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This scholarship, for Masters and PhD students, is sponsored by the George Mason Charitable Trust and named in commemoration of David Medway. Applications are now open and close on 30 March. Details are available here.

This Canterbury scholarship, for Masters and PhD students, was established in 2018 and is named in commemoration of Marj Davis. Applications are now open and close on 30 March. Details are available here.

Birds New Zealand provides grants from the Fledgling Fund to encourage Student Members to attend and actively participate in New Zealand Bird Conferences and Birds New Zealand annual meetings. Applications are now open and will close on 28 February. Criteria and application form are available here

The 29th International Ornithological Congress 2026 will be held from Nov 30th – December 5th 2026 in Mérida, Yucatán, México Join us for IOC 2026 in the beautiful rainforests of Merida México. This is the leading ornithology congress in the world, occurring once every four years. It is designed to be an intellectually stimulating congress for all bird […]

Order your copy now! The March 2026 issue of Notornis will be a book-sized special issue focused entirely on fairy tern | tara iti. The individual papers contained will be freely available to all on the Birds New Zealand publications archive. We are planning a limited print-run of the book, which will contain identical text, […]

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The December 2025 edition of Birds New Zealand magazine has been published with a cover photo featuring a Kākā feeding on flowering Kōwhai. This summer’s edition includes reports on new research funded by the 2024 Birds New Zealand Research Fund on Long-tailed Cuckoo tracking, Fluttering Shearwater and Spotless Crake monitoring, a repeat nationwide Black-billed Gull […]

The 2026 New Zealand Bird Conference and Birds New Zealand Annual General Meeting will be held in Wānaka from 30th May to 1st June during King’s Birthday weekend. The event will be hosted at the Lake Wānaka Centre. Conference Details Abstracts must be submitted by 28 February 2026.Deadline for early-bird registration is 31 March 2026. We […]

New members of Birds New Zealand now receive a free copy of New Zealand Seabirds – a natural history by Kerry-Jayne Wilson! Valued at $50 and published in 2021 it has 136 pages, including over 100 colour photos and maps. Please note the offer applies while stocks last and excludes overseas and family subscriptions. Join now and […]

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The latest Banding Newsletter is now available here Read more about the New Zealand Banding Scheme or download previous newsletters here

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The latest issue of Notornis (Volume 72, Part 3, September 2025) has been published and is available via the Current Quarterly Publications page, or click on the links below. FULL ISSUE:Notornis Volume 72 Part 2 PAPERS:Birds of Aitutaki, Cook Islands Breeding success of little penguins (kororā, Eudyptula minor) in Wellington, 2014-2023: a first record of double brooding on North Island, New […]

R.B. (Dick) Sibson is well known as a prolific author in Notornis, co-author of multiple editions of the Falla, Sibson & Turbott field guide, and as a long-time editor of Notornis. An enthusiastic amateur ornithologist, ‘Sib’ was a Classics teacher by profession, and taught at King’s College in Auckland from his arrival from England in […]

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