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Breeding season is underway for tara iti, our most endangered bird, and as population numbers slowly climb, the Department of Conservation (DOC) is assessing where these tiny taonga could nest next.

Fewer than a thousand matuku-hūrepo | Australasian bittern remain in Aotearoa. Ninety percent of their wetland habitat is gone. Now, a proposed four-lane highway threatens Doctors Hill wetland in Northland, one of the last places these taonga birds can call home.

Ngā mihi to everyone who has purchased or gifted a Chatham shag through our Gift a Shag campaign. Your support is making a real difference for one of the world's most range-restricted seabirds!

The 2025-26 breeding season for tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern has delivered genuine cause for optimism, with 11 chicks fledging successfully despite a challenging summer of predation pressure, wild weather, and anxious moments.