Past events

Join us for  joint meeting with the Nelson Branch of Birds NZ and the launch of a revised version of the field guide Where to See Birds in Nelson.

Members of Birds NZ will speak and answer questions.

The AGM of the Wellington Branch of Forest & Bird is at 6pm on Thursday 2 May. Come and join us for this brief meeting to hear about the achievements of the past year.

The Branch AGM will be immediately before the talk.

Visiting from Bermuda on invitation by the University of Auckland Biological Sciences, Dr. Miguel Mejías is a Bermudian ornithologist, naturalist, and conservationist. Since 2011, at the age of 24, he became an apprentice of Dr.

Topic: Introduction to the Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project mainland island and research project. Landscape predator control over the last 25 years and potential for the future.

Sarah is the Community Partnerships ranger at Christchurch City Council Residential Red Zone Parks Unit. She will speak on Regenerating the Red Zone - projects, planting and City Nature Challenge.

Speakers:

This webinar will explore the future of conservation from three different perspectives.

Dan Moore is a local ecologist who has been working with the Te Hoiere (Pelorus) Project, using his expertise in seed collection to help with native species restoration. Dan's talk is titled 'Thoughts on seed collection and eco-sourcing'.

AGM and projects overview

Join us for a free guided walk through Chartwell Bush Reserve and Ōtari–Wilton’s Bush. The walk will take around 2 hours, although we will probably have 2 walking groups to allow people to choose the pace best suited to them.

We are helping the Port Hills rangers create a corridor of native bush up a valley behind Sumner (off Evans Pass Rd). On this working-bee, we'll be trimming the long grass from around the native plants and using it to mulch them.