north island birding sites
(by region)
- Northland
- Bay of Islands
- Parengarenga Harbour
- Waipoua Forest Park — Trounson Kauri Park
- Auckland
- Great Barrier Island
- Kawau Island
- Muriwai Gannet Colony
- Tiritiri Matangi
- Waiheke Island
- Coromandel
- Waikato
- Miranda Shorebird Centre
- Bay of Plenty
- Ohiwa Harbour
- Rotorua Lakes & Mokoia Island
- Te Urewera National Park
- East Cape
- Central North Island
- Pureora Forest Park
- King Country
- Taranaki
- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Manawatu Estuary
- Hawke's Bay
- Ahuriri Estuary
- Boundary Stream
- Cape Kidnappers Gannet Reserve
- Wairarapa
- Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre
- Wellington Region
- Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kapiti Island
south island birding sites
(by region)
- Nelson Region
- Farewell Spit
- Heaphy Track — Kahurangi National Park
- Marlborough Region
- Kaikoura
- Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project — Nelson Lakes
- Queen Charlotte Walk
- Westland
- Arthur’s Pass National Park
- Makarora — Mount Aspiring National Park
- Okarito Lagoon
- Paparoa National Park
- Canterbury Region
- Akaroa
- Kakï Visitor Hide
- Otago Peninsular
- Taiaroa Head
- Southland Region
- Hollyford Track — Fiordland
- Milford Track — Fiordland
- Routeburn Track — Fiordland
- The Catlins
- Stewart Island
- Ulva Island
- Off Shore Islands
- Chatham Islands
- Subantarctic Islands
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