Ancient whales
Ancient whales Did you know that cetacean is scientific term used for marine mammals? Cetaceans belong to the orderArtiodactyla, which…
Iridescent colour
Iridescent colour By Esme Dawson Want to make your bird drawings look “iridescent”? Iridescent means colours that look like they…
Undiscovered creature of the deep
There are so many species yet to be discovered in te moana uriuri | the deep sea. What do you…
Make a BOTY Poster
Make a BOTY Poster Making a poster for your Bird of the Year can be a great way to get…
BOTY – What’s your Why?
BOTY - What's your Why? In 2024, we're keen to know not just who you're voting for Bird of the…
Build a Wetland Bug Game
Build a Wetland Bug Game Can you collect all the kapowai | dragonfly body parts and put them together first?
Use Your Voice: NZ Freshwater Standards
Use Your Voice: NZ Freshwater Standards Freshwater quality in Aotearoa New Zealand is in a bad, bad way. Between 95%…
How to Dip Net – Videos
How to Dip Net - Videos This playlist of four videos support Scotty's tips and tricks for dip netting in…
Spot the difference: Wetlands
Spot the difference: Wetlands Can you find the differences between these two pictures of a wetland? You’ll find out what…
Make a wetland water filter model
Make a wetland water filter model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUM_HHeYChs
Make a putiputi
Make a putiputi Harakeke | NZ Flax is an amazing plant! It can be used for conservation, for healing, and…
Pātai: Be Stealth!
Pātai: Be Stealth! Matuku-hūrepo | Australasian bitterns are masters of stealth – rarely being seen, or heard, within the raupō…
Leaf creations
Leaf creations Share your mahi with us and we’ll put it up here on our website.
Use your voice: Fast-Track Bill
Use your voice: Fast-Track Bill We need to speak up for nature before 19 April 2024! The new Government has…
Fungi colouring in
Fungi colouring in Share your mahi with us and we’ll put it up here on our website.
Create a fungal lunch
Create a fungal lunch There are heaps of everyday foods we eat thatare fungus or made using fungi. Can you…
Don’t overlook epiphytes
Can you find these plants growing in mid-air on your outdoor adventures? This activity comes from Ruben Trimble from Forest…
Compost 101
Compost 101 This activity comes from Forest & Bird Youth compost experts Jess and Kaitlyn Lamb. Here’s what your compost…
Pop up pūteketeke
Pop-up Pūteketeke Make an awesome pop-up card featuring our Bird of the Century, the pūteketeke | Australasian crested grebe! Step…
Bird Art Challenge
Bird Art Pātai | Challenge for Bird of the Century! To celebrate Forest & Bird’s 100th birthday, we’re searching for…
Bird of the Year
Bird of the Century Resource Kete! A special resource for schools to support learning around birds during the vote for…
Make a braided river artwork
Make a braided river artwork Pebbles don’t just go with the flow; they can also shape it! Unlike he awa…
Journey of a pebble
Journey of a pebble Pebbles don’t start off as pebbles. They are formed over a long, long time (sometimes thousands…
Tell me a story
Tell me a story Did you know pebbles inside humble hillsides can tell the story of how rivers flowed 5-10…
Make an assessment: How healthy is your awa?
Make an assessment: How healthy is your awa? Use your eyes to make observations of your local stream. Find out…
Recognise your Conservation Heroes
Know your limits and sizes
Know your limits and sizes Do you know how to sustainably forage for kaimoana | shellfish?
Waterproofing
Waterproofing How do birds waterproof their feathers? How do they make it last? Do this experiment to see where preen…
Colourful Collage
Colourful Collage You can certainly sing a kahukura | rainbow with our NZ birds! Can you find a different native…
Make your own bird wings
Make your own bird wings Use our step-by-step instructions, and take flight!
Design a sensational nature stamp!
Design a sensational nature stamp! As part of Forest & Bird's 100th birthday celebrations, four special stamps have been designed…
Chiton Puzzle
Chiton Puzzle Send us in photos of your chiton all pieced together! What you want it to look like at…
Bivalve Scavenger Hunt
Bivalve Scavenger Hunt Bivalves are an awesome type of shell! What shapes and sculptures can you find when you look…
Story of my life
Story of my life Did you know that shells have growth rings like trees? The scientific name for these is…
Make a nature cake
Battle for Bats
Bats need us to fight for them! Help a bat colony to survive the year by getting rid of threats.
Conservation Jobs
Conservation Jobs There are lots of different conservation jobs out there. Learn more about them from our interviews with people…
Make a cat scrunchie
Make a cat scrunchie (an anti predation collar) Help your cat be more conservation-friendly!
Make a cat flick stick toy
Make a cat flick stick toy Help your cat be more conservation-friendly!
Moa vs Deer
Moa vs Deer Contrary to what some might say, deer are not like moa. Compare the coloured bubbles to see…
Spot the difference – Pests
Spot the difference - Pests How many differences can you find between a forest without pigs, deer, and goats, and…
Why was I introduced?
Why was I introduced? New Zealand doesn't have many native land mammals, but we sure have a few introduced ones!…
Tips and Tricks for Bird of the Year Campaigning
Tips and Tricks for Bird of the Year Campaigning QUIZ: Which Bird of the Year should I pick?
