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Animal Rights Legal Advocacy Network ARLAN
ARLAN is a national network of lawyers and law students dedicated to working to defend animals from abuse and exploitation, and protecting and promoting animal welfare and animal rights. The fundamental goal of the ARLAN is to work to ensure that the lives, interests and needs of all animals are recognized, respected and protected within the NZ legal system and abroad. [ Nationally ]

Anti-Vivisection Association Incorporated AVA
The Anti-Vivisection Association is the youngest professional organisation in New Zealand campaigning for the abolition of animal experiments on scientific and ethical grounds. AVA campaigns through public education, political lobbying, and publicity campaigns and works to research, investigate and disclose to the public, information about animal experimentation in New Zealand. We want to bring the issue of animal experimentation in New Zealand out into the open and stimulate open and honest public debate on this important issue.  [ Nationally ]

Aotearoa Independent Media Centre AIMC
Indymedia - Aotearoa Independent Media Centre - is a collectively run media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people to who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity - You can publish Your news in real time.  [ Nationally ]

Auckland Animal Action AAA
Grassroots animal rights group. Campaigning against fur, vivisection, factory farming. People for total animal liberation. [ Auckland ]

BIO-GRO NZ
Certification Agency for Organic Production in New Zealand [ Wellington ]

Birdlands Sanctuary Trust
Provide a sanctuary for all birds and protect the natural habitat but, at the same time, provide access to as much of the sanctuary as possible for all visitors, regardless of age or physical ability, without detriment to the natural environment. [ Canterbury ]

Building biology and ecology institute BBE
Research and education for a sustainable healthier architecture [ Nationally ]

Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa CAFCA
To oppose and expose all aspects of foreign control of Aotearoa [ Canterbury ]

Campaign for a Better City CBC
Campaigns for sustainable and environmentally conscious urban living [ Wellington ]

Canterbury Forest Trust CFT
Encourage individuals and communities to plant a wide variety of tree species for both commercial and amenity uses. We encourage joint ventures between people with land and people with money and energy to plant trees on land that would otherwise be left to grow weeds!! [ Canterbury ]

Christchurch Environment Centre CEC
Provides a 'one-stop shop' for environmental information and resources in Christchurch and Canterbury. [ Canterbury ]

Climate Defence Network CDN
A coalition of medical, environment, resource management, recreational, engineering and transport groups has been launched to fight polluting business interests campaigning against government action on climate change and ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Members of the coalition, known as the Climate Defence Network, include: Med Eco, the association of medical professionals concerned about environment and health, ECO, itself comprising 70 organisations with a concern for the environment, the Environmental Defence Society, Forest and Bird, Federated Mountain Clubs, Greenpeace, Pacific Institute of Resource Management (PIRM), Sustainable Energy Forum, Engineers for Social Responsibility, Friends of the Earth and the Cycling Advocates Network. [ Nationally ]

Coalition for a GE Free Environment Aotearoa NZ
The future for Aotearoa New Zealand is GE Free. The coalition of environment organisations, organics farming and industry, safe food campaigns are working together for this future. Find out about action you can take, local contacts around the country and more! [ Nationally ]

Coast to the High Country C-HC
Environmental Education - Experiential field trips for year 6 - 13 from Christchurch to Craigieburn and Kura Tawhiti  [ Nationally ]

DEV-ZONE.ORG - The Development Resource Centre DEV-ZONE.ORG
Dev-Zone(also known as the Development Resource Centre) providing specialist information, education and consultancy services on development issues, participation and practice. Located in Aotearoa New Zealand. We have a Knowledge Centre, a jobs database, a bookshop, teacher resource kits on global education and several email update bulletins. [ Wellington ]

East Coast Bays Coastal Protection Society ECB CPS
Guardianship of the coastal environment from North Head to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and in particular the Long Bay - Okura Marine Reserve. [ Auckland ]

Environmental Weed Management Services EWMS
Weed management/revegetation consultancy [ Wellington ]

