Past events

'Good News, for a change'*  Nature is in crisis, and everyone is, no doubt, aware that Forest & Bird often has to blow the whistle on commercial activities that are making things worse and fight hard to defend nature.

Forest and Bird and Sumner Environment group are working with the CCC to restore native bush to this CCC reserve behind Sumner). All working bees are at the lower Mahoe-nui site.

Meet at the end of Cotterell Road, Appleby at 9am.  Cutting back tree lucerne, releasing plants etc.  Morning tea supplied.  Bring garden gloves and spade and if you have secateurs/loppers or pruning saw that could be handy.  For mor

Once again we will be using our beautiful Ruapehu Lodge as the venue for this year’s gathering, and hoping to inspire branch members with a great programme involving young and not

This year's South Island gathering will be hosted by the North Canterbury Branch over the weekend of 2-3 November.  The venue will be the Christchurch Bridge Club on Barbadoes St, Christchurch.

A walk into the Ruahines along Apiti Track. A traditional ice cream to follow at Norsewood.

Surveying the banded rail at Paremata Flats. Meet at the main entrance off Maori Pa Road at 7.30 am. Wear gumboots. Contact Ian ian.price@xtra.co.nz

Cat Davis and Damian Young from Morphum Environmental will discuss marine reserves in the context of the Big Blue Waitākere Report.

Join Forest & Bird's Dunedin Branch for a public talk about invasive mammals in the Mackenzie Basin.

Ricky-Anne Mitchell "Saving the Kakapo; 2018/19 Breeding season".   Ricky-Anne was a recipient of the Andy Dennis Award in 2018, and she has been involved with the highly successful Kakapo breeding season on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island.

In support of North Canterbury branch's aim for stronger engagement in marine conservation, committee member Dr.

Join Forest & Bird's Dunedin Branch to explore rock pools while hearing about proposed marine protection off Otago's coast.