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The 2025 Birds New Zealand Conference and Annual General Meeting will be held in Auckland 31st May to 2nd June during King’s Birthday weekend. All events and meals will be at the Novotel & IBIS Auckland Ellerslie Hotel. The deadline for early-bird registration is 28th February 2025. Abstracts must be submitted by 31st March. Conference details are available here. REGISTER NOW

The 6th edition of the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand can now be viewed on the Checklist page https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/society-publications/checklist/ The previous editions of the Checklist were published in 1953, 1970, 1990, 2010 and 2022, with the first four published as books and the 5th edition (2022) published as a pdf and as html webpages. The […]

Birds New Zealand is looking for a new funder to support the Birds New Zealand Research Fund (BNZRF). For the past 12 years the BNZRF has been funded by the T-Gear Charitable Trust, with the promotion, assessment of proposals, selection of recipients and administration of funds managed by Bird New Zealand. We are grateful for […]

Are you looking for a special gift to give this Christmas? You can gift someone an annual Birds New Zealand subscription for just $1.75 a week to help foster a lifetime appreciation of birds. Just choose a subscription plan and send an email to  membership@birdsnz.org.nz and we will advise how to make the payment. We […]

The Oceania Seabirds will now be held from 14-17 April 2025. Due to the ongoing political situation in New Caledonia the symposium will now be held in Auckland. The venue will be the University of Auckland, city campus This inaugural Symposium will bring the attention of the international and Oceania community to the importance of seabirds within the world’s […]

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BirdLife Australia and Birds New Zealand are excited to announce the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) will be held in Perth/Boorloo. The AOC will be held from Tuesday 18 – Thursday 20 November 2025 at the University of Western Australia, with side events planned for the days before and after. This is the largest biennial gathering of enthusiastic […]

BBO are looking for wardens for 2025 onwards. This may be an exciting and rewarding opportunity to live and work at one of the best shorebird sites in the world! Read details at https://nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2024/20023383/wardens?back=1

The September 2024 edition of Bird New Zealand magazine has been published with a cover photo of a Royal Spoonbill Kōtuku-ngutupapa by Mike Ashbee. This edition contains illustrated reports on our 2024 annual conference and AGM, and news that Natalie Forsdick is the new President of Birds New Zealand, and news of the 2024 Peter […]

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The next Birds NZ Youth Camp is planned from 15-20 December 2024 at Pukorokoro/Miranda Shorebird Centre. Read details here The camp is a fantastic opportunity for young people to develop basic birding skills and get a hands-on experience with birds! If you are a student age 13-18 and keen to join the camp, just get […]

The latest Youth Camp held in Nelson/Tasman was a great success! Read the report here

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In 1979 two Royal Spoonbill nests were found at Wairau Lagoon, Marlborough, before breeding also began on Otago’s coast in 1984. Birds New Zealand organised a 2013 nationwide survey that found 20 colonies with 614 nests. With more sightings across NZ in subsequent years, it is expected that there are now more new colonies. This November […]

New members of Birds New Zealand now receive a free copy of our award-winning book – “Lost Gold: Ornithology of the subantarctic Auckland Islands” – while stocks last! Valued at $55, this is the first ever book about the birds of New Zealand’s subantarctic Auckland Islands. Published in soft-cover format in 2020 it has 426 […]

Birds New Zealand has issued a new Code of Conduct for the Photography of Birds. Download at birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Code-of-Conduct-for-Photography-of-Birds-Guidelines.pdf These ethical standards act as a best practice guide to members when taking images (including photos, videos via fixed or moving cameras including mobile phones and drones) of birds. The primary aim is to ensure respect for […]