Build the biggest moa
Arrange-a-moa
Make epic talons
Interview with the author: Tree Sense
Interview with the author: Tree Sense We spoke with Tree Sense: Ways of Thinking about Trees author, Dr Susette Goldsmith…
Colour our ancient Waitomo and Aurora frogs
Sing an ode to the air
Sing an ode to the air 🎵Thank you air for being there...🎵 and thank you trees for making it and…
Pose like a tree
Pose like a tree What's it like to be a tree? What a great question! Read this story from Kiri…
Not always a dinosaur
Make a music video – native frogs challenge
Te Iwa o Matariki Resources
Choose nature this Matariki! Our 2017 resource - introduction to the environmental realms of the whetū | stars Our 2022…
#SaveSharks
Forest & Bird is sticking up for our sharks! They are getting hurt (and sometimes killed) by commercial fishers, and…
Zealandia – a sunken continent
Make a climbing kōaro toy
Torn Paper Mountains
Wild Cardz Instructions
Make your own giant ammonite fossil
Oreo tectonics
Which bird is which?
Interview with the author: Tree Beings
Interview with the author: Tree Beings KCCers Cameron and Skylar interviewed Raymond Huber, author of Tree Beings.
Be with a Tree poster
Adventurous Explorer
GAME: How do plants become poisonous?
Christmas Baubles
Make a pīwakawaka nest
How to use Chew Cards
Vote for Nature – Election Resource
Authorised by Forest & Bird, 205 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011.
What’s on my plate?
Name that mangō | shark
Food Chain VS Food Web
Food Chain Four
Cardboard Native Animals!
Simple Plant Experiment
Simple Plant Experiment Written in collaboration with Babysits. With this simple plant experiment, you can get a little plant growing…
Tree Climbing Extraordinaires
Tree Climbing Extraordinaires Read these KCC interviews with NZ arborists to learn more about this important tree job, and get…
Native Leaves
Why do you think trees are important? Write your thoughts on a leaf outline (or make one of your own).…
QUIZ: Which native tree are you like?
Which native tree are you like? Do this #Bewithatree2020 quiz to find out!
World Albatross Day: Make a Toroa | Royal Albatross Mask
Be with a Tree 2020
Be with a Tree - 5-14 June 2020 We know you know that trees do amazing things! You’ve told us they...…
NZ Egg Quiz
Make a cardboard roll shark
How to Draw series
How to Draw series KCC has worked with some awesome NZ illustrators to bring you some easy-to-follow instructions on drawing…
The Big NZ Easter Egg Hunt
Adventures and Activities with Hoiho
The Adventures and Activities of Hoiho Check out this blog for adventure and activity ideas from our Bird of the…
Create a Lizard-Friendly Garden
Create a Lizard-Friendly Garden This activity comes from our friends at Predator Free NZ Did you know we have 110…
Make a whio
Have you ever tried decorating containers (old or in use) to make them look like NZ native species? We had…
Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt Have you got eyes like a hawk? See if you can complete this hunt!
Responsible Owners Manual: Rubbish Monster
Responsible Owners Manual: Rubbish Monster We all have a rubbish monster - are you looking after yours? Use the tick…
“Can I really recycle that?”
"Can I really recycle that?" Follow the lines (over and under) to discover some places that will take in these…
Rubbish Frames for Treasured Places
Rubbish Frames for Treasured Places This art idea comes from Elodie (aged 9) from Auckland. Being a Waste Warrior can…
Waste Warriors Award Scheme
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Making fruit feeders for birds
Making fruit feeders for birds By Esme (age 4) and Neve (age 6) Many of our native birds eat nectar, fruit, and insects.…
Make a plant light maze
Make a plant light maze Have you ever noticed that most plants grow towards the sunlight? Make your own plant…
Estimating sundown
Estimating sundown - using just your body This is a bush-craft trick that can come in handy!
Build a bat
Build a bat Make your own poseable long-tailed bat! Print off the bat wing template A3 size.
Make a Fruit Crumble
Compare a rākau to the giant kauri Tāne Mahuta
Make a Underwater Hydrophone
How do I use a cleaning station?
10 Days, 10 Tree Challenges
Save our Kauri
E tū Kahikatea waiata
E tū Kahikatea waiata! For tune - go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3WvxrStQ_0
Bark Bingo!
Be With a Tree colouring-in
Game: Watch where you walk
Caption this picture
Is it a healthy habitat?
Native fish windsocks
Game: Barricade
A new kiwi classic
A new kiwi classic You don't need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students…
Learn a new name for a marine mammal
Waste Minimisation Challenge
Establish your own waste minimisation project at home or school. There is lots of scope for us to better reduce…
Instant Taxonomy
Make Space for Nature
Don’t forget deep sea marine
Bug Corner – Leaf beetles
Forgotten Socks
We’re Native Forest Too
Write a story featuring our KCC Mascots
KCC’s Birthday: T-Shirt Design Competition
30 nature-based challenges
Up-cycle a taniwha draft stopper!
Spread the word…
GAME: Heads, Bodies, and Legs
STORY: Marika the Maui
Marika the Maui dolphin swam through the coastal waters of the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, a once glistening…
The New Normal Project
Make a magnifying glass out of water
SEE FOR YOURSELF: Water Cycle Experiment
Make Ice Art
Did you know that our West Coast waiparahoaka (glaciers) have UNESCO World Heritage status? They are classed as having outstanding…
Design challenge: penguin boxes
Fundraise for Penguins
Build your own Penguin Palace
Take the Lead
Leaf litter exploration
Discovering plant life
SKIT: The Weed Monsters
GAME: My Carbon Footprint
Make a pre-dawn moth catcher
Scavenger Hunt (younger ages)
How to test your local stream
Use these directions along with the 'How to make red-cabbage indicator strips' resource.
Treasure Hunt (older ages)
Investigate the trees
Better Together
Red Admiral Butterfly Rescue
Make a Kererū Protector
Make a Spring Cleaning Kit
Make a Tin Plant Pot
Make a Wormery
Make a Green Gecko
Grow a Tea Bag Garden
Make a Wētā House
Grow a Leaf Litter Garden