Enzyme
Enzyme goal is to help create the environmental factors required for the development of community alternatives to consumer culture, profit and materialist orientated society. It is developing to become an: - electronic community space for collaboration, interaction and networking between existing groups and concerned individuals for the discussion and creation of an - open content information commons, resource site and - a community projects incubator. [  ]

esprit cabane
green crafts ideas [  ]

Forest and Bird F&B
Forest & Bird works to preserve and protect the indigenous flora and fauna and natural features of New Zealand [ Wellington ]

Friends of Golden Bay Society Inc FOGB
The Friends of Golden Bay Inc. Society (FOGB) is a non-profit organisation formed in response to numerous aquaculture applications made by various factions of the marine farming industry. FOGB represents the residents of Golden Bay by addressing the implications of marine farming on the natural character of the coastal marine environment, the social and economic concerns of our members, and the impacts on amenity values. We also offer information to the wider public on current marine farming issues.  [ Tasman ]

G.E. Free Taupo
Campaigns for a GE free Taupo. [ Bay of Plenty ]

Gecko NZ (Gecko Trust/Gecko Ltd)
Gecko NZ was established in 1993 to promote and nurture community based environmental initiatives. [ Nationally ]

Groundswell Canterbury
Groundswell is a non-party political organisation that works to acheive the goal of a GE Free Environment for Canterbury and Aotearoa/New Zealand.  [ Canterbury ]

Growing Organic Kids (Fairground Foundation)
Teaches pupils about our environment by using the tool of organic gardening and its principles.  [ Auckland ]

Hamilton Animal Rights Defense HARD
Grassroots animal liberation organisation which carries out various campaign against the exploitation of animals, employing various tactics, ranging from petitioning through to civil disobedience actions. [ Waikato ]

Isaac Centre for Nature Conservation ICNC
ICNC promotes education and research in nature conservation. ICNC is the umbrella body for nature conservation education and reserach at Lincoln University. ICNC sponsors the Annual State of the Nation's Environment address, facilitates an annual nature conservation think tank (Flock Hill workshops) and provides a free service to schools via Waterwatch. ICNC has formal links with similar centres for nature conservation in other parts of the world. ICNC attract many postgraduate students and work experience students. [ Nationally ]

Jane Goodall Institute Environmental Club JGI Club
This is an environmental club operating in a secondary school - Our mission is to show care and concern for the environment, animals and communities. This is done through enviromental projects from school recycling to tree planting and beach cleanup. Educating ourselves and others is our goal, only through education can be solve these issues effectively. Our projects are documented and sent to JGI UK where other clubs around the world can learn what we do and we can learn from them. In 2003 we have started a Native Tree Santuary in the School and raised $4000 to build a toilet block in a Primary School (Chukula) in Tanzania. [ Auckland ]

Kaipatiki Project KERP
KERP is a non-profit environmental education and bush restoration society.We run an Environment Centre and offer a range of environmental education programmes for schools and the community. [ Auckland ]

Kiwi Conservation Club KCC
The Kiwi Conservation Club is a club for children. Members receive the KCC magazine and can participate in group activities. The website has loads of information to help with school projects. [ Nationally ]

Kiwicare Organic Products
Manufacturer and distributor of many Bio-gro certified organic pest management products for commercial, home and garden use. [  ]

LakesWater Quality Society (Inc) LWQS
Encouraging action to improve water quality in the Rotorua (and other) lakes. Encouraging additional scientific research on NZ lakes. Organised a scientific symposium - 'Rotorua Lakes 2001: A symposium on research needs in the Rotorua Lakes' Applying funding to encourage more students to enter lake research. Encouraging practical, sustainable management of aquatic weeds in NZ lakes. [ Bay of Plenty ]

Living Legacies
New Zealand's environmental funeral company which has a sustainable, innovative and celebratory to life, death and funerals. [ Nelson ]

Lone Kauri Forest Restoration Trust LKFRT
Forest Restoration by eliminating feral pests like possums, feral cats, stoats, ferrets and rats using trapping and bait-stations to provide a better place for birdlife and native wildlife. [ Auckland ]

Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust MEIT
Our Trust aims to build and maintain a totally pest-proof fence around the forest on Maungatautari, eradicate all warm-blooded mammalian pests inside and re-introduce threatened species that have been lost to the mountain. Information and education centers will be built to encourage visitors and school groups to learn about our unique environment. [ Waikato ]

Molten Media Trust Computer Recycling
We provide recycling services for computer and electronic waste. Restored computer parts and system are sold NZ wide under warranty. Certified environmental destruction services. NiCad / Lithium battery recycling collection agents. [ Canterbury ]

Mt Hiwi Charitable Trust MHCT
The Mount Hiwi Charitable Trust was formed to allow access to and preserve indigenous virgin forests and ecosystems in perpetuity [ Taranaki ]

National Anti Vivisection Campaign NZVC
NAVC coordinates grassroots campaigns against animal experiments and genetic engineering around NZ. [ Nationally ]

Native Forest Action Inc. NFA
Campaigns nationally to stop old growth logging by Timberlands West Coast on the West Coast. [ West Coast ]

Native Forest Network NFN
NFN is a global, autonomous collective of forest activists, working to protect the Earth's remaining Native Forests, to ensure they can survive, flourish, and maintain their evolutionary potential.  [ Nationally ]

Nelson Environment Centre NEC
The Nelson Environment Centre works proactively within the Nelson region to promote environmental awareness and facilitate environmentally sustainable initiatives. [ Nelson ]

New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Socity Inc NZAVS
Campaign for the abolition, on the grounds of medical and scientific fraud, of experiments on animals. [ Nationally ]

New Zealand Association for Environmental Education NZAEE
NZAEE promotes and supports environmental education initiatives throughout New Zealand.  [ Nationally ]

New Zealand Birds
Runs a web site: New Zealand Birds and Birding in New Zealand [ Bay of Plenty ]

New Zealand Environment magazine NZE
New Zealand Environment magazine provides in-depth news and analysis of issues affecting both the natural and man-made environments of New Zealand. Our regular, comprehensive round-up of national and international news - along with features, analysis and informed opinion - is aimed at everyone concerned with seeing a sustainable future for our country, from professional environmental specialists to the general public. Every fortnight, New Zealand Environment reports on the policy announcements, research, new ideas, and local and international activity that affects this country in important areas such as conservation, energy, water quality, and biosecurity. We take critical looks at topics such as the Resource Management Act, the genetic engineering debate, and the threats caused by global problems such as climate change. And with increasing challenges to town and city life, the magazine also addresses concerns about the future of our urban areas, including traffic growth, urban sprawl and housing provision. While we voice the environmental perspective on all relevant matters, we are editorially independent and do not act as the mouthpiece for any specific interest group.  [ Nationally ]

New Zealand Native Forests Restoration Trust NZNFRT
Purchase and restoration of (a) degraded land suitable for replanting and (b) native bush threatened with clearing/felling etc. Weed and predator control in bush blocks for the benefit of indigenous flora and fauna.  [ Nationally ]

New Zealand Photovoltaic Association NZPVA
NZPVA's mission is to promote and support the use of energy from our sun, as a reliable, sustainable and clean energy source for the direct production of electricity. [ Nationally ]

New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers Inc. NZTCV
To register and co-ordinate Conservation Projects throughhout NZ with Volunteers available locally and from overseas [ Nationally ]

New Zealand Wind Energy Association NZWEA
Supporting wind energy developments in New Zealand. [ Nationally ]

Nga Uruora Kapiti Inc NUOK
Restoration of native forest along the Kapiti Coast to encourage birdlife to return to the coast from Kapiti island. Currently managing covenanted land between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay to restore kohekohe & other native bush. [ Wellington ]

Nga Whetu o Matariki Trust
Tena koutou katoa. We are a group of people committed to the arts, our youth, our community and natural environment and resources. We provide community education programmes on environmental care and protection, and also support community initiatives in sustainable resource development and management for whanau and whole communities. [ Auckland ]

noSUV.org
Campaign to discourage the use of large 4WD vehicles on city streets, and promote sensible transport choices [ Canterbury ]

