Conservation Volunteers New Zealand
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Conservation Volunteers New Zealand was founded in 2006 by Conservation Volunteers Australia
. CVNZ's first office opened in Auckland
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Conservation Volunteers New Zealand is a New Zealand not-for-profit conservation organisation that attracts and coordinates volunteers for environmental restoration projects. CVNZ is registered as a charity with the New Zealand Charities Commission.
. Rio Tinto has gifted a block of land at Punakaiki to help protect the significant values of forest in the adjoining Nikau Reserve. The gift will create an ecological corridor spanning the mountains to the sea which includes the only nesting ground of the rare Westland black petrel. The partnership was launched by the Hon. Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation, in March 2010.
Conservation Volunteers Australia
Conservation Volunteers Australia is an Australian not-for-profit conservation organisation that attracts and coordinates volunteers for environmental restoration projects.- History :...
. CVNZ's first office opened in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
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Conservation Volunteers New Zealand is a New Zealand not-for-profit conservation organisation that attracts and coordinates volunteers for environmental restoration projects. CVNZ is registered as a charity with the New Zealand Charities Commission.
Timeline
- 2006 - Conservation Volunteers New Zealand opens first office in AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
- 2008 - CVNZ opens second office in PunakaikiPunakaikiPunakaiki is a small community on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, between Westport and Greymouth. The community lies on the edge of the Paparoa National Park....
- 2009 - CVNZ opens third office in HamiltonHamilton, New ZealandHamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
- 2009 - CVNZ opens fourth office in ChristchurchChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
Projects
All Conservation Volunteers projects involve practical conservation, with activities typically including tree planting, weed control, seed collection, track and trail building and maintenance, heritage restoration projects, and wildlife surveys. Volunteers operate in teams of up to 10, under guidance and instruction of a professional CV Team Leader.Volunteers
Conservation Volunteers attracts over 10,000 local volunteers per year in Australia and New Zealand, plus over 2,000 international volunteers every year.Corporate Partnerships
Conservation Volunteers has a number of successful partnerships with New Zealand businesses. CVNZ has been able to develop partnerships with corporate New Zealand for conservation projects which could not take place without corporate support. Each partnership is tailored to ensure it meets the needs of CVNZ, the company and the environment, and can include elements such as program funding, payroll giving, corporate volunteering, and staff fundraising for conservation.Punakaiki Coastal Restoration Project
The Punakaiki Coastal Restoration Partnership is a partnership between CVNZ, the Department of Conservation and Rio TintoRio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
. Rio Tinto has gifted a block of land at Punakaiki to help protect the significant values of forest in the adjoining Nikau Reserve. The gift will create an ecological corridor spanning the mountains to the sea which includes the only nesting ground of the rare Westland black petrel. The partnership was launched by the Hon. Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation, in March 2010.