Wildlife coming into a human environment for care and rehabilitation are exposed to stress and/or reduced immune response from their original ill-health (e.g...

WReNNZ is excited to announce a new partnership with one of our Associate Members Learn Bird Care. Learn Bird Care is run by two of WReNNZ long-term members ...

Seabirds commonly get storm wrecked around New Zealand's coastline. Quite often they are found to be in poor or emaciated body conditions. Refeeding a bird i...

From the 14th to 22nd of September 2019, the NZ Department of Conservation (DOC) is celebrating their 50th conservation week. To help celebrate over 50 years...

When wild birds need to be rescued because they are sick, injured or orphaned they are likely to experience extreme stress in the process. Despite the best i...

On 5th June, World Wildlife Day, WReNNZ announced the winner of our Brinsea competition, which was Dr Andrea Wilson from Nga Manu Nature Reserve. "This is tr...

The WReNNZ Committee recently elected to award Honorary Life Membership to Rosemary Tully in recognition of the early training workshops she ran, that led to...

WReNNZ offered a Conference Scholarship for rehabilitators for the recent 2019 conference in May in Christchurch. There were some fantastic applications and ...

WReNNZ Wildlife Conference for 2019 was held 10-12th May at the Antarctic Centre in Christchurch with 15 speakers sharing a range of excellent wildlife info...

In the last year WReNNZ have moved to new membership models to encourage more people to get involved in wildlife rehabilitation, directly as rehabilitators a...

WReNNZ is deeply committed to best practice rehabilitation for New Zealand wildlife and focused on continuously improving training and support for rehabilita...

Twenty three years ago, when I came to the Moeraki lighthouse for the first time, it was to learn how to feed and handle penguins from Janice Jones – the the...

As a child, I remember rescuing a bird from the mouth of my cat and trying to do my best for the wee thing. I recall making up a box for a bird with some pap...

WReNNZ (Wildlife Rehabilitators Network of New Zealand) is New Zealand's leading national wildlife network focused on best practice wildlife rehabilitation. ...

The Department of Conservation (DOC) run Conservation Week annually to encourage the community to get more involved in taking care of New Zealand's plants an...

This week WReNNZ member, Dr Liza Schneider, Director and Veterinarian at ARRC Wildlife Trust and Holistic Vets, was interviewed by The Sun for their article ...

Wildlife Hospital Dunedin - Activity Report - 15th January 2018 to 15th August 2018 Summary The Wildlife Hospital Dunedin is a veterinary facility specializi...

WReNNZ (Wildlife Rehabilitators Network of New Zealand) is New Zealand's leading national wildlife network focused on best practice wildlife rehabilitation a...

WReNNZ members are involved in a wide range of critical rescue, rehabilitation and conservation work to help New Zealand wildlife. WReNNZ Committee Member Ro...

WReNNZ (Wildlife Rehabilitators Network of New Zealand) is New Zealand's leading national wildlife network focused on best practice wildlife rehabilitation. ...