CVNZ has joined forces with DOC and Stuff to extend the Wasp Wipeout programme into Canterbury and the West Coast of the South Island. Both the German and Common wasps have become major pests- significantly impacting on food sources for native birds and devasting invertebrate populations, as well as providing a nasty sting to those […]
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) are very excited to announce a new Corporate Partnership with HSBC New Zealand. Generous sponsorship from HSBC will allow us to expand on our environmental programmes and volunteer engagement to together make important social and environmental contributions to our communities. HSBC has a strong commitment to sustainability and this year has […]
Earlier this year, Conservation Volunteers New Zealand developed some educational resources as part of our Wild Futures Programme and with support from Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited (Mobil). These resources focused on the protection of our chosen threatened species, the longfin eel which is a taonga species and a great indicator of water quality. Due […]
Last Friday, volunteers from HSBC and Lion Co. joined Conservation Volunteers New Zealand for our first NZ Corporate Clean Up Challenge in Auckland. Teams competed for two hours to see who could collect the most litter from around the Panmure Basin in Mt. Wellington and cleared a very impressive 168kg of rubbish that would have otherwise […]
Conservation Volunteers is calling on all corporates to help clean up our environment by taking part in our Corporate Clean Up Day Challenge on Friday 16 November 2018. The world is currently producing nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic each year – a significant amount of which will end up in the oceans, where it impacts nearly 700 species, […]