Volunteer in Otago

Join DOC on a day out restoring and enhancing habitat for the native freshwater fish species that call the lower Clutha River/Mata-Au catchment home.

10 November 2025 - 2 March 2026: Applications are closed.

22 - 26 September 2025: Applications are closed.

Take a short boat trip into Otago Harbour to join a regular group volunteering event, with both easy and challenging tasks, on Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua.

Mid-October 2025 to mid-April 2026: Help protect the wildlife at Sandfly Bay by teaching visitors about it.

9 - 13 February 2026: Help out with maintenance on the old historic Skippers Point School.

Four times a year: Volunteer to update Urban Nature engagement panels at a range of sites around Dunedin.

Locals and visitors can volunteer to protect the biodiversity of the Whakatipu Basin by growing nursery plants, planting native trees or joining working bees.

Volunteer activities include predator trapping and bird monitoring for a predator-free environment throughout the greater Lake Whakatipu area.