Organisations

• Greenpeace New Zealand (www.greenpeace.org.nz)

  A non-profit organisation campaigning on genetic engineering, toxics, oceans, nuclear and forests to ensure a just, peaceful and sustainable environment for future generations.

• New Zealand Conservancy Trust   (www.livinglightly.org.nz)

  A non profit organisation set up to promote environmental education and to work towards sustainable ways of living.

• New Zealand Conservation Management Group   (www.cmag.org.nz)

  The representative organisation which acts, on behalf of its members, as the primary liaison and co-ordinating body for the native captive industry.

• New Zealand Conservation Trust   (www.nzconservationtrust.org.nz)

  A charitable organisation established to raise funds for wildlife and maintain the animals within its care, as well as promotinge conservation and educational projects around New Zealand.

• New Zealand Geothermal Association   (www.nzgeothermal.org.nz)

  A scientific, educational and cultural organisation established as a non-political, non-governmental, non-profit organisation. The NZGA is an affiliated member of the International Geothermal Association.

• New Zealand Green Building Council   (www.nzgbc.org.nz)

  Part of a global network, this not-for-profit organisation works to transform the property industry and bring it towards sustainability.

• New Zealand Institute of Enviromental Health   (www.nzieh.org.nz)

  The professional body that represents those engaged in the public health and environmental protection fields.

• New Zealand Packaging Accord   (www.packagingaccord.org.nz)

  A voluntary initiative aiming to cut down on wasteful packaging. Those signing the Accord are voluntarily committing to doing what they can to reduce the proportion of packaging in our total waste stream.

• New Zealand's Environmental Law Online   (www.rma.co.nz)

  Legal decisions under the Resource Management Act 1991 affecting New Zealand's environment. Search full text online, read and download.

• New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers   (www.conservationvolunteers.org.nz)

  Volunteers maintaining and improveing New Zealand's ecology, including natural bush areas, parks, reserves, wildlife, waterways, walkways, urban and rural landscape.

• New Zealand Water and Waste Association   (www.nzwwa.org.nz)

  New Zealand organisation for environmental management professionals.

• NIWA   (www.niwa.cri.nz)

  The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, a research organisation and provider of environmental research and consultancy services.

• Niwa's Commerical WWW Service   (www.niwa.co.nz/services/sat/)

  This service provides access to current sea temperature charts, sea temperature monthly means, climate analyses, cloud imagery, bathymetric charts, NIWA publications.

• Ntive Forests Action Council   (www.converge.org.nz/nfa/links.html)

  Global, autonomous collective of forest activists, indigenous peoples, conservation biologists, and non-governmental organisations.

• NZ Native Freshwater Fish   (www.nzfreshwater.org)

  New boasts a unique native freshwater fish fauna; with most of our often ancient species being found nowhere else in the world.

• NZ Planning Institute   (www.nzplanning.co.nz)

  An organisation for the conservation, protection and enhancement of the natural and human environment.

• Ocean Policy Programme   (www.oceans.govt.nz)

  Deals with health of our ocean, our land and our people.

• Oceanswatch   (www.oceanswatch.org)

  The health of the ocean is vitally important for the future health of the planet. Oceanswatch was set up to support those who aim to research and conserve the marine environment, and to provide humanitarian assistance to island communities.

• Organic Garden City Trust   (www.organics.org.nz)

  The Trust's aim is to develop and expand upon ways of educating the public in the many benefits of organic growing.

• Organic Pathways   (www.organicpathways.co.nz)

  Online guide to organics in New Zealand.

• Otamatea Eco Village   (www.otamatea.org.nz)

  A community in Northland, using organic principles to meet their members' needs and care for the native eco system.

• Ozone Protection Company   (www.opc.co.nz)

  Established to promote and facilitate the collection, storage and disposal of all ozone depleting substances during the phasing out period.

• Packaging Council of New Zealand   (www.packaging.org.nz)

  Information about the environmental effects of packaged goods, waste packaging, and waste materials collection, recycling, reuse and residual management.

• Project Crimson   (www.projectcrimson.org.nz)

  A charitable conservation Trust that aims to protect New Zealand's native Christmas trees - pohutukawa and rata.

• Project Jonah Whale Rescue   (www.whalerescue.co.nz)

  Project Jonah is a non profit organisation, run by volunteers, which is vitally involved in whale rescue. Their activities cover education, research and conservation of marine mammals.

• Project Kaitiakitanga   (www.kaitiakitanga.co.nz)

  Guarding the Whirinaki Rainforest and the culture of its Maori people: