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What it takes to find a feral cat on Auckland Island

Right now, a DOC team is living on Auckland Island. Follow their story.

Anne-Sophie Pagé: From the Otago Peninsula to the Edge of the World

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A shed, a scavenged nest, and the future of Kiwi on Kawau Island

Auckland Is teal Rachael Sagar

2025 Wrapped – NZNF Year in Review

Biodiversity ranger Iain Graham holds the female kiwi pukupuku found in Adams Wilderness Area

Lost Kiwi species rediscovered on mainland Aotearoa

A Global Mind, Grounded in New Zealand’s Wilderness

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Tongariro National Park Fire

Lou Sanson on the Collective Power to Restore Nature

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Corporate Partnerships Amplifying Conservation

Behaviour Birds NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year shortlisted

Conservation Through the Lens of Glenda Rees

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Emergency Fence Underway to Save Last Alborn Skinks

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A quarter century of game changing conservation

New Chair for NZ Nature Fund

The quiet voice of conservation

Kiwis dig deep to help DOC save world’s rarest dotterel.

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One of the world’s most prominent explorers is on a mission

Routeburn Track walkers give over $200,000.

Geopolitical pressures make NZ Nature Fund’s work more urgent than ever.

Why we must embark on NZ’s largest island pest eradication project as soon as possible.

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Three prime New Zealand islands join global restoration campaign

Maukahuka Toroa White Capped Albatross Jake Osborne

Donor pledges $100k for subantarctic pest project

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Seabird safe fishing – good for birds, good for business

A single, $80m shot the last piece of the pest eradication puzzle

Valleys project makes corporate good happen in Nature

Tara iti breeding season begins

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$2million sought to help create NZ’s largest pest-free, inhabited island.

Adult tara iti Jacob Ball

Priority conservation projects open for donations.

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Donations making huge difference to Southern NZ Dotterel

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Generous donor kickstarts Tawaki/Fiordland Crested Penguin Fundraiser

A down-to-earth champion for the New Zealand Nature Fund

New Zealanders donate over $326,000 to NZ’s most endangered native bird

Daniel Cocker and Jenny Campbell

Local generosity a major boost for Southern NZ Dotterel.

Action needed now to save Southern NZ Dotterel.

Subantarctic Voyage – Exciting, enthralling and out of this world.

Saving the Southern Dotterel through art

Major funding boost for Antipodean Albatross

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Leave a lasting legacy for conservation

Why we must stop species extinction, before we save the planet.

Reviving Fiordland’s birdlife: Power to the Land through collaboration

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Progress in the fight to save the Antipodean albatross from extinction

Fund urges kiwis to back Southern NZ Dotterel campaign after bird death.

NZ Nature Fund launches urgent campaign to save Southern New Zealand Dotterel

Takahē recovery: New wild home for birds

Thousands raised to save the endangered albatross

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