19Oct 28, 2015
On the 28th and 29th of November this year, millions of people worldwide will take to the streets in the world’s largest ever mobilisation on climate change. Because of the way time zones work, New Zealanders will be the first to march. It’s an opportunity for us to get together with friends and family and […]
20Oct 23, 2015
Peter Moore studied southern royal albatrosses on Campbell Island for many years. Here, he talks about his experience and gives you an idea why this handsome ocean wandered deserves your vote for #BirdOfTheYear. I was fortunate enough to spend several field seasons on Campbell Island over a 22-year period, and never lost my awe of […]
21Oct 20, 2015
Forest & Bird has decided to take a stand on DOC’s decision to downgrade the status of part of Ruahine Forest so that it can be given to the company behind the Ruataniwha dam. Our legal team has asked the High Court to decide if DOC’s decision is legal – we think it’s not. The […]
22Oct 15, 2015
My name is George Hobson. I love birds, and am the campaign manager for the amazing pohowera (banded dotterel) in this year’s Bird Of The Year competition. I am really really enjoying this awesome role! I’m a twelve year old “bird nerd”, so I love anything to do with birds AT ALL! I do many other “birdy” things, like […]
23Oct 9, 2015
Do we love kea because we see so much of ourselves in them? Bold, curious, and highly intelligent, kea are always looking for new ways to explore and exploit their world – to survive, and survive well. Like humans, kea are born scientists. They observe, hypothethise, and experiment. We humans think we’re studying kea… but […]
24Sep 24, 2015
It’s nearly that time of year again! Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year competition will kick off on October the 5th, so get ready to vote for your favourite bird. Over 50 birds will fight it out to be crowned our Bird of the Year. This year it’s about more than glory as […]
25Sep 24, 2015
Forest & Bird shares with our Birdlife partners their concern for Keith Davis, an independent fisheries observer, who went missing from a Panamanian-flagged vessel off the coast of Peru around 10 September. Keith Davis worked for MRAG. Keith was last seen aboard the Victoria No. 168 – a transhipment vessel that receives catches from fishing […]
26Sep 23, 2015
Why aren’t estuaries covered by existing freshwater protections? Amelia Geary, Forest & Bird campaign manager for freshwater, argues they should be. The Manawatū estuary used to be teeming with shellfish and birds, a place filled with people fishing and gathering kai/food. Robin Hapi, Chairman of the Save Our River Trust based in Foxton, grew up on the shores […]
27Sep 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 […]