1Dec 12, 2011
Although a National government has been returned, in a way Kiwis did “vote for nature” as our election campaign asked. The prospects for Nature in the next three years are not all quite as bleak as you might imagine. It is a very interesting Parliament and there are some reasons to hope that Forest & […]
2Nov 17, 2011
This election year Forest & Bird is asking all Kiwis to be kiwisavers, and when they vote, to Vote for Nature. We hope you’ll have seen our posters. We asked all Parliamentary parties contesting the 2011 general election to tell us their policies on environmental threats and Forest & Bird’s main conservation goals. The full […]
3Nov 15, 2011
Seabirds – as a general rule – are rather large. Large wings designed to sail the wind’s currents; a long beak equipped with a salt-extracting unit and a large pair of paddle-like feet are de rigueur in seabirds. Unlike most seabirds though, the common diving petrel (kuaka) has few of these attributes. It’s fitted out […]
4Nov 7, 2011
Blogger: Brazilian Unitec journalism student and Forest & Bird intern, Diego Mandarino. I had barely just touched down in New Zealand and I was given the opportunity to meet and greet 20 of its most endangered species. In fact, as I wandered around Auckland Zoo’s new enclosure – Te Wao Nui – I was unsure whether I […]
5Nov 7, 2011
Blogger: Campaign Manager for the karearea (NZ Falcon) & Co leader for the Maori Party, Pita Sharples. In 1986, the Waitangi Tribunal heard the te reo Maori claim. Claimants argued that the language was a taonga which the Crown was obliged to protect under the Treaty’s second article, and it had failed to do so. They […]
6Nov 4, 2011
Blogger: Campaign Manager for the Saddleback (tieke), Jackson James Wood
7Nov 4, 2011
Blogger: Campaign Manager for the kakapo and Forest & Bird’s fundraiser, Jolene Molloy Kakapos. They may not sing as hauntingly as the kokako or be as brightly coloured as the kakariki or swoop as majestically as the kaka but I think the kakapo is most deserving of crowning title of Bird of the Year. They’re […]
8Nov 1, 2011
Blogger: Campaign team for the little spotted kiwi, Huapai District School, Rodney, Auckland Please note: unlike the kiwi, this video is a little quiet, so please turn up the volume!
9Nov 1, 2011
I encourage you to vote for one of our most energetic and friendly native birds – the fantail (piwakawaka). It is one of our most common and widely distributed native birds on the New Zealand mainland, adapting so well to an environment greatly altered by humans. The fantail is one of our most recognisable native […]