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, […]
A huge thank you to volunteers from IAG, DLA Piper, HSBC and AUT who came along to our planting day at Atiu Creek Regional Park last week and had a great day planting 1,324 native trees and shrubs. The weather was stunning and we spent the day planting on a beautiful site overlooking the harbour […]
A huge thank you and well done to the 250 staff from Pernod Ricard Wineries (PRW) who joined us on Thursday 7th June at 4 sites across New Zealand for their annual Responsib’All Day. Tools in hand, they rolled up their sleeves and worked all day long to help out at key sites in their […]
We’re excited to report that this years Corporate Tree Planting Challenge, in celebration of World Environment Day, was a huge success with more locations and teams across New Zealand than ever before! Held on Friday the 1st June in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland and in sites across Australia on the 5th June, our corporate volunteers achieved amazing […]
On Saturday May 5th, the Lyall Bay Guides volunteered on our Wild Futures Programme to help save the longfin eel on a project funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand. The group met with Peter Reiman, head of the Trelissick Park Restoration Group, who has been volunteering in the park for over 20 years. The Kaiwharawhara […]
Conservation Volunteers invites you to participate in our World Environment Day Corporate Tree Planting Challenge on Friday, 1 June 2018. We have identified key sites in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as well as across Australia that need your help. Teams will be challenged to plant as many trees as they can in a two hour period, competing […]
A big thank you to the amazing team at Mercedes-Benz in Auckland who turned out for four days across February and March to roll up their sleeves at Pt. England Nature Reserve in Glen Innes as part of their Days of Caring. Due to the efforts of Mercedes-Benz volunteers, we were able to protect the […]
World Wetland Day will be held internationally on Friday the 2nd February 2018. This annual event celebrates the signing of the international Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar on this date in 1971. Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) will celebrate World Wetlands Day with an educational volunteer event in Auckland at Tahuna Torea […]
October was an extremely busy month here at Conservation Volunteers as we geared up for Conservation Week, 14th – 22nd October. Our dedicated volunteers celebrated Conservation Week at Brooky Equestrian River Habitat, Brookby Wildlife Habitat, Selwyn Bush, Waharau Regional Park and Atiu Creek Regional Park with tree planting, nursery activities, track maintenance, removing invasive species and […]
Thanks so much to the Fulton Hogan team who joined us at Ambury Regional Park last Thursday, 12th October. The team of 36 volunteers rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in by removing invasive weeds such as thistles and invasive grasses and mulching young trees that had been planted by a school group this […]