Past events

We will be holding the September meeting online.  It will include a documentary that follows three DOC rangers as they attempt pest eradication in Fiordland.

Forest & Bird's Dunedin Branch is hosting a working bee at Moore's Bush Reserve in the beautiful Leith Valley.

Please register to attend using the link below.

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Te Rere Reserve is owned by Forest & Bird and is managed by the Southland Branch.  It is a remote site and is accessed through private farmland.  For this reason visits are only possible on an official Branch workday and groups need to go

Peter Gaze will be talking about
The restoration of Puangiangi - a private island in the Outer Sounds

Adam Weller is the sustainability manager of a large company.

Myrene Otis from the Unviersity of Otago will talk about her research on the movement and behaviour of Tawaki/Fiordland Crested Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) breeding in Milford Sound.

New Zealand’s natural ecosystems store such vast amounts of carbon that small changes in those stores can have a significant impact on the country’s contribution to climate change.

Sue has recently retired from Forest & Bird after 29 years as our Southern Field Officer. She is not pursuing other conservation adventures including a very recent trip to the sub-Antarctic islands. 

Join us for a morning tree planting at Karaka Cove Matherson Road, Red Beach 9.30 am. Wear clean sturdy footwear bring gloves. Park at bottom of Matheson Road  walk up through the bush and take the right hand fork in the path.

Lissy Fehnker-Heather started as the regional manager for Auckland & Coromandel 7 months ago. Now that she’s settled, she’s coming to chat about her background and vision for Auckland.

Join us for a morning planting along side the stream draining Lakeside Reserve. This is the first stage to improve the water quality flowing into Orewa Estuary. Park on Lakeside Drive or in Judd Place reserve car park area.