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31 August 2026
RealNZ's "A Night for Nature" Raises Over $240,000 for Milestone Kiwi Pukupuku Translocation
RealNZ’s A Night for Nature raised $240,675 in support of the translocation of kiwi pukupuku / little spotted kiwi to Ao-ata-te-pō Cooper Island in Fiordland on Saturday night, the highest fundraising total from any of the company’s gala events in their decade-long history.
19 May 2026
RealNZ announces translocation of kiwi pukupuku / little spotted kiwi to Fiordland - a decade in the making
In a landmark moment for conservation in Aotearoa, RealNZ has announced a plan to translocate kiwi pukupuku/little spotted kiwi from Kapiti Island to Ao-ata-te-pō Cooper Island in Tamatea Dusky Sound.
16 April 2026
RealNZ Welcomes Environment Court Approval For Walter Peak Rural Tourism Zone
RealNZ welcomes the Environment Court’s determination to approve the creation of the new Walter Peak Rural Tourism Zone.
20 October 2025
Piopiotahi Like Never Before - RealNZ Launches Milford Sound Business Class with Altitude Tours, Featuring Menu by Tom Hishon
Tourism in Piopiotahi Milford Sound has entered a new era, with the launch of RealNZ and Altitude Tour’s new collaboration; Milford Sound Business Class.
1 October 2025
Lady of the Lake returns for final days of the school holidays, after longest and most extensive survey
The TSS Earnslaw resumes sailing today, after the longest and most extensive survey in her 113-year history.
22 September 2025
Over $250,000 raised to save the Pukunui from extinction by tourism business and conservation leader, RealNZ
One of New Zealand’s rarest manu has renewed hope in its fight against extinction after Saturday night’s annual RealNZ Conservation Ball, with $169,395 raised in one single event at Walter Peak’s iconic Colonel’s Homestead, and over $250,000 total since mid-July.
8 September 2025
RealNZ set to ruffle some feathers for the Pukunui / Southern NZ Dotterel in the 20th Bird of the Year Race
It’s a small bird, but its fight for survival is huge. And this year, RealNZ are helping to spotlight the pukunui/southern New Zealand dotterel’s fight in the 2025 Bird of the Year campaign.
14 July 2025
RealNZ Commits 1% of online bookings to protect critically endangered Pukunui / Southern NZ Dotterel
One of the most endangered bird species in Aotearoa is getting a helping wing from South Island tourism business and conservation champion, RealNZ.
9 June 2025
100 native plants to celebrate 100 years of Olive, Lady Hutchins
This weekend saw the centenary of one of New Zealand tourism’s pioneers, and the company she helped found honoured the milestone with what she is most passionate about – young people experiencing nature, and conservation.
5 March 2025
New population of critically endangered kākāriki established
A crucial new wild kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeet population is being established on Pukenui/Anchor Island after 34 of the critically endangered manu were released there.
12 February 2025
Full circle moment for RealNZ's Conservation Ball as takahē released into the Rees Valley
The Rees Valley has a couple of new inhabitants – some of Aotearoa’s greatest taonga. Yesterday, eighteen takahē were released into the Rees Valley, the pinnacle of a significant project supported by RealNZ’s annual Conservation Ball.
23 December 2021