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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Meet our community

“The thing I liked the most about my volunteering experience was being immersed in nature. The work was good, we did a lot of different things. As a gardener, it was interesting for me to learn new things about New Zealand’s flora. I would definitely recommend it.”

RegulaVolunteer

‘It was great to plant trees and learn what different species can do to the environment and how valuable they are as a natural resource’

RajuVolunteer

‘It’s great to know that you are helping the environment and future generations to have a better world.’

MelissaVolunteer

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.