Find out how you can get involved in the Argentine ant eradication programme in the Whangarei area.
The Eastern Bay of Islands coastal landmark is the focus of a significant Department of Conservation restoration project, and community involvement is a priority.
Find out how you can join the DOC weed team on their 10-day trips to the Hen and Chickens Islands near Whangarei during spring and summer 2007.
Volunteers are needed at Mimiwhangata Coastal Park throughout the year to assist park rangers with a variety of tasks.
Trounson Kauri Park is one of only six Mainland Islands in NZ. The park needs field volunteers throughout the year.
The ongoing reforestation project aims to create a corridor for fauna to link the north facing and south facing catchments of the island.
The Whangarei Area Volunteer Programme requires volunteers year round to assist with an array of conservation and recreation projects.
Read about life on Raoul Island from Chauncy Ardell's perspective in this month's diary entry.
Find out how you can get involved in the restoration of the Atuanui Scenic Reserve.
Robert Birks explores romantic notions of living on a remote Pacific island in this month's diary entry.
Read about Christmas celebrations and life on Raoul from a volunteer's perspective in this month's diary entry by Greer Gilmer.
Read about the deep blue ocean that surrounds and helps shape the island and it's occupants in this month's entry by Toby Shanley.
Read about the history of Raoul island and some of the special plant and bird life in this diary entry by Chay Cotter.
Volunteers on the Kawau Island Volunteer Programme help with upkeep of the historic Mansion House and its gardens, and help maintain tracks, signs and buildings in the Kawau Island Historic Reserve.
Volunteers are required for reptile monitoring, weed control, general maintenance or bird monitoring during 2009-10.
The Motuihe Project requires volunteers year round to help with restoration activities on this pest-free Hauraki Gulf conservation island.
Through the year volunteers are needed to help with an extensive revegetation project on pest-free Motuora Island.
Learn more about how you can be involved with the Motutapu Restoration Project.
Find out about an opportunity for involvement with the New Zealand fairy tern protection programme at the Pakiri River Mouth.
Join the rangers for a day of weeding and releasing plants on this headland reserve while enjoying fantastic views of Rangitoto Island and the inner Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
Read what it's like for the new team to settle in on Raoul Island in this month's diary entry, by Dave Whitelaw.
And so it begins - the next group embark on their year long journey to Raoul Island. Read about it in this month's diary entry by Team Leader, John Ballantyne.
The Omaha Shorebird Protection Group requires volunteers to help protect the endangered New Zealand dotterel and other shorebirds at Omaha spit near Warkworth.
The Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust is looking for volunteers to help restore several baches on the island.
Volunteers are needed for weed removal and maintenance projects on Raoul Island.
Hear about returning to the mainland after a stint as a volunteer... and about preparations for a return as staff member.
Volunteers are needed to help maintain the pest-free wildlife sanctuary on Tiritiri Matangi Island.
Between November and February hut wardens are needed at the Central Whirinaki Hut in Whirinaki Forest Park in the Bay of Plenty.
Learn about some of the volunteer opportunities available in Tongariro National Park in the Tongariro Taupo area.
Hut warden opportunities are available in Egmont National Park in the Taranaki Area.
The Palmerston North Area Volunteer Programme requires volunteers year round to assist with an array of conservation and recreation projects.
The Taranaki Area Volunteer Programme requires volunteers year round to assist with an array of conservation and recreation projects.
The Whanganui Area requires volunteers year round to assist with an array of conservation and recreation projects.
During the "great journey" season (October through April), hut wardens are needed at John Coull Hut in Whanganui National Park.
There are many ways you can get involved as a volunteer for the Boundary Stream Mainland Island project including locating and monitoring our native birds.
Join staff in our friendly Gisborne based Conservancy Office to carry out tasks to support our work throughout the region
Volunteers help out all year round in Hawke's Bay with a wide variety of projects.
Several volunteer positions are available at our Aniwaniwa Office, situated on the shores of Lake Waikaremoana
DOC works closely with community groups on volunteer projects in the Wellington region.
Find out about the volunteer opportunities available on Matiu/Somes Island.
Find out about volunteer opportunities at Pukaha Mount Bruce.
This bush-covered island at the entrance to Pelorus Sound is gaining in importance as a wildlife refuge. Volunteers will take part in survey and track work to help with conservation management on the island.
A number of mistletoes growing on beech trees were caged in the mid 1990s on Cobb ridge. We need help to enlarge the cages to give these plants growing room.
Volunteers are needed to do some maintenance work on the lighthouse keepers house in Farewell Spit Nature Reserve.
Volunteers are welcome to join in the re vegetation and restoration efforts at four key sites along the walkway during spring and autumn of 2009/2010.
A great opportunity to live and work on Maud Island/Te Hoiere. Maud is a wildlife management island with native frogs, giant weta and takahe.
A property in Greville Harbour has been acquired by the Department of Conservation. Volunteers are needed to convert this former farming property into a reserve.
The Department Of Conservation and community volunteers have been collecting seeds and growing plants in the shadehouse at the Onamalutu Scenic Reserve.
Find out about hut warden opportunities at Welcome Flat Hut in South Westland. A feature of Welcome Flat is the natural hot pools where you can bathe, located near the hut .
Learn about the Canterbury volunteer fire-fighters programme.
DOC, along with many other agencies and community groups, is involved in an array of volunteer projects in the Canterbury region.
This project involves volunteers at Pilots Beach, Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula managing the impact of visitors on blue penguins as they come ashore each evening.
Volunteers travel to Sandfly Bay in the late afternoon/early evenings to help minimise visitor impact on the resident yellow-eyed penguins.
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For general volunteering information email volunteer@doc.govt.nz or contact your local DOC office
