What we do

New Zealand is home to a large number of unique plants and animals found nowhere else on earth, but nature on land is under threat from introduced predators, development, intensive farming, and climate change.

We can't live without fresh water and neither can the plants, fish, insects, and other wildlife that rely on clean water to survive and thrive. But our rivers and lakes are in crisis.

As a remote, island nation, New Zealand is globally important to marine life. But our oceans are one of our least protected environments. Extractive industries have been given almost free reign in our marine environment, and now many of our endemic and migrant ocean species are in serious trouble.

Climate change is the biggest threat nature has ever faced. It harms our forests and oceans and threatens our birds, fish, and reptiles. We need nature, and nature needs us to change ‘business as usual’ to build a sustainable and restorative economy.