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DOC estimates dozens of Westland Petrels were saved from State Highway 6 near Punakaiki during the 2023-2024 fledgling season, which has just come to an end.

The bird, also known as the tāiko, has… Audio

Mohua are bright yellow forest birds – but despite their eye-catching plumage, they can be tricky to spot flitting high in the forest canopy. Claire Concannon visits the Makarora mohua population… Audio

Conservation projects across the country risk losing progress as money gets tighter and budgets are slashed.  Audio

The kākerōri or Rarotongan flycatcher is a South Pacific conservation success story. Once reduced to just 29 birds, it has been rescued from the brink of extinction by a rat control programme managed… Audio

Alison Ballance brings us the conservation success story of the kākerōri, or Rarotongan flycatcher. Once reduced to just 29 birds, it was rescued from the brink of extinction by a rat control… Audio

When it comes to driving on beaches, some want vehicles banned, some want tougher rules - and others just want a free for all. Audio

The Auckland University of Technology Living Laboratories project is all about investigating how best to grow back native forest. At Pourewa creek, this collaboration between AUT and Ngāti Whātua… Audio

Katy Gosset speaks to a PhD student designing new tech to catch predators and Claire Concannon meets the team who are working to restore a unique landscape on the South Island's West Coast. Audio

Old Man's Beard - it's a pest plant that grows quickly, and smothers trees to death. It's bad in Upper Hutt - but fortunately Chris Cosslett and the Upper Hutt Busters of Old Man's Beard are on the… Audio

Eighteen year old Kaitlyn Lamb sometimes works in her family's vegetable garden at night because her days are so crammed full volunteering to improve the environment. She's the only New Zealander… Audio

Two stories of Aotearoa New Zealand conservation communities who are caring for the flora and fauna in their backyards. Claire learns about the Catlins Bats on the Map project while Katy learns about… Audio

A huge number of volunteers have turned up to help the Ōkārito Kayaks gorsebusters project. Baz Hughes, who runs the business, put the call out in January for people to help with their project. Audio

Organisers of a six day kayaking adventure are hoping to attract up to 40 volunteers for a Gorsebusters project. Baz Hughes of Okarito Kayaks explains to Jesse what's on offer and what work is… Audio

After nearly 14 years of planting native bush, a massive former dairy farm is now thriving forest overlooking the Kaipara. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar.  Video, Audio

Going bush after going stir crazy  Video

A dry paddock bordering Eyrewell forest in North Canterbury is home to a sanctuary for more than 100 injured and homeless domestic and wild ducks. They're all lovingly cared for by Kim Hartley who… Audio

A community group has been trapping predators on Mt Karioi near Raglan for ten years. Now the rare grey-faced petrel, whose population was in serious decline, is on the gain. Audio

Volunteers helped remove more than 13,000 bags of rubbish from Fox River that had spewed from a disused landfill in flooding in March. The volunteers finished up this weekend, and the Defence Force… Audio

The Department of Conservation has now taken the reins from Westland District Council as the lead agency co-ordinating the clean-up of the Fox and Cook riverbeds polluted by the wash out of an old… Audio

The government has stepped in to clean up the vast West Coast rubbish spill, after local authorities ran out of cash to finish the job. But what's being done to stop it happening elsewhere?  Audio

Eight years ago volunteers began translocating fluttering shearwater chicks to Wellington's Matiu Somes Island to establish what is now a growing seabird colony. Audio

A major clean up on the Fox River in Westland has been put on hold, as the local council says it has run out of money to fund it.

RNZ reported on Monday that volunteers trying to pick up the rubbish… Audio

West Coasters are angry at the government's lack of response to what they say is a massive environmental disaster. Volunteers have been trying to clean up the mess since late last week, with… Audio, Gallery

The Ministry for Primary Industries has had to remove a dozen species from the list of trees it was pushing people to plant as part of its Billion Tree Programme after some were revealed to be pests… Audio

The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust has been trying to solve the many mysteries of our smallest seabird, the New Zealand storm petrel, which breeds on Hauturu / Little Barrier Island. Audio, Gallery

The kaka, or forest parrot, has had its IQ tested for the first time - and in some experiments young naive birds were better problem solvers than older birds that were stuck in their ways. Video, Audio

A 14.5 kilometre-long pest proof fence will soon be keeping nature safe from invasive animals, in a nearly 700-hectare forest sanctuary on the outskirts of Nelson Audio, Gallery