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Government Ministers have launched an unprecedented assault on freshwater. 
By Cate Hennessy

A version of this story was first published in the Winter 2024 issue of Forest & Bird magazine.

Rewa Gebbie is leader for Forest & Bird Youth's Ōtautahi Christchurch Hub and on the national committee.

Forest & Bird’s Save our Seabirds team moved quickly to find the culprit when a dead sooty shearwater chick was discovered. By Kerrie Waterworth

There is something for everyone at Bushy Park Tarapuruhi, from friendly native birds and lizards to wetland walks and giant rātā. By Caroline Wood

By Peter Langlands

A version of this story was first published in the Winter 2024 issue of Forest & Bird magazine.

Forest & Bird says including nature-based solutions in the Government’s climate strategy is a win for nature – and common sense. 

2023 was a particularly special year for Forest & Bird. Our 100th birthday provided a chance to showcase the Society’s rich history, celebrate its people and places, and talk about our many and varied accomplishments.

Abby Patterson has recently stepped into the role of Forest & Bird Youth's (F&BY) Communications Manager – part of F&BY's national Communications Hub.

Why do New Zealanders love their birds so much? Lynn Freeman reports.

A version of this story was first published in the Winter 2024 issue of Forest & Bird magazine.

Forest & Bird and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation have agreed to pause legal proceedings over the way a herd of North American elk, an introduced browsing mammal, is managed within Fiordland National Park.

Forest & Bird has presented a petition at Parliament, requesting the House ensure a select committee has the opportunity to consider the final list of projects for the Fast-track Approvals Bill prior to the bill being reported back to Parliamen

Forest & Bird has honoured five long-serving members with the Tī Kouka award for their exceptional service over a long period to the organisation and to conservation in their local and regional areas. 

Nate Wilbourne of Brightwater has received Forest & Bird’s Te Kaiārahi Rangatahi o te Taiao Youth Award for Youth Conservation. At 16 years old, Nate has already got an impressive resume as a budding conservationist. 

Forest & Bird’s new President, and the first woman to hold the role in 101 years, is Kate Graeme of Tauranga.

Richard Hursthouse of Auckland’s North Shore has received Forest & Bird’s prestigious Old Blue award for three decades leading and initiating conservation projects in the city and at national level. 

Sally Richardson of Warkworth has been awarded Forest & Bird’s prestigious Old Blue award for her outstanding contribution to Forest & Bird and to conservation over more than two decades.  

Forest & Bird’s South Canterbury Branch’s commitment to conservation and nature in its region over many years has been honoured with the organisation’s Branch Award. 

Forest & Bird welcomes the Environment Committee’s unanimous recommendation today that the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill be passed in its entirety. 

Over 20,000 people have turned out in Auckland today for the March for Nature to protest the Luxon Government’s fast-track bill and ‘war on nature’. The march is leaving Aotea Square now for Britomart and was streamed on Facebook.

The only major new ‘environmental’ spend in the Government’s 2024 budget is a $92 million commitment to attack the country’s environment, Forest & Bird says. 

Old podocarp forest stands alongside rare native plant collections cared for by gardeners, conservation scientists, and community volunteers at Wellington’s Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. By Kathy Ombler

Renewable energy developments need to be located in the right place and shouldn’t lead to further biodiversity loss. By Lynn Freeman

Snails may not have the reputation of dinosaurs, but geologists knew there was something special about the fossils recently unearthed in Auckland. By Ursula Cochran

The notion of killing cats to safeguard native birds is not new among conservationists and was as deeply ingrained in the inter-war period as it is today. By Anton Sveding

A new Government mining strategy will take New Zealand backwards on climate change and drive native plants and animals to extinction, says Forest & Bird.

A mining company that lobbied Resources Minister Shane Jones and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop to be fast-tracked has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in court costs. 

Forest & Bird, Greenpeace, Communities Against Fast Track (CAFT), Coromandel Watchdog, WWF-New Zealand, and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining have announced a ‘March for Nature’ on June 8 down Queen Street in Auckland to protest the Fast-Track Approvals B

Forest & Bird told Parliament’s Environment Committee that the Fast-track Approvals Bill should be withdrawn, when the Society appeared before select committee members today.   

On Thursday March 28 Forest & Bird lodged an application for judicial review of an agreement between the Director General of Conservation and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation.

Alex Stone looks at the challenges ahead for conservation as we head into 2024 with a new government and an uncertain climate future. Part 4 of 4.

Visual communication designer Magnolia Wild has been inspired by the beauty of nature since she was four years old.

The new coalition government will lead to the loss of more taonga species. Why can’t our decisionmakers see the wood for the trees? By Teall Crossen

A constructed wetland was highly effective at cleaning up freshwater, absorbing up to 80% of key farm pollutants in a four-year NIWA study. By Andrea Rush

Forest & Bird is demanding an extension to submissions on the contentious Fast-track Approvals Bill, after successfully asking the Ombudsman to investigate a lack of transparency over who was lobbying to have their projects fast-tracked. 

Forest & Bird's official submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill - 18 April 2024