Want to help create a living legacy for our city? Conservation Volunteers New Zealand will be planting 37, 000 kahikatea on our exciting new restoration project in Cranford Basin this winter, and we need your help! These seedlings will grow up to become the largest stand of kahikatea in Ōtautahi Christchurch since pre-European times. Help […]
Join Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) next month with a day of environmental restoration to celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG. These events have grown and to date […]
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand is currently working on an environmental initiative, The Papakura Stream Landowner Engagement Survey, and we would love to invite landowners and businesses situated along the streamside and in the catchment to have their say. The purpose of this survey is to engage with residents, mana whenua, businesses, landowners and industry along […]
We’re very happy to announce that Conservation Volunteers New Zealand has been chosen as an Affiliate Partners of the 2021 Brendon Foot Supersite Round the Bays. As well as supporting the principal charity, Mental Health Foundation NZ, participants in the 2021 Brendan Foot Supersite Round the Bays can also choose to support one of five […]
English Ivy (Hedera Helix) has been used to cover walls and fences for centuries. In Europe there are natural checks and balances for ivy, but here in New Zealand our native species have no defence. It is a climbing vine that grips tightly to surfaces, eventually forming hard woody trunks as thick as your […]