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From Wasteland To Wonderland: The Folks Behind The Remarkable Transformation Of Wadeson Island

Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 8:31 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

The Wadeson Island restoration has been a labour of love. Over four years, CVNZ staff planted 12,000+ native trees, picked up 3.5 tonnes of rubbish, maintained walking tracks and created an additional 1 km of fish channels to give inanga safe places ... More >>

Life-changing Conservation Work Skills Programme Ends After Six Years

Monday, 16 September 2024, 10:25 am | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Since 2018, more than 750 people have graduated from CWS, with around 70% of those graduates finding paid employment and not returning to Jobseeker Support. More >>

Conservation Volunteers NZ Gears Up To Plant Their Two Millionth Native Plant

Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 10:45 am | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) will celebrate planting their two millionth native plant this weekend in Ōtautahi's Red Zone. More >>

“Conservation Volunteers New Zealand Is The Coolest Conservation Charity You’ve Never Heard Of"

Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 8:00 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

CVNZ has been around since 2006. But they’ve been so busy planting native rākau (trees, shrubs and grasses), picking up rubbish, weeding invasive plants, and generally being good to nature that they’re not often in the media. More >>

Conservation Volunteers' Tree Planting Competition Marking World Environment Day In Auckland, Wellington Christchurch

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 5:31 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Race to Restore: Conservation Volunteers' Tree Planting Competition Commemorates World Environment Day in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch The Papakura Stream, a significant freshwater system that flows into the Manukau Harbour, is set to flourish ... More >>

30,000th Tree Planted to Round Off Conservation Week

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 3:59 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

On Sunday 22 September, the final day of Conservation Week was celebrated by Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) as they planted this year’s 30,000th tree at Auckland’s Atiu Creek Regional Park. More >>

30,000th tree planted at Atiu Creek

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 3:57 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

On Sunday 22 September, the final day of Conservation Week was celebrated by Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) as they planted this year’s 30,000th tree at Auckland’s Atiu Creek Regional Park. More >>

World Environment Day Tree Planting Challenge

Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 3:50 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Corporates compete to ‘Grow a Forest at the Heart of Wellington’ for World Environment Day More >>

Bring back the birds to our Auckland parks

Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 1:21 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand will hold two predator control training workshops on Saturday 19 July, one at Maungawhau Reserve in Mt Eden and the other at Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve in Glen Innes. Locals are welcome to come along and be part ... More >>

Work skills opportunity for Hibiscus and Bays youth

Monday, 3 March 2014, 4:12 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

An initiative aiming to provide young people with a range of work-ready skills is being launched this month by Conservation Volunteers New Zealand [CVNZ] in the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board area. More >>

And Bothamley Park makes the grand total 12.5 tons

Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 5:06 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

A small group of Wellington residents collected 350kg of rubbish from Bothamley Park on Sunday in the 100th ‘Let’s Keep New Zealand Beautiful Together’ clean up. The day marked the end of an eight month campaign to stop rubbish from finding its ... More >>

Keep Waitakere Beautiful in Graffiti Free Week!

Thursday, 24 October 2013, 3:54 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Keep Waitakere Beautiful, Rotary, Resene and Conservation Volunteers NZ are excited to be collaborating in the first nation-wide Keep New Zealand Beautiful Graffiti Free Week. This year’s Graffiti Free Week runs from the 4th-11th November 2013. More >>

Residents urged to clean up Waipu Bay

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 9:54 am | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

'Let’s Keep New Zealand Beautiful Together’ nationwidelitter clean-ups will come to Waipu Bay on Saturday 24 August. Residents are encouraged to lend a hand and clean up the bay and help stop discarded rubbish from finding its way into our waterways ... More >>

Omaru Creek gets a 176kg clean up

Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 3:09 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Sunday’s ‘Let’s Keep New Zealand Beautiful Together’ litter clean-up held at Glen Innes’ Omaru Creek saw 176kg of rubbish removed from this once important eel and fish habitat. More >>

Catchment care programme celebrates fourth year

Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 3:18 pm | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Fonterra and partners Conservation Volunteers New Zealand will this week celebrate the completion of the fourth year of a Catchment Care Programme that is working to enhance and protect waterways and wetlands throughout New Zealand. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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