We all care about our environment and we all have a responsibility to protect it. But just what can we do to turn the tide for our native wildlife? Wild about New Zealand is a community based biodiversity monitoring and action programme. Community groups and schools are resourced and supported to monitor areas of land and/or waterways of their choice on a regular basis. This means that, along with learning about all the interactions that occur within their environment, groups can build up a picture of the biodiversity status near their place and identify some of the most serious threats to local wildlife. Using this information, they can then plan appropriate actions to restore or enhance the biodiversity - turning the tide for their local wildlife.

Wild about NZ manages and is in association with many environmental enhancement programmes. Each programme has varying aspects to it; however the overall aim is to actively increase biodiversity in NZ.

Community Involvement

To get started helping NZ’s environment it would be best to locate a project near you and contact a key member of that group.

Current Projects:
Uretara Estuary Enhancement, Katikati. Three years ago the Katikati based volunteer group was formed to protect and enhance the natural landscape in the area. Most native birds had vanished from the land and sightings had become rare. Local citizens decided to do something about it, forming the environmentally aware and active community group. Winners of the Ministry for the Environment’s Green Ribbon Award.