A study by PhD candidate Kyle Morrison has found that rockhopper penguins could be casualties of changes in climate.

In a year that New Zealanders coped with natural disasters and economic downturn, Forest & Bird maintained the momentum for protecting nature.

Fighting for nature can be an uphill battle during an economic recession. The government’s purse strings draw tighter and investment in our natural resources is too often seen as an unaffordable luxury.

New Zealand’s reputation as 100% Pure has long been the cornerstone of our national identity and international selling point.

2013 was a landmark year as Forest & Bird members celebrated the 90th birthday with events around the country, focusing on local milestones and the work done by long-standing volunteers.

In 2014/15 Forest & Bird achieved some notable success advocating for and protecting our natural environment and also took important steps to strengthen and focus the organisation to address the conservation priorities of the 21st centu

It was the year of the environment election. Over the course of 2017 public opinion significantly shifted as more New Zealanders realised nature is in crisis and agencies have failed to properly respond.

New Zealand is the undisputed seabird capital of the world.

We have more threatened seabird species than anywhere else in the world and the highest number of seabirds that breed nowhere else in the world. 

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.