Conservation Week 2010
12 - 19 September

Love New Zealand
Arohaina i a Aotearoa

Conservation Week 2010 was about showing that you love New Zealand.

From 12-19 September the Department of Conservation (DOC) and TVNZ 6 provided lots of chances to support and protect the things that make New Zealand, New Zealand.

DOC and TVNZ 6 also partner with conservation and environmental organisations, councils, businesses and schools and ran hundreds of activities during that week.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation-week-home

Even though Conservation week has now been and gone, we've left the logo on our sidebar cause we love it !

An event on Sunday 19^th September celebrated the 125^th anniversary of the barracks building at the summit of North Head

read about last year's event

Get Involved: Kia Mahia te Mahi
Conservation Week 13-20 September 2009

The theme for Conservation Week this year is 'Get Involved'
What better way is there to celebrate the end of Conservation Week! Thank you to everyone who came out to the island and volunteered with us on Sunday 20th September.

The Department of Conservation (DoC) and TVNZ 6 are encouraging everyone to Get Involved! They are celebrating the efforts that thousands of volunteers and community groups put in to help conservation work in New Zealand. Click this DoC link to read more

http://www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/in-your-community/events/conservation-week/

TVNZ 6
Want to get involved in Conservation Week?

There are many events scheduled around New Zealand, and you can find out about what's happening in your neighbourhood by clicking on the link below. TVNZ 6 feature our volunteer Day on Motutapu Sunday 20th September:

http://tvnz.co.nz/meet-the-locals/conservation-week-2009-doc-events-2922485

Meet a National Treasure
Sirocco the Kakapo at Auckland Zoo
Monday 14 Sept - Wed 23 Sept

To celebrate Conservation Week this year - and all of those people (many of you!) who 'get involved', DOC and Auckland Zoo are hosting a very special guest to help tell the story of kakapo conservation in NZ and the incredible work of the Kakapo Recovery Programme www.kakaporecovery.org.nz

Sirocco the kakapo is one of only 124 kakapo remaining in the world. Sirocco is a very special bird, having been hand-raised as a chick due to a chest infection 12 years ago. This led to him becoming very fond of humans (more fond of them than kakapo so far!), and as such, Sirocco has become an excellent advocate for conservation in NZ.

Did you know the kakapo used to be one of NZ's most common birds - found all over this country. Unfortunately hunting, habitat destruction and introduced predators took their toll on the kakapo -reducing their numbers to just 50 by 1995. Thanks to the commitment and dedication of the Kakapo Recovery Programme, the thousands of volunteers, scientists, rangers, vets and sponsors - kakapo are now back over 100. This year, beyond all expectations, 33 chicks survived (26 of whom were captive-raised in Invercargill!), and six years from now when these birds start to breed - it may give these amazing birds just the boost they need to thrive again one day.

Sirocco will be visiting Auckland Zoo from September 14th-23rd to help celebrate Conservation Week and tell the story of one of our greatest conservation challenges. We'd LOVE to see you there. For more info and ticket bookings, please visit www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/kakapo and www.conservationweek.org.nz

A encounter with a kakapo is a unique experience - especially a hard-case one like Sirocco - he even has his own Facebook page! Make a difference this Conservation Week and visit Sirocco at Auckland Zoo.

The Motutapu Restoration Trust says this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet this extraordinary and charismatic bird, the world's largest and rarest parrot - found only in New Zealand, and today only surviving on a few southern sanctuary islands. Remember there are 6 billion people on earth and only 124 kakapo !