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Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2026. Read about NZPCN 2026 Conference updates, uncovering hidden diversity in Senecio matatini, the NZPCN 2026 Conference charity auctions, a new regional threat assessment published for Northland’s vascular plants, some hydrophytes and macrophytes, a new population of the highly invasive fireweed Senecio madagascariensis in southern Wairarapa, nominations open for the NZPCN 2026 Plant Conservation Awards, the NZPCN 2026 Favourite… More

Author: NZPCN; Pieter B. Pelser; Robb W. Eastman-Densem; Peter B. Heenan; Matt Ward; Marley Ford; Lisa Forester; Jo Smith; Joseph Knight;

Date: 28/07/2026

Publication type: Other

Description: This report provides the first comprehensive regional threat listing of indigenous vascular plants, giving landowners, hapū, iwi and resource managers a powerful tool to better protect rare and declining plant species. The conservation status of 878 vascular plant taxa in Taitokerau | Northland was assessed using a modified version of Rolfe et al. (2022), New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) set to account for threat on a regional rather than national basis.

Author: Ford, M., Cameron, E., Champion, P., de Lange, P., Townsend, A., & Forester, L.

Date: 30/06/2026

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2026. Read about NZPCN parliamentary submissions, NZPCN 2026 Conference updates and the conference organising committee members, propagation of Waitaki Simplicia felix (David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship 2025 final report), NZPCN Plant Conservation Awards nominations now open, the NZPCN 2026 Favourite Plant Vote and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Jesse Bythell; Cathy Rufaut; Dhana Pillai; Jo Smith; Joseph Knight;

Date: 26/06/2026

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2026. Read about NZPCN 2026 Conference updates, the conference charity auction, the Regional Threat Classification System manual; the NZPCN conservation awards; an obituary for Dr Kelvin Lloyd; a book review of Aotearoa in Bloom; NZPCN Council member Megan Ireland, species lists for lichens and lichenised fungi, mosses, liverworts and hornworts in the Otago Region and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Megan Ireland; Matt Ward; Philippa Crisp; Scott Jarvie; Sabine Melzer; Pascale Michel; Roger Uys; Jo Smith; William Lee; Willie Shaw; Sarah Beadel; Bill Campbell; Petra Campbell; Aimee Pritchard;

Date: 27/05/2026

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for April 2026. Read about NZPCN 2026 Conference updates, the NZPCN 2026 charity auctions, the value of long-term observations for documenting plant diversity, Conservation Week 2026 reflections, a review of the Mosses of the Waitakere Ranges by Rhys O. Gardner and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Megan Ireland; Matt Ward; Joseph Knight; Jesse Bythell; Marley Ford;

Date: 27/04/2026

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March 2026. Read about NZPCN 2026 Conference updates and additions, the NZPCN 2026 Conference charity auctions, part two of Yannick and Marley’s Stewart Island botanical journey, some interesting botanical features of the Mataraua Plateau in Northland, a new conservation status report for Aotearoa New Zealand mosses, an introduction to two of the newest NZPCN Council members, the NZPCN Strategy Document and upcoming events, including the… More

Author: NZPCN; Megan Ireland; Matt Ward; Yannick Dorsman; Marley Ford; Philip Smith;

Date: 24/03/2026

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February 2026. Read about the NZPCN 2026 Conference, botanising on Rakiura/Stewart Island, orchid sightings during a Heritage Expeditions voyage, an addendum to the Exocarpus bidwillii article published in February 2025 and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Megan Ireland; Yannick Dorsman; Marley Ford; Rachel Taylor; Duncan Cunningham;

Date: 24/02/2026

Publication type: Other

Description: Submitted to the Environmental Select Committee, our request for an opportunity to speak to our submission was denied.

Author: NZPCN committee

Date: 12/02/2026

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December 2026. Read about updates from the NZPCN President, segregations from the rash lichen Pyrenula moniliformis, the NZPCN 2026 Conference, Wiki Skills 2026 Conference workshop and Wikipedia edit-a-thon, rare moss wins New Zealand favourite plant vote, plants in archaeology and what are phytoliths, news from the Unitec herbarium, Recovery Group framework review with questionnaire, the passing of Dr Kelvin Lloyd and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Jesse Bythell; Andrew J. Marshall; Peter J. de Lange; Dan J. Blanchon; Andre Aptroot; Megan Ireland; Heidi Meudt; Siobhan Leachman; Taylor Davies-Colley; Adelie Filippi; Campbell J. James;

Date: 20/12/2025

Publication type: Other

Description: A submission made by NZPCN to the Environment Select Committee on the draft Herd of Special Interest Draft Herd Management Plans for both wapiti and sika deer.

Author: Jesse Bythell

Date: 08/12/2025