Australia is being ravaged by hundreds of bushfires across several states and exhausted fire crews have been extremely grateful for the...

Wildlife coming into a human environment for care and rehabilitation are exposed to stress and/or reduced immune response from their...

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...

In September, to celebrate 50 years of the Department of Conservation's Conservation Week, WReNNZ held our first Wildlife Facebook Photo...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Ornithological Society of New Zealand are holding a conference in Wellington in June 2019. With over 30 presentations planned by a...

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

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

Working in construction on large projects is an interesting balance between getting the job done and minimising the impact on the...

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...

Royal Cam is a 24 hour live stream of an albatross nest during breeding season, set up by the Department of Conservation (DOC) to help...

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...

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

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