NZ Good Wood Guide GWG
The Good Wood Guide is a guide to buying wood that is sourced in an environmentally friendly way. Currently in need of an update but still worth a look. [ Nationally ]

Otamatea Eco-village OEV
Fifteen families have drawn together over the past nine years to purchase and develop a small rural settlement (251 acres) with a village atmosphere. Our motivating philosophy is to be as self-sustaining as possible, using permaculture principles to create a place to live in harmony with each other and the environment.  [ Northland ]

Pacific Institute of Resource Management, Inc. PIRM
PIRM publishes 'The Pacific Ecologist'. The magazine provides news related to global ecology and human justice. These are issues critical to the future of people and the planet that are not covered by mainstream media. [ Wellington ]

Queen Elizabeth II National Trust
The National Trust was established by the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act 1977, "to encourage and promote the provision, protection and enhancement of open space for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of New Zealand".  [ Nationally ]

Remarkable Wastebusters
Founded in January 2000 to promote a culture of waste minimisation in the Wakatipu area (based in Queenstown). We were originally a sub-committee of the Eco Action Network Inc. based in Queenstown, but are currently applying for Incorporation as a seperate Society. [ Otago ]

Spokes
Spokes is an informal network of supporters of cycling in all its forms as a sustainable and postive transport choice. [ Canterbury ]

Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi (Inc)
An organisation designed to promote and enhance the open Sanctuary of Tiritiri Matangi Island through financial, material and physical assistance. With the island fully revegetated and the natural restoration of Fauna well underway, the focus is now primarily on public education and research. [ Auckland ]

SustAin
SustAin provides independent advice for people faced with environmental, town planning and resource management issues, but who are unable to afford professional expert assistance.  [ Auckland ]

Sustainability Council of New Zealand
The Sustainability Council's purpose and objectives are to assist the realisation of a sustainable New Zealand. By advocating Sustainable Development, the protection of New Zealand's unique biodiversity and the application of the precationary principle we seek to protect and enhance the environment and the health of New Zealanders by undertaking research and by providing information to facilitate discussion and community participation in decision making, especially regarding the issue of genetic modification. [  ]

Sustainable Cities Trust SCT
We are an independent agency of integity that advocates, catalyses and brokers sustainable development solutions. We have a portfolio of projects including work on applied research and development for sustainability, and the engagement of young people for new energy towards transforming communities. [ Canterbury ]

Taranaki Energy Watch TEW
Promotion of efficient and sustainable use of energy. Education on issues of sustainability, environmental protection, climate change, efficient use of energy and renewables. [ Taranaki ]

Waikato Environmental Business Network WEBN
The Waikato Environmental Business Network assists Waikato Business to improve their environmental performance by offering a range of services including, networking evenings, industry visits, Annual Environmental Awards, Topical Seminars and workshops, clippings and general information. [ Waikato ]

Waterfront Watch Incorporated
We campaign against excessive development on the Wellington waterfront. We want the waterfront to be a place of public open space - at least 75 per cent open space because we believe the waterfront is as unique and valuable as the town belt. We want all views and viewshafts to be preserved, and if there's any new development it should be low rise, no higher than 15m above sea level. All land should stay in public ownership. There should be continuing public consultation on all future waterfront plans. [ Wellington ]

Wellington Animal Action WAA
We camapign against factory farming, animal research and all other forms of institutionalised animal exploitation. We obtain undercover video footage of factory farm cruelty. We organsie protests and direct action against animal abuse. [ Wellington ]

Wellington Botanical Society WBS
Encourages the study of Botany, particularly the cultivation of native plants. Protects land and waters in their natuaral states. Monthly meetings and field trips. [ Wellington ]

West Aucklanders Against Aerial Spraying WASP
We are working to oppose aerial spraying by MAF to combat the Painted Apple Moth, of Btk in the form of Foray48B, over West Auckland, because of its adverse effects on human health and the environment. [ Auckland ]