Forest & Bird
@forestandbird.bsky.social
Protecting our native plants, animals and wild places, on land and in our oceans. Authorised by Forest & Bird, 205 Victoria St, Wellington 6011
🦅✨ Speed-swoop into style and snag a pair of kārearea earrings by Remix Plastic – designed to celebrate the fierce and fabulous 2025 Bird of the Year. $2 from every pair goes directly to support vital conservation mahi, so you’re not just looking good, you’re doing good too🎉https://remixplastic.com/
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🦅✨ Speed-swoop into style and snag a pair of kārearea earrings by Remix Plastic – designed to celebrate the fierce and fabulous 2025 Bird of the Year. $2 from every pair goes directly to support vital conservation mahi, so you’re not just looking good, you’re doing good too🎉https://remixplastic.com/
And now... 🏅A few words from our winner🏅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And now... 🏅A few words from our winner🏅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
Confused by all the talk of vote validation? 🗳️We can't let spam-bots decide who gets the crown! 🤖 So we can only count verified votes. Once you've submitted your picks, you're just a click away from verification. ✅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Confused by all the talk of vote validation? 🗳️We can't let spam-bots decide who gets the crown! 🤖 So we can only count verified votes. Once you've submitted your picks, you're just a click away from verification. ✅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
Need some help choosing which birds to vote for in the 20th Bird of the Year? Download our handy flowchart. Voting opens Monday!
👉https://f.mtr.cool/euvawqrgje
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear
👉https://f.mtr.cool/euvawqrgje
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear
September 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Need some help choosing which birds to vote for in the 20th Bird of the Year? Download our handy flowchart. Voting opens Monday!
👉https://f.mtr.cool/euvawqrgje
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear
👉https://f.mtr.cool/euvawqrgje
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear
🧱🐦 Missed out on a bird brick kit? Here’s your second chance!
49 sets of each bird (pīwakawaka, kākāpō, tūī and pekapeka) will be available at the Wellington Brick Show along with a chance to meet their creator @bricks.by.mike_
📅 13 September
📍 Walter Nash Centre, Lower Hutt
#BOTY2025
49 sets of each bird (pīwakawaka, kākāpō, tūī and pekapeka) will be available at the Wellington Brick Show along with a chance to meet their creator @bricks.by.mike_
📅 13 September
📍 Walter Nash Centre, Lower Hutt
#BOTY2025
September 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🧱🐦 Missed out on a bird brick kit? Here’s your second chance!
49 sets of each bird (pīwakawaka, kākāpō, tūī and pekapeka) will be available at the Wellington Brick Show along with a chance to meet their creator @bricks.by.mike_
📅 13 September
📍 Walter Nash Centre, Lower Hutt
#BOTY2025
49 sets of each bird (pīwakawaka, kākāpō, tūī and pekapeka) will be available at the Wellington Brick Show along with a chance to meet their creator @bricks.by.mike_
📅 13 September
📍 Walter Nash Centre, Lower Hutt
#BOTY2025
Wear your Bird of the Year vote as eco-friendly jewellery. ✨
Turning waste into treasure, Remix Plastic is donating $2 from select pairs of their stunning bird earrings, studs, and pins – including pūteketeke and hoiho – to support our conservation mahi.
👉 https://remixplastic.com
#BOTY2025
Turning waste into treasure, Remix Plastic is donating $2 from select pairs of their stunning bird earrings, studs, and pins – including pūteketeke and hoiho – to support our conservation mahi.
👉 https://remixplastic.com
#BOTY2025
September 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wear your Bird of the Year vote as eco-friendly jewellery. ✨
Turning waste into treasure, Remix Plastic is donating $2 from select pairs of their stunning bird earrings, studs, and pins – including pūteketeke and hoiho – to support our conservation mahi.
👉 https://remixplastic.com
#BOTY2025
Turning waste into treasure, Remix Plastic is donating $2 from select pairs of their stunning bird earrings, studs, and pins – including pūteketeke and hoiho – to support our conservation mahi.
👉 https://remixplastic.com
#BOTY2025
Critter of the Week fans – new merch has landed! $5 from every purchase goes to supporting conservation heroes.
👉 https://joyya.com/en-nz/collections/critter-of-the-week
👉 https://joyya.com/en-nz/collections/critter-of-the-week
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Critter of the Week fans – new merch has landed! $5 from every purchase goes to supporting conservation heroes.
👉 https://joyya.com/en-nz/collections/critter-of-the-week
👉 https://joyya.com/en-nz/collections/critter-of-the-week
🌿🌿🌿 Three easy ways to start conservation for Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Tūroa, Conservation Week, 1 to 7 September 2025.
