Conservation Week runs from 1 to 7 September 2025. It’s a great opportunity to do something good for nature, and show others how they can too.
The idea is simple: choose to refuse single-use plastics for the month of July (and beyond).
As the water temperature cools down over winter, you may notice New Zealand fur seals, or kekeno, returning to the rocky shores around the Coromandel Peninsula.
For more than 80 million years, New Zealand’s native species evolved without mammalian predators. Now, more than 4,000 of Aotearoa’s native species are threatened or at risk of extinction.
Most locals want to protect freshwater, forests, and communities long-term, not be left with a legacy of toxic waste.
Conservation Week runs from 1 to 7 September 2025. It’s a great opportunity to do something good for nature, and show others how they can too.
The idea is simple: choose to refuse single-use plastics for the month of July (and beyond).
As the water temperature cools down over winter, you may notice New Zealand fur seals, or kekeno, returning to the rocky shores around the Coromandel Peninsula.
For more than 80 million years, New Zealand’s native species evolved without mammalian predators. Now, more than 4,000 of Aotearoa’s native species are threatened or at risk of extinction.
Most locals want to protect freshwater, forests, and communities long-term, not be left with a legacy of toxic waste.
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