Te whakatipu i tāu ake pūnaha kaiao

Plant for your local ecosystem

Plant for pollination

We depend on plant pollination to produce the different foods we eat. Find out how to make your garden more appealing to visiting pollinators.

Support native wildlife by restoring your backyard into a suitable environment for them.

If you want to restore your garden or backyard, use native plants sourced from local seeds. This is called ecosourcing.

Introduce biodiversity to your garden by planting to support native birds, insects and lizards.

Natural environments and ecosystems support different plants and animals.

Find out how to support and restore coastal ecosystems.

Find out how to care for and support stream ecosystems.

Find out how to support forest ecosystems.

Find out what wetlands are, why they are important, how you can protect them and where you can go to visit a wetland.