Green geckoPHOTO: Sabine Bernert ©
New Zealand is known as the seabird capital of the world and is also home to a number of forest birds that live nowhere else on Earth.
The herpetofauna animal group includes reptiles and frogs. New Zealand has tuatara, geckos, skinks, and four species of native frog.
Bats are New Zealand's only native land mammals.
New Zealand marine mammals include many species of dolphins, seals and whales.
Invertebrates have no backbone or spinal column. New Zealand invertebrates include crayfish, snails, octupus, weta and coral.
New Zealand has nearly 40 native freshwater fish species.
Find out about sharks/mangō, spotted black grouper, sea snakes, kraits and turtles.
The NZTCS provides a method to list any wild species according to its threat of extinction.
Find out who to contact if you see sick, injured or dead wildlife.
We protect plant and animal species through our projects and programmes.
Volunteer activities that involve wildlife surveying, monitoring or management.