By Oscar (age 12) In the holidays, me and my family stayed at a holiday house at Ōtaki Beach.  There was lots of plastic rubbish as well as shells on the beach, so I decided to collect it and make a creature out of it all. His name is Floatsum, and he has a pet […]

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 [...]

By Sally Lashmar, Owhango Alive A few weeks ago I received a text saying that I had a “present” in my garage.  This was not unusual, as I am part of the local predator trapping/weed control volunteer group, “Owhango Alive”, in the Central North Island.  I had discovered a variety of offerings in the garage (HQ) […]

Kāhu is keen to find ways to help remove plastic from the ocean. It all started with our daily walks on the beach in Summer. Each time we go, we manage to rescue plastic from being dragged back into the ocean. After a storm we find it too easy to fill a supermarket bag with […]

Cameron sent in this picture of him with a little snapper. He’s learning about conserving our fish. He says, “The undersized ones go back no matter how proud you are of your fish.”

Families from Marlborough KCC  joined local bird expert, Mike Bell, to help band black-backed gull chicks nesting on the Wairau River bed. Video is by Lennox (age 13).

By Katherine (age 12) from Christchurch The hardest thing about visiting New Zealand is deciding what to do first. New Zealand consistently tops the list as being a tourist mecca.  From our stunning natural geysers to the finest bush walks the world has to offer, New Zealand has something for everyone. So how do we […]

KCC YOUTH REPORT by Nixon The pāua was twisting on a rock above the tide. We were at Ward Beach, in the aftermath of a Spring storm, 2017. This poor creature was fighting for its life, once again. A humongous thrust on a moonlit night caused the locals in the south-east of New Zealand lives […]

By Dan (age 11) For the holidays, me, my three sisters, grandparents, my step mum, and my dad were going to Cape Reinga from Auckland. We got there via Whangarei Heads when we got to the bach we were staying at. We decided to go to the light house, and Ninety Mile Beach the next day. We drove […]

By Drew (age 8) As I trekked up the hill, I listen intently for the bird calls. When I stepped inside the bush the leaves start rustling. The bird calls twist round our ears. Tuīs, grey warblers and riflemen. The healing plant shivered in Kate, our leader’s hand.  She explained it was a kawakawa. As […]