Past events

Join Wellington Forest & Bird to hear from Chris Cosslett about 25 years of progress protecting Long Gully Bush - the largest area of protected private land in Wellington city.

Help Restore Native Biodiversity to “The Sanctuary”. (30 Hectare ECan Reserve on the banks of the Waimakariri River - off Coutts Island Road). 

The speaker for our talk in August is Andy White. Andy is Marlborough District Council's Rivers and Drainage Engineering Manager. 

Auckland Zoo Sharing Stories on one insect and two birds - Wētāpunga (giant wētā), kākāpo and Monarch at Fatu Hiva 

Topic: Trevor James is a Resource Scientist at the Tasman District Council. He and colleague Kate Hunt will talk about Tasman freshwater projects.

In this talk, Dr Merien, who is the Science and Curatorial Communicator at the Canterbury Museum, will uncover the secrets of stick insects. We will learn about our New Zealand stick insects and their habits.

We are helping the Port Hills rangers create a corridor of native bush up a valley behind Sumner (off Evans Pass Rd). On this working-bee, we'll be planting natives.

Fellow Forest & Bird member Jane Gilmour’s inspiring talk will be about her experiences walking the length of New Zealand, Te Araroa, the long path and she will show it is not just for German 20 year olds!

Help Restore Native Biodiversity to “The Sanctuary”. (30 Hectare ECan Reserve on the banks of the Waimakariri River - off Coutts Island Road). 

Topic: Robert Schadewinkel is the ecologist at The Brook Waimārama Sanctuary.

The Brook Waimārama Sanctuary - Returning Nature to Nelson (brooksanctuary.org.nz)

You are invited to our AGM and the Lance McCaskill Memorial Address given this year by Emeritus Professor Dave Kelly: How will mast seeding respond under climate change? Recent discoveries show winners and losers.