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Forest & Bird uncovers Government pressure to privatise Mackenzie
February 7, 2010
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird has obtained documents under the Official Information Act that reveal the Government is ...
Forest & Bird calls for more action to stop turning Mackenzie Basin into giant farm
January 28, 2010
Forest & Bird welcomes the Government’s call-in of the Mackenzie Basin factory farm consents, but says this will not stop the growing ...
Forest & Bird concerned at new sea lion kill quota
December 17, 2009
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird believes Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley should have set a lower sea lion kill quota for this ...
Turia welcomes effort to save longfin eels
December 3, 2009
Press Release from the Maori Party
Politicians to join nationwide wild river weekend
November 26, 2009
Fun events are being held at 10 rivers around New Zealand this weekend to celebrate wild rivers and highlight the need to protect them from ...
Groups join forces to save the longfin eel
November 25, 2009
A coalition of environmental groups, Maori, and Massey University researchers are calling on the public to sign a petition asking for a moratorium on ...
Forest & Bird names Hou the kakapo chick
November 12, 2009
Forest & Bird has named “its” kakapo Hou (meaning fresh and new) in celebration of the bumper crop of kakapo hatched last season.
Help restore the Kaimai Mamaku forest
November 11, 2009
What: Forest & Bird Kaimai Mamaku campaign launch When: 2pm, Saturday, November 14
Wild rivers groups welcome Brownlee comments on Mokihinui dam
November 4, 2009
Wild rivers campaign groups have welcomed comments by Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee that a hydro dam on the West Coast’s Mokihinui River will ...
Snapper slips in latest Forest & Bird Best Fish Guide
November 3, 2009
Snapper, scallops, skate, bluenose and bigeye and yellowfin tuna have slipped in the rankings in Forest & Bird’s latest Best Fish Guide ...