1Jun 13, 2018
Shaun Lee volunteers with Forest & Bird on the Sea Change campaign, to rebuild the health of the Hauraki Gulf. He also works for Revive our Gulf, a great initiative to restore mussel beds in the Gulf. Here Shaun explains what’s happened to the Gulf’s mussel beds, why they’re so important and how the Sea […]
2May 2, 2018
You don’t have to be an ‘expert’ to be a conservationist or a hero for nature – time and passion are just as important. Donna Currey is one of 50 passionate people who put their hands up to be part of a campaign action group to help save the Hauraki Gulf. Here she talks about why she volunteered […]
3Mar 30, 2016
Sarah Wilcox, Anton van Helden and Stefanie Rixecker have just set off on a trip with Heritage Expeditions to the Kermadecs. Tune in to our blog for daily updates from their trip! Sometime in the early hours of the morning we anchored off Raoul Island, and woke to a ship at anchor and a big […]
4Jan 13, 2016
NZ’s current Marine Reserves Bill is more than 40 years old, and desperately out of date. After promising an update for nearly 15 years, the Government has finally released a discussion draft – which does not include 96% of NZ oceans. That’s right. The entire Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is specifically left out of the draft […]
5Sep 23, 2015
Forest & Bird has been campaigning hard for the creation of a large ocean sanctuary in the pristine Kermadec region, writes Anton van Helden. The most northerly part of New Zealand’s marine environment is the subtropical Kermadec region, home to some remarkable species of sharks, sea birds, whales, dolphins, turtles, fishes, corals and other marine invertebrates, some of which are […]
6Jul 16, 2015
When people first hear the name “Forest & Bird” they might not think of dolphins, whales or fish. But we are strong advocates for the marine environment – and over the next 6 months, we will see how loud our voice can really be. New Zealand has 44 marine reserves covering more than 17,000 square […]