Tara iti chick - Aotearoa's most endangered bird. Photo: DoC
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Tara iti, NZ Fairy Tern Protection Programme
The tara iti, New Zealand fairy tern is our most threatened bird. With less than 40 birds remaining this small tern and is in our Top Ten Most Endangered Species List. There are only nine breeding pairs left and the birds survive on the beaches between Whangarei and Auckland.
With your support we can work to stop sand mining, human disturbance and loss of marine life, which are major threats to these birds. We also support DOC and the Auckland Zoo in the work they do to restore population numbers, educate the public and ensure safe habitats for the tara iti to breed each year.
Awhi Awa | Embrace a Stream
Our new project "Awhi Awa | Embrace a Stream" is dedicated to restoring waterways. By looking after streams and improving stormwater management, we can help our precious biodiversity like endangered freshwater fish and tuna, long-fin eel. In 2017, 76 percent of our native freshwater fish were either threatened with or at risk of extinction.
Your Awhi Awa | Embrace a Stream pack includes:
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Information on how to adopt a stream and why we need to restore the health of our waterways
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Metal signage of an endangered tuna (longfin eel) or kōanga (native fish) made of scrap steel, with drill and screws
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Education material about endangered freshwater fish
Stop Sand Mining - Funding Urgently Needed for High Court Case
Join us in supporting Te Whānau o Pakiri as they defend the precious Pakiri/Mangawhai region from destructive sand mining in the High Court.
Having successfully won in the Environment Court, we now face a high-stakes appeal and need your support to cover legal costs and ensure the protection of this precious place are essential and urgent.
Your donations are crucial in continuing this vital fight.
Help save the world's smallest dolphin - the endangered Māui
The Māui Dolphin is one of the rarest and most endangered marine mammals in the world, with only an estimated 63 individuals left. Urgent action is needed to protect this species from extinction.
Your support will help draw attention to the issues facing the Māui dolphin, including destructive fishing practices, the solutions that are needed and empower the public to take action to make a difference.
Gift Ngutukākā
Once there were less than 100 ngutukākā, the kākābeak plant, left in the wild, but now, thanks to a small group of passionate, dedicated people on the East Coast, over 800 species were planted last year. We need your help to grow and plant more!
For just $50 you can plant five ngutukākā. We are aiming to raise $30,000 which would plant 3,000 ngutukākā.
Your donation will help plant more of these treasured plants and in return you will receive a beautiful e-card.
Gift a Shag
You can get a shag for yourself or gift it to a friend. Everyone who gets a shag will receive an official adoption certificate for the critically endangered Chatham Shag, and a factsheet about this wonderful bird.
Please click below to make a donation. You will receive your receipt automatically and after this, we will email your official certificate and link to the factsheet and more information about this precious, endangered bird.
We Love You, Even If You're Ugly
At the Endangered Species Foundation we save the rarest of the rare. From giant weta fungus to the little known fuzzweed moth - we really do love you, even if you're ugly.
By adopting a little known creature in danger of extinction, your donation will go towards helping our most endangered taonga survive.
When you adopt a species, you will receive an official adoption certificate and link to the factsheet about your species from the Endangered Species Foundation.
Cute Chicks Need Our Help
Every year on our beaches, in our forests and rivers, native birds are hatching. These places are their homes and their nurseries. There are many threats to these precious taonga, like wild and domestic cats, and dogs off-leash.
When you sponsor a cute chick, you will receive an official certificate and a link to a flyer about you can help keep cute chicks safe.
Your donation will go towards raising awareness of how people can make a difference, so together we can ensure greater protections for some of our most vulnerable, native chicks.
