Living landscapes

Kiwi Conservation Club

Kiwi Conservation Club (KCC) is part of Forest and Bird. The KCC website has lots of great fact sheets, lists of endangered NZ species, Maori names for NZ birds and much more.

Wild about New Zealand

Wild about New Zealand is a hands-on biodiversity investigation and action programme that contains simple equipment and methods to help people find out about the pests and native wildlife living near them.

Landcare Research

The education page of Landcare Research has links to online education resources. It includes a site about pest plants, native New Zealand plants, animal pests and Tui Time, a site developed by the New Zealand Ecological Society which enables teachers to make greater use of ecological studies in their teaching. The Tui Time site has interactive games and activities.

Weedbusters

Pest animals and plants (weeds) are the greatest threat to New Zealand's biodiversity. Weedbusters is a weeds awareness and education programme that aims to protect New Zealand's environment from the increasing weed problem. Weedbusters in schools is a hands on approach to learning about New Zealand’s invasive pest plants and what can be done about them.

The hidden forest

The Hidden Forest has an extensive database and image library of fungi, lichen and slime moulds for use by teachers and other educators.

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is New Zealand's largest national conservation organisation. The Society's mission is to preserve and protect the native plants and animals and natural features of New Zealand. Forest and Bird is active on a wide range of conservation and environmental issues. These include the protection of native forests, wetlands, marine ecosystems, energy and resource conservation and sustainable land management.