Story: Threatened species

More links and websites

• Endangered species vs threatened species

  Information on threatened species from the Department of Conservation.

• Growing New Zealand threatened plants

  From Landcare Research, this page gives general advice for gardeners wanting to grow native plants that are under threat.

• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

  The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network works to halt any further extinction of native plants. This page lists threatened vascular plants.

More suggestions and sources

• Hunt, Janet. A bird in the hand. Auckland: Random House, 2003.
• Hutching, Gerard. Back from the brink: the fight to save our endangered birds. Auckland: Penguin, 2004.
• Park, Geoff. Ngāuruora – the groves of life: ecology and history in a New Zealand landscape. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1995.
• Wilson, Kerry-Jayne. Flight of the huia: ecology and conservation of New Zealand's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2004.
• Young, David. Our islands, ourselves. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2004.