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More on our volunteer programme and how to apply.
Join DOC on a day out restoring and enhancing habitat for the native freshwater fish species that call the lower Clutha River/Mata-Au catchment home.
Help protect and enhance the natural features and native species of the Matukituki valleys within Aspiring National Park.
10 November 2025 - 2 March 2026: Applications are closed.
22 - 26 September 2025: Applications are closed.
Take a short boat trip into Otago Harbour to join a regular group volunteering event, with both easy and challenging tasks, on Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua.
Mid-October 2025 to mid-April 2026: Applications are closed.
Four times a year: Volunteer to update Urban Nature engagement panels at a range of sites around Dunedin.
Locals and visitors can volunteer to protect the biodiversity of the Whakatipu Basin by growing nursery plants, planting native trees or joining working bees.
Locals and visitors are welcome at volunteer events around Queenstown to protect the outstanding natural landscapes from the spread of wilding pine.
Volunteer activities include predator trapping and bird monitoring for a predator-free environment throughout the greater Lake Whakatipu area.