North Island
If you would like to volunteer on the North Island of New Zealand, please see the list below for up and coming projects. If you would like further detail on any of these projects please contact the Auckland office. Volunteer teams depart the Auckland office at 8am.
Phone: 09 623 7282
Email: info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz
Hear the Kiwi at Tawharanui Regional Park - Wednesday 29th to Friday 31st December or Wednesday 5th to Friday 7th January
Set on a remote peninsula, Tawharanui Regional Park boasts some of the region`s most beautiful white sand beaches, rolling pastures, shingled bays, native coastal forest and regenerating wetlands. Restoration of this incredible landscape has resulted in many endangered birds being able to be reintroduced including the rare bird and New Zealand icon, the flightless Kiwi. Please join us to help continue this restoration, which includes planting, control of exotic plant species along Tawharanui's beaches and predator control/monitoring within areas of bush and farmland. Volunteers will enjoy a night time excursion to hear the sounds of the kiwi in the Tawharanui bush.
Unforgettable Taranaki - Monday 7th February to Friday 18th February
Protected by a snow-topped mountain, steeped in historic significance and pounded by the restless Tasman Sea, Taranaki is a region like no other in New Zealand. Your team will travel down to Taranaki to participate on the Taranaki Catchment care project. This project combines a number of special conservation areas which include the Oaonui River, a dune system on the Sandy Bay coastline that provides important breeding areas for the variable oyster catcher, reef heron, banded dotterel and green gecko. We'll also be going to the Rotokare Scenic Reserve, a stunning 230 hectare forested hill-country catchment with extensive wetlands and a 17.8 hectare natural lake.
Help build the Long Pathway, Te Araroa - Monday 14th to Friday 18th February
Te Araroa (Maori for “the long pathway”) is a national 3,000 km long walkway which will run the full length of New Zealand. The route begins (or ends!) at Cape Reinga, and goes down 90-mile Beach and will continue down to Bluff at the southern tip of the South Island. Te Araroa will provide the ultimate 120-day New Zealand through-tramp, but will also provide section tramps lasting anything from a few days to a week or more, and many attractive day- or overnight walks. Help is needed with building the track in the Hunuas, south of Auckland. This is another Catchment Care project.
For more projects, search for volunteer opportunities that best suit your interests and availability using Conservation Connect.