By Hauraki Island Branch member, Rob Brennan. A good news story from the Hauraki branch of Forest & Bird – kākā are breeding on Waiheke Island! Not only that, but they have chosen Onetangi Reserve, a 56 hectare reserve that Forest & Bird has owned and been looking after since the early 1960’s, to make their nest. […]
Growing up in Wellington, I often saw our native birds in their element. Tūī swooped across the front yard, kererū perched precariously in the kōwhai trees and we were even treated to the kārearea/NZ falcon on rare occasions. Naturally I took an interest in our native birds and their curious ways. I spent a lot of time […]
Forest and Bird’s Upper Coromandel Branch is leading the local opposition to a controversial development currently being promoted by the Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC), to excavate 23 hectares of the foreshore of Coromandel Harbour to create a basin for a marina and an adjacent fast ferry terminal. Like many bays in the Hauraki Gulf, the […]
A timewarp of 20 million years was experienced by a gathering of more than 60 people at KIWI 360 in Te Puke on Monday evening. The local Forest & Bird Branch hosted the meeting to make people aware of the rare Hochstetter’s frog living in the hills behind the town. The frog was discovered on […]
A small population of critically endangered frogs that has fought against all odds to survive is being given a chance for long-term protection. The Hochstetter’s frog is one of four frog species endemic to New Zealand. Their love of watery climes has seen pockets of them survive in streams around Te Puke. The area is also home to […]
When I was little I didn’t realise I was lucky to have seen a kiwi up close (and been able to touch it), to have helped catch and band young North Island robins, to spend a lot of my time in the regional parks around Auckland. My dad was involved in projects and I grew […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]