Conservation Volunteer Bookings

Spend some time this summer restoring Aotearoa's coastline by planting native dune and estuary plants. Help increase biodiversity and provide habitat for fish, lizards, insects, and birds. Free transport to sites provided.

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New Zealand's remaining key native ecosystems are threatened by introduced pest animals and plants. On this day we will be restoring sites identified as Key Native Ecosystems (KNE) on Wellington's southern coast which are areas of importance for native wildlife and plants. Free transport to and from projects provided!

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Come lend at a hand at the CVNZ nursery where you can be involved in the propagation and recovery of regionally rare native plants and those that are require special attention and/or are slow growing. Volunteer activities include potting-on some of our seedlings and routine weeding of the plants and nursery itself. Free transport options available!

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Conservation Volunteers in partnership with Foundation North, local iwi Ngati Paoa and Auckland Council are running a series of community events to assist with improving the health of Omaru Creek and the Tamaki Estuary at Te Whanake/Pt England which have a history of poor environmental condition.  

Ways we can monitor and improve the health of the waterway are by cleaning up rubbish, removing pest plants, planting native plants, mulching, weeding and water and environmental monitoring.

Come and help on one or more of these project and be a part of transforming your local river.  We'd love to have your help.

Bookings are essential.  Phone 0800 56 76 86 or email info@cvnz.org.nz

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Ngati Otara Park, Manukau. The biggest sports park in Otara is at the hub of a vibrant community and is well used for a wide range of sports and recreational activities. However, it also suffers from the accumulation of litter. There have been successful clean-ups over the last few years, with an aim of educating people about the problems of litter, but also to get the community involved in caring for the environment.

Come join CVNZ to help clean up the litter before in enters the Tamaki Esutuary.

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This week we are heading to the Waitakere Ranges to assist with environmental pest plant identification and control at Muriwai, on the the northern reaches of the Ranges.

A windswept rugged coastline stretching 60km north showcases Muriwai's spectacular black sand surf beaches. At its southern end, Otakamiro Point is the site of one of our few mainland gannet (takapu) breeding colonies.

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CVNZ is excited to announce a 10 year commitment to Atiu Creek Regional Park, a spectacular site overlooking the northern Kaipara Harbour.  In collaboration with Auckland Council we’ll be managing the restoration of key areas within the park, and welcome volunteers to join us, experience nature at its best and share in this exciting new venture.

Surrounded by beautiful native forest, wetlands, streams and heritage sites, Atiu Creek presents opportunities for volunteers to get involved in conservation tasks including planting, weeding and mulching around native trees, removing invasive pest plants, fence removal and repairs, seed collection, plant propagation and creating walking tracks. The team will be staying in a cottage located on the Park.

For more information and to register please call 0800 56 76 86 within New Zealand or +64 9 623 7287 internationally or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz

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Connecting People to Parks

Every week Conservation Volunteers are out and about at different parks around Auckland.

It’s part of an initiative between Conservation Volunteers New Zealand and the Auckland Council to help bring biodiversity back to our central parks and to give people who are interested in conservation a chance to get involved.

This week we will be visiting Eric Armishaw Resrve in Pt Chevalier.  On the shoreline of the Waitemata Harbour, Eric Armishaw Park is home to many migratory shorebirds including Little Pied Cormorant, White Faced Heron and Bar-Tailed Godwit.  Over the past 2 years, volunteers have been clearing invasive weeds and replanting with native plants to provide improved habitat for these and many other species.  We'd love your help today to continue this important work in a bid to bring back more birds to this and surrounding parks.

Each park has its own special characteristics, plants and wildlife and the conservation challenges for each area are very varied, so it’s a great chance to learn about biodiversity and how we can all make a difference to our environment.

Join us and help out your local parks.

Phone Siobhan on 0800 56 76 86 or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz to book. Bookings are essential.

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This week Conservation Volunteers will visit Waitawa Regional Park, one of Auckland's Southern Parks where we will be carrying out a range of vital conservation activities.

Each of the Southern Parks of Auckland are varied and unique. Waitawa Regional Park is one of Auckland Councils most recent acquisitions and is being transformed into a recreational park with large areas of land being returned to native bush.  Waitawa is located on the shores of the Hauraki Gulf and enjoys views out to Waiheke Island and beyond to Coromandel.

Activities we are likely to be helping out with here are planting, weed control, track construction and maintenance, beach clean ups, tidying amenity gardens and mulching.

For more information on this project please call Conservation Volunteers on 0800 56 76 86 or email info@cvnz.org.nz

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