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Young people running and jumping on grass.
Haere mai

Naturing works best when everyone’s in. Find simple ways you and your workmates can turn everyday work habits into actions for nature this Conservation Week, 20–26 April.

It’s Conservation Week (20–26 April). 

She’s in her autumn era now.

Cosy. Slightly introspective. Crunchy-leaf soundtrack.

Kiwis everywhere are helping nature bounce back – in our backyards, communities and even from our couches. Join the Always Be Naturing movement and be part of the change.

Watch Rakiura, a female kākāpō, live from her nest on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, a small, predator free island in southern New Zealand.

Get involved in volunteer activities around the country.

When predators are gone, nature throws a party.

A pilot scheme trialling an advanced satellite-enabled remote network of sensors in DOC toilets could be the first step towards a revolution for New Zealand conservation and a route to delivering significant cost, carbon, and time savings for the organisation.

The scale and impact of community and business conservation efforts on the West Coast are being recognised this Conservation Week – and people are urged to get involved.

A national law firm is helping catch predators – the four-legged kind – in a Conservation Week activity by building traps at work.

The pukunui/southern New Zealand dotterel population has recovered by 52 percent following a successful aerial predator control operation on Rakiura/Stewart Island.