It all started on January 1st when my family and I decided to go on a day trip. We went  to a beach called Te Arai where we expected  some very good waves to boogie-board on we spent about 4 hours playing in the waves and eating before things really started to happen… My sister […]

Me and my grandma went to the Brook Sanctuary on Saturday for a KCC activity. We all gathered around at the house as Katrina took the roll. Then Rick showed us some wetas his son had caught in some jars. We had some time to explore the house and press the buttons with bird calls. […]

On Saturday, 16th of September, my family and I visited Brook Sanctuary with the Nelson Tasman Kiwi Conservation Club. It was our first time visiting and I’d reckon we will go back there again!  I learned new things like how Kōtukutuku  – a red velvety purple tree fuchsia flower- would sometimes make birds (commonly Bellbirds) heads go purple when […]

KCC South Canterbury has challenged their families to make rainbows out of colourful autumn leaves 🌈 🍁 Here are some photos that have been shared with us. Aren’t the leaf rainbows fantastic!

By Linda from Howick Intermediate By Michelle from Fox Glacier School By Luke from Howick Intermediate Extreme Weather Disaster Lion: I was once a child's cuddly,fluffy lion puppet toy but after years passed I was thrown out into an oldlandfill. Years after years in the landfill passed and I started to get reallysad because I [...]

Our names are Georgina, Annabel, and Meg.  We are 9 years old and live in Palmerston North. We are members of KCC and we are interested in helping to save endangered New Zealand species of birds and reducing waste to help protect the environment.  Because we are interested in this, we decided to fund raise […]

Suzanne, our KCO from KCC West Coast volunteered for eight days to help clean up the beaches around where she lives after recent Fox River landfill disaster. Extreme weather caused an old dump to erode (break down) and rubbish started floating downstream, and washing up about 300 kilometres along the coast, and through the native bush. Suzanne said it [...]

Record yourself singing a line of our “12 Fish of Christmas” carol, and you could feature in our special Christmas social media activity! Post your video on YouTube and send a link to it to kcc@forestandbird.org.nz by 23 November. Make sure to get permission from your caregivers to take part. We will share videos via […]

Join us in welcoming our new KCC Climate Mascot to to the crew – Tiki Tim the Taniwha! Tiki Tim was created by Moana (age 9) from KCC Northern. He is named for Tikipunga in Whāngarei. Moana upcycled this taniwha using the instructions in Wild Things Issue 137 (Summer 2017). She used her grandmothers old leggings, and stuffed […]