Past events

Mark Anderson will talk about - The Katipō coast 

Forest & Bird Places for Penguins was established in 2007 with the goal to restore coastal habitats and protect kororā (little blue penguins, Eudyptula minor) around Wellington’s southern coast.

A short easy walk, there and back, with spectacular gorge and river scenery, dryland shrubs and native fungi growing in the damper spots. Maybe even a falcon!

In this webinar, Dr Andrea Byrom and Dr John Leathwick will discuss their recently published research that drew attention to the lack of national effort to manage deer and other hoofed browsers while the focus has been on Predator Free 2050.

Tom Kay, Forest & Bird's Fresh Water Advocate will be talking about the Making Room for Rivers campaign.

Friends of the Ōtaki River welcome all to a special presentation of Making Room for Rivers following their AGM.

The AGM starts at 7.30pm and the presentation will begin after the AGM.

Nelson Arts Festival has unveiled their 2023 programme, which includes the stunning concert event: FORCE OF NATURE: Celebrating 100 Years of Forest & Bird

After starting Ark in the Park in the Waitakere Ranges, John Sumich went on and started Habitat te Henga, protecting Auckland's largest wetland. It involved trapping for stoats to enable the re-introduction of pāteke (brown teal) in 2015 and 2016.

Our South Canterbury Branch is working with the South Canterbury Museum on a Forest & Bird centennial exhibition.

The speaker will be - Nate Wilbourne, Forest and Bird Youth leader.

Cup of tea available before the meeting. 

Marie Gray of the Summit Road Society will speak about the Society's work to restore native biodiversity on the Port Hills, including the revegetation of Avoca Valley and the community and backyard trapping programme Predator Free Port Hills.