1Jul 23, 2020
By Fergus Sutherland, Papatowai conservationist The South East Marine Protection Forum, of which I was a member, was asked to obtain a consensus on a network of marine protection mechanisms, including full marine reserves, for the range of marine habitats on the coast and out to the 12 nautical mile limit between Timaru and Waipapa […]
2Jul 15, 2020
By Nicky Snoyink, Forest & Bird Canterbury/West Coast Regional Manager If you have ever been lucky enough to visit the Southern Alps alpine zone, you will be familiar with some of the 750+ native alpine plants species, subspecies and varieties and associated native animals that live there.[1] You may have even seen a Himalayan tahr […]
3Mar 12, 2020
By George Hobson, Forest & Bird Wellington Youth Leader Being eye-to-eye with a hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) sitting peacefully on its nest is one of my most memorable experiences. It wasn’t just the wider environment of enormous, ancient forests and dynamic coastlines. Nor was it simply the strong fishy stench coupled with an astonishingly beautiful bird. […]
4Feb 7, 2020
By Rose Davis, Communications Officer Forest & Bird Climate change makes the air heavy with guilt. Filling my car with toxic-smelling petrol is bad enough, without seeing Greta Thunberg’s accusing eyes in my mind or hearing her warning – “how dare you!” – as I disembowel my wallet at the gas station checkout. Obviously the […]
5Feb 4, 2020
The announcement of funding for three conservation pest control projects in Northland, while great news masks the fact that the majority of Northland native forests on conservation land have no meaningful and consistent large scale pest control. On private land thankfully, pest control is expanding. The funding announced will expand ground based pest control […]
6Nov 28, 2019
I wouldn’t say this is necessarily my favourite bird photo but I’ll never forget the day I took it. I was on seabird sightseeing trip off Kaikoura, one of the best places in New Zealand to get close to the albatrosses, petrels and other seabirds usually inaccessible to landlubbers like me. The sky was brilliantly […]
7Nov 19, 2019
By Ellen Ozarka (Forest & Bird coms intern) “Where’s the track?” I thought to myself as we reached the end of the beach. My presumptive question was answered when I looked up to see Graeme scaling the grassy slope which appeared to loom over my head. There was no track, just a vague line of […]
8Nov 7, 2019
By Rose Davis, r.davis@forestandbird.org.nz A dolphin gazes straight into my eyes and it’s like getting a rare glimpse of pure love. I’m under the sea wearing a mask and snorkel, turning in circles as a pod of about eight huge, gentle bottlenose dolphins swims around me in a Waiheke Island bay. I squeal in excitement […]
9Feb 8, 2019
Auckland Council is currently consulting on the future reopening of tracks in the Waitākere Ranges, which were closed to stop the spread of kauri dieback disease. Forest & Bird believes that if council focuses on building high quality tracks which stop the movement of any soil, and that they only open tracks that are on […]