1. Pick up rubbish
2. Support pest control
3. Vote nature
🐦Let’s make conservation part of everyday life. We’d love to hear your ideas for making it more accessible 💚
1. Pick up rubbish
2. Support pest control
3. Vote nature
🐦Let’s make conservation part of everyday life. We’d love to hear your ideas for making it more accessible 💚
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🌿🌿🌿 Three easy ways to start conservation for Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Tūroa, Conservation Week, 1 to 7 September 2025.
1. Pick up rubbish
2. Support pest control
3. Vote nature
🐦Let’s make conservation part of everyday life. We’d love to hear your ideas for making it more accessible 💚
1. Pick up rubbish
2. Support pest control
3. Vote nature
🐦Let’s make conservation part of everyday life. We’d love to hear your ideas for making it more accessible 💚
🦜 Celebrate 20 years of Bird of the Year and take home your own piece of history with our limited-edition brick-built model, developed by @bricks.by.mike_ ! Only 200 are available, so get in fast before they waddle away!!
https://f.mtr.cool/delugiizam
https://f.mtr.cool/delugiizam
August 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
🦜 Celebrate 20 years of Bird of the Year and take home your own piece of history with our limited-edition brick-built model, developed by @bricks.by.mike_ ! Only 200 are available, so get in fast before they waddle away!!
https://f.mtr.cool/delugiizam
https://f.mtr.cool/delugiizam
🔥 These past Bird of the Year winners are looking for a match! From viral heartthrobs to underdog glow-ups, these plucky singles know how to ruffle feathers and steal hearts 🐦💔
👉 Keen to campaign? They’re waiting for you.
https://f.mtr.cool/xsglwvyqlx
👉 Keen to campaign? They’re waiting for you.
https://f.mtr.cool/xsglwvyqlx
August 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🔥 These past Bird of the Year winners are looking for a match! From viral heartthrobs to underdog glow-ups, these plucky singles know how to ruffle feathers and steal hearts 🐦💔
👉 Keen to campaign? They’re waiting for you.
https://f.mtr.cool/xsglwvyqlx
👉 Keen to campaign? They’re waiting for you.
https://f.mtr.cool/xsglwvyqlx
Some birds have flocks of fans ... these guys are still looking for “the One”.
Swipe right on these cuties before someone else snaps them up 💘
Become a campaign manager: https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/apply-be-bird-year-2025-campaign-manager
Swipe right on these cuties before someone else snaps them up 💘
Become a campaign manager: https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/apply-be-bird-year-2025-campaign-manager
July 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Some birds have flocks of fans ... these guys are still looking for “the One”.
Swipe right on these cuties before someone else snaps them up 💘
Become a campaign manager: https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/apply-be-bird-year-2025-campaign-manager
Swipe right on these cuties before someone else snaps them up 💘
Become a campaign manager: https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/apply-be-bird-year-2025-campaign-manager
Heal the Hauraki - Episode 2: “Tangata” IS OUT NOW 💙
🌊 Around the Hauraki Gulf our ocean communities are struggling – habitat loss means biodiversity is out of balance & ecosystems are failing. But a groundswell is rising – of courage, care, and collective hope🩵
👇 Watch now youtu.be/t9eppCixWfs?...
🌊 Around the Hauraki Gulf our ocean communities are struggling – habitat loss means biodiversity is out of balance & ecosystems are failing. But a groundswell is rising – of courage, care, and collective hope🩵
👇 Watch now youtu.be/t9eppCixWfs?...
Heal the Hauraki - Episode 2 - "TANGATA (PEOPLE)", with Bianca Ranson & Mandy Kupenga
YouTube video by Heal The Hauraki
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July 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Heal the Hauraki - Episode 2: “Tangata” IS OUT NOW 💙
🌊 Around the Hauraki Gulf our ocean communities are struggling – habitat loss means biodiversity is out of balance & ecosystems are failing. But a groundswell is rising – of courage, care, and collective hope🩵
👇 Watch now youtu.be/t9eppCixWfs?...
🌊 Around the Hauraki Gulf our ocean communities are struggling – habitat loss means biodiversity is out of balance & ecosystems are failing. But a groundswell is rising – of courage, care, and collective hope🩵
👇 Watch now youtu.be/t9eppCixWfs?...
“It’s the trawling that’s turned thriving [ocean] ecosystems into lifeless mud.”
We're standing with the Hauraki Gulf Alliance on the Rainbow Warrior, calling for a complete ban on bottom trawling in Tīkapa Moana.
It's time to protect our marine life & end this destructive practice once and for all.
We're standing with the Hauraki Gulf Alliance on the Rainbow Warrior, calling for a complete ban on bottom trawling in Tīkapa Moana.
It's time to protect our marine life & end this destructive practice once and for all.
July 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“It’s the trawling that’s turned thriving [ocean] ecosystems into lifeless mud.”
