Connecting people who love nature and want to make a difference
We’re bringing volunteers together to plant and care for native trees, eradicate pests and weeds, protect threatened species, and help make our natural spaces accessible to everyone. Together, we can all make an impact on restoring our wild places and protecting this beautiful natural environment we are lucky enough to call home.

The achievements made by our community since 2006:

12,000
Project Events

100,000
Days Volunteered

1,320,000 +
Trees planted

120,000 kg
Rubbish Collected

455 Hectare
Area weeded

Volunteer with us
Find opportunities near you to meet like minds and make a difference. Restore your local patch with our knowledgeable staff.
Make a donation
Help support the important work that we do by making a donation or sponsoring a tree today.


Become a partner
CVNZ has long-standing and successful relationships with a wide range of partners. Together, we can achieve so much for our natural environment and unique wildlife.
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Stoneleigh Donates $500,000 to New Zealand Charities
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AMP & CVNZ partner to protect the Papakura Stream
CVNZ and AMP partner on the Papakura Stream Restoration Project We are very proud to

Pernod Ricard plant 4,410 trees as part of annual Responsib’All Day
Pernod Ricard staff plant 4,410 trees as part of annual Responsib’All Day On June 16th,
Meet our community



Conservation Volunteers respectfully acknowledges tangata whenua, their rich and dynamic culture and their ongoing affinity and cultural obligations within Aotearoa. As a people Māori are intrinsically linked with the natural world and the well-being of natural resources within their region is the basis of their mana. We pay our respect to tangata whenua and their culture, and to elders both past and present.