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Healthy rivers must come first
Monday, 7 April 2008, 1:15 pm | Forest And Bird
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry should be supporting regional councils’ efforts to clean up our rivers – not attempting to thwart them, Forest & Bird says. Horizons Regional Council’s draft regional plan sets a goal that all natural water ... More >>
New measures will cut seabird deaths
Friday, 22 February 2008, 9:25 am | Forest And Bird
New measures announced today will significantly reduce the number of seabirds killed in New Zealand fisheries, Forest & Bird says. More >>
NZ Fails Enviro Exam
Monday, 11 February 2008, 9:33 am | Forest And Bird
Possibly the most significant report in contemporary New Zealand history, the Environment New Zealand 2007 report, was released in December 2007. This report summarises the physical well-being of NZ’s land, water, air, plants and animals and measures the ... More >>
Make the users pay for clean environment
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 1:31 pm | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s primary sector needs to meet the costs of its contribution to the sorry state of the environment outlined in a major Government report today, Forest & Bird says. More >>
Deer Oh Deer
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 9:44 am | Forest And Bird
Kerry Hogan’s not sure what he’s done to deserve having most of the deer in the North Island on his patch, but it is a problem that is increasingly worrying him. More >>
Leave Only Footprints At The Beach This Summer
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:19 am | Forest And Bird
Sun, surf and sand – not to mention sunburn, charred sausages and sand in unmentionable places - where would the good old Kiwi summer be without them? More >>
The Westie chicks have arrived! First
Friday, 23 November 2007, 1:11 pm | Forest And Bird
Hihi transferred to Arkin the Park in the WaitakereRangesearlier this year have hatched chicks, Forest & Bird is delighted to announce. More >>
Best Fish Guide 2007-2008 launched
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 1:56 pm | Forest And Bird
Seven more species of fish have joined the red list of unsustainable fisheries, but several come close to earning a sustainability tick on Forest & Bird’s new Best Fish Guide. More >>
Haere mai to Hakatere Conservation Park
Friday, 26 October 2007, 12:17 am | Forest And Bird
The Ashburton Branch of Forest & Bird today welcomed the announcement of the establishment of the HakatereConservationPark. More >>
Grey warbler surprise winner in Bird of The Year
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 1:15 pm | Forest And Bird
Who says small, drab, grey insectivores can’t be loved? The grey warbler (riroriro) has emerged as the surprise winner of Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year poll. More >>
Bird of the Year 2007 - Voting is now open!
Friday, 21 September 2007, 11:07 am | Forest And Bird
Tweet, tweet, twitter, chirp – yes, that’s the sound of New Zealand’s native birds warming up for Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year 2007 poll. Voting in Bird of the Year opens today at http://www.forestandbird.org.nz. More >>
Artists Creating For Conservation
Monday, 17 September 2007, 9:55 am | Forest And Bird
Works by some of New Zealand's best-known artists will be auctioned in support of Forest & Bird's conservation campaigns. More >>
Call for urgent action on albatross slaughter
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 4:26 pm | Forest And Bird
Last week’s killing of 34 albatrosses by a fishing boat east of New Zealand demonstrates the need for urgent action to stop albatross by-catch in fisheries, Forest & Bird says. More >>
Dolphin protection plan a start - must go further
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 10:30 am | Forest And Bird
The Threat Management Plan issued today to protect Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins is a good start, but must go further, Forest & Bird says. Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate Kirstie Knowles says that the Government plan’s proposals to establish ... More >>
Gowan protection a win for water conservation
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 12:58 am | Forest And Bird
An Environment Court decision confirming that the Gowan River should be protected from inappropriate hydro development is an important win for the river and for New Zealanders, Forest & Bird says. More >>
Forest & Bird delighted by Tui mine clean-up
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 9:33 am | Forest And Bird
Environment Minister David Benson-Pope announced today that the abandoned Tui Mine would be cleaned up, and that the Government would pay nearly $10 million to do the job, which is expected to be completed by 2010. More >>
Spare a thought for sea lion mums Mothers’ Day
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 9:12 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is asking people to help sea lion mums this Mothers’ Day. While the official number of New Zealand sea lions the Government allows the southern squid trawl fishery to kill this season is 93, the actual death toll for sea lion mothers ... More >>
The kiwi of the seas
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 12:54 am | Forest And Bird
If this many great spotted kiwi were being slaughtered by hunters, there would – quite rightly – be a public outcry. But when it comes to protecting those species that live in New Zealand’s waters, rather than its forests, it seems we can turn ... More >>
World’s biggest tui lands in central Wellington
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 11:52 am | Forest And Bird
The world’s biggest 3D tui will make its first and only flight tomorrow – on to the roof of Forest & Bird’s national office. The four-metre giant tui has been sculpted for Forest &Bird by Wellington prop-makers Izzat Design from polystyrene, ... More >>
Without 1080 our forests will fall silent
Friday, 23 March 2007, 12:17 am | Forest And Bird
It’s this simple: if we don’t continue to use 1080 to control pests, we run the risk that in 20 years most of our forests will fall silent. The debate surrounding the re-assessment of 1080 by the Environmental Risk Management Authority has somewhat ... More >>