We're standing with the Hauraki Gulf Alliance on the Rainbow Warrior, calling for a complete ban on bottom trawling in Tīkapa Moana.
It's time to protect our marine life & end this destructive practice once and for all.
We're standing with the Hauraki Gulf Alliance on the Rainbow Warrior, calling for a complete ban on bottom trawling in Tīkapa Moana.
It's time to protect our marine life & end this destructive practice once and for all.
A loaf-sized shrimp? The supergiant amphipod, or Alicella gigantea, lives 7 km below the ocean’s surface and is a monster compared to other shrimp. The extreme pressure at the depth they live in is theorised to have led to their gigantism, just like the colossal squid 🦑
📸 Alan Jamieson (CC-BY-SA)
📸 Alan Jamieson (CC-BY-SA)
July 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A loaf-sized shrimp? The supergiant amphipod, or Alicella gigantea, lives 7 km below the ocean’s surface and is a monster compared to other shrimp. The extreme pressure at the depth they live in is theorised to have led to their gigantism, just like the colossal squid 🦑
📸 Alan Jamieson (CC-BY-SA)
📸 Alan Jamieson (CC-BY-SA)
Forest & Bird’s Nicola Toki joins broadcaster John Cowan on NewstalkZM’s Real Life at 7.30 tonight to talk about what shaped her passion for nature, why many people don’t realise the scale of our biodiversity crisis, and how we can turn it around.
https://f.mtr.cool/nevovblnlc
https://f.mtr.cool/nevovblnlc
June 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Forest & Bird’s Nicola Toki joins broadcaster John Cowan on NewstalkZM’s Real Life at 7.30 tonight to talk about what shaped her passion for nature, why many people don’t realise the scale of our biodiversity crisis, and how we can turn it around.
https://f.mtr.cool/nevovblnlc
https://f.mtr.cool/nevovblnlc
The battle of the birds is BACK! 🐦✨
Bird of the Year returns this September.
🗓️ Voting will open Monday 15 September
🗓️ Voting will close Sunday 28 September
You can sign up now to become a campaign manager.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/xjbevgkqfr
Bird of the Year returns this September.
🗓️ Voting will open Monday 15 September
🗓️ Voting will close Sunday 28 September
You can sign up now to become a campaign manager.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/xjbevgkqfr
June 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The battle of the birds is BACK! 🐦✨
Bird of the Year returns this September.
🗓️ Voting will open Monday 15 September
🗓️ Voting will close Sunday 28 September
You can sign up now to become a campaign manager.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/xjbevgkqfr
Bird of the Year returns this September.
🗓️ Voting will open Monday 15 September
🗓️ Voting will close Sunday 28 September
You can sign up now to become a campaign manager.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/xjbevgkqfr
Meet Philophthalmus attenuatus, the seagull eye parasite you never knew existed (and probably wish you still didn’t). Listen to Richard talking to Jesse on RNZ for today's #CritterOfTheWeek.
📸 Image by flaxington
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
📸 Image by flaxington
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
May 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Meet Philophthalmus attenuatus, the seagull eye parasite you never knew existed (and probably wish you still didn’t). Listen to Richard talking to Jesse on RNZ for today's #CritterOfTheWeek.
📸 Image by flaxington
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
📸 Image by flaxington
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Denniston might look rugged and empty from a distance – but get down low and you’ll discover a tapestry of rare mosses, alpine daisies, sundews 🌱🦎
💚 Add your observations or browse the wild wonders already spotted:
👉 inaturalist.nz/projects/cel...
#CelebratingDenniston #WarOnNature
💚 Add your observations or browse the wild wonders already spotted:
👉 inaturalist.nz/projects/cel...
#CelebratingDenniston #WarOnNature
May 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Denniston might look rugged and empty from a distance – but get down low and you’ll discover a tapestry of rare mosses, alpine daisies, sundews 🌱🦎
💚 Add your observations or browse the wild wonders already spotted:
👉 inaturalist.nz/projects/cel...
#CelebratingDenniston #WarOnNature
💚 Add your observations or browse the wild wonders already spotted:
👉 inaturalist.nz/projects/cel...
#CelebratingDenniston #WarOnNature
📣 Want to take action for climate & nature this week?
Our friends at @350nz.bsky.social are organising protests around the country calling on ANZ to cut ties with coal giant Bathurst Resources – the company behind plans to dig up the wild and irreplaceable Denniston Plateau. ❌⛏️🌿
350.org.nz/coal/
Our friends at @350nz.bsky.social are organising protests around the country calling on ANZ to cut ties with coal giant Bathurst Resources – the company behind plans to dig up the wild and irreplaceable Denniston Plateau. ❌⛏️🌿
350.org.nz/coal/
May 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
📣 Want to take action for climate & nature this week?
