Forest & Bird (Māori: Te Reo o te Taiao), also known by its formal name as the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, is an environmental organisation specialising in the protection and conservation of New Zealand's indigenous flora and fauna and unique wild places and natural ecosystems.

Branches are actively engaged in conservation projects and advocacy on a community, regional and national basis.

Forest & Bird has offices and staff located in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson and Dunedin.

[2] Forest & Bird are also actively engaged in advocating and lobbying for resource management law and practices to more consistently protect ecosystems.

In 1921, after his return from the First World War, the then Captain Val Sanderson was angered that the Kapiti Island wildlife reserve was unfenced and extensively damaged by cattle, sheep and goats.

[16] Key also labelled news coverage quoting Forest & Bird's revelations of the Government's intentions for mining conservation land as "hysterical".

[17] A week later, as predicted by Forest & Bird,[18] the Government released the "Schedule 4 stocktake" proposal to open up 7058 hectares of protected conservation land for mining.