faci

Hoki quota cuts may be too little too late

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Forest & Bird is welcoming a fishing industry commitment to reduce the West Coast hoki quota by 22 percent, but is worried it may have come too late.

New Zealand must take global lead in ocean plastic crisis

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Forest & Bird has told Parliament’s Environment Committee this morning that New Zealand must become a global leader in tackling the oceans plastic crisis.
 

Bar-tailed godwit (kuaka) crowned Bird of the Year

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The bar-tailed godwit (kuaka) has been crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year after three weeks of close competition, heated campaigning and scandal.

Seabed mining decision quashed in High Court

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New Zealand’s only known population of blue whale has been granted a reprieve from the imminent threat of experimental seabed mining, and conservationists are celebrating.  

Labour Weekend Camp, Shakespear Regional Park, Whangaparoa Peninsula.

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We will stay at the YMCA Lodge within the Park. Bed and food for 3 nights will be about $130 (children $65).

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