Our friends at @350nz.bsky.social are organising protests around the country calling on ANZ to cut ties with coal giant Bathurst Resources – the company behind plans to dig up the wild and irreplaceable Denniston Plateau. ❌⛏️🌿
350.org.nz/coal/
Our friends at @350nz.bsky.social are organising protests around the country calling on ANZ to cut ties with coal giant Bathurst Resources – the company behind plans to dig up the wild and irreplaceable Denniston Plateau. ❌⛏️🌿
350.org.nz/coal/
Over the weekend, Forest & Bird gathered to celebrate the #Denniston Plateau and rally against a proposed fast-tracked open-cast coal mine. On RNZ, Kennedy Warne spoke of its rich biodiversity, the magic of the place and the threat that the proposed mine presents.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
The wonders of the Denniston Plateau
Nine to Noon's outdoors man, Kennedy Warne, has spent the weekend at the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast, with several dozen nature enthusiasts. He describes it as "strange and wonderful" and shar...
www.rnz.co.nz
May 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Over the weekend, Forest & Bird gathered to celebrate the #Denniston Plateau and rally against a proposed fast-tracked open-cast coal mine. On RNZ, Kennedy Warne spoke of its rich biodiversity, the magic of the place and the threat that the proposed mine presents.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Budget 2025 is a disaster for our environment. Conservation investment is MIA while 75% of native species face extinction. The Govt is gambling with $133B in natural assets and our economy. This is environmental neglect, not leadership. We demand better.
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
No nature, no economy: Budget 2025 misses the $133b point
Forest & Bird says the Government’s lack of investment in New Zealand’s environment in Budget 2025 is deeply concerning given the importance of the environment to our economy and society.
www.forestandbird.org.nz
May 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Budget 2025 is a disaster for our environment. Conservation investment is MIA while 75% of native species face extinction. The Govt is gambling with $133B in natural assets and our economy. This is environmental neglect, not leadership. We demand better.
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
Global delegates have landed in Ōtepoti Dunedin for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses & Petrels (#ACAP) seabird summit. We hope this week’s meeting will encourage countries to adopt stronger protections at sea – b/c saving these special species takes global commitment & local action.
May 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Global delegates have landed in Ōtepoti Dunedin for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses & Petrels (#ACAP) seabird summit. We hope this week’s meeting will encourage countries to adopt stronger protections at sea – b/c saving these special species takes global commitment & local action.
“What’s next?A sanctuary for stoats?” Forest & Bird calls out plans to turn Fiordland into a game park. When conservation funding faces a $1.5B shortfall, the prioritisation of hunting over biodiversity protection is deeply concerning: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#WarOnNature #SaveConservationLand
#WarOnNature #SaveConservationLand
Move to protect Fiordlank elk draws ire of Forest and Bird
Forest and Bird has accusing the government of "changing the law to let a North American deer species use the national park as a glorified vege patch".
www.rnz.co.nz
May 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“What’s next?A sanctuary for stoats?” Forest & Bird calls out plans to turn Fiordland into a game park. When conservation funding faces a $1.5B shortfall, the prioritisation of hunting over biodiversity protection is deeply concerning: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#WarOnNature #SaveConservationLand
#WarOnNature #SaveConservationLand
Nzers ❤️ public conservation land, but DYK that…
- there are different levels of protection?
- many types are at risk due to Government’s Fast-track development legislation?
- the Government is trying to make it easier to sell off this public land?!
For more go to www.facebook.com/forestandbird
- there are different levels of protection?
- many types are at risk due to Government’s Fast-track development legislation?
- the Government is trying to make it easier to sell off this public land?!
For more go to www.facebook.com/forestandbird
May 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Nzers ❤️ public conservation land, but DYK that…
- there are different levels of protection?
- many types are at risk due to Government’s Fast-track development legislation?
- the Government is trying to make it easier to sell off this public land?!
For more go to www.facebook.com/forestandbird
- there are different levels of protection?
- many types are at risk due to Government’s Fast-track development legislation?
- the Government is trying to make it easier to sell off this public land?!
For more go to www.facebook.com/forestandbird
🤔 “Likely the most poorly known large mammal species of modern times” is how the spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii, is described 🐋
🎧 Forest & Bird’s Nicola Toki tells RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan what scientists DO know 🔍about this mysterious Critter of the Week
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
🎧 Forest & Bird’s Nicola Toki tells RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan what scientists DO know 🔍about this mysterious Critter of the Week
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
May 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
🤔 “Likely the most poorly known large mammal species of modern times” is how the spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii, is described 🐋
🎧 Forest & Bird’s Nicola Toki tells RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan what scientists DO know 🔍about this mysterious Critter of the Week
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
🎧 Forest & Bird’s Nicola Toki tells RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan what scientists DO know 🔍about this mysterious Critter of the Week
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...