New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust

NZ Bird Rescue Charitable Trust accepts and cares for all New Zealand birds – both native and non native. We work with over 4000 birds each year including orphaned chicks, and victims of cat attacks, road accidents, pollution (eg botulism), human cruelty or bad weather.

If you have a sick or injured bird, please bring the bird to our Green Bay Centre between 8am and 4:30pm (you don’t need to call first). Email and Facebook messages are not monitored constantly.

Note we are unable to collect birds and do not offer a permanent home for healthy birds or unwanted pets. Our aim is to rehabilitate and release wild birds as soon as they are ready.

Our Centre is located at
74 Avonleigh Road,
Green Bay, Waitakere, Auckland.
Ph. 09 816 9219).

We are open from 8am – 4.30pm seven days a week.

WE ARE CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY, BOXING DAY AND NEW YEARS DAY.

We need your help!
– Volunteer at the centre.
– Foster birds prior to their release.
– Collect supplies for us.
– Ground maintenance.
– Cleaning and other general duties.
Check out our ‘Get Involved‘ page…

We are very grateful to our supporters and volunteers as we all work together to care for New Zealand’s precious bird life.

The Board of the NZ Bird Rescue Charitable Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Lynn Miller in the new role of General Manager of the NZ Bird Rescue Centre.

Dr Miller is a New Zealander who has worked in Canada and the United States for many years and is looking forward to working in her native country. Dr Miller has a long history of both management and scientific involvement in wildlife rehabilitation, with a special interest in avian wildlife and sea birds in particular.
Most recently she was Director of Wildlife Education at the South Florida Wildlife Centre at Fort Lauderdale in Florida, USA.

During her career, Dr Miller has worked as an avian research biologist for Environment Canada and as a Biologist, Educator and Environmental Toxicologist for a number of wildlife organisations in Canada. Dr Miller’s expertise in the field of wildlife rehabilitation has led to her being invited to deliver lectures and papers internationally for many organisations and conference in this specialist field. She has also produced material for various publications and designed and presented courses for Veterinary and Environmental Technology programmes in Canada.

Dr Miller holds a doctorate in biology as well as qualifications in science and ecotoxicology. She is dedicated to passing on her academic knowledge and practical skills, and is looking forward to providing regular training for all paid and volunteer staff at our Bird Rescue Centre in Green Bay.

The Board is excited that it has been fortunate to secure the services of such a highly qualified and enthusiastic wildlife specialist and we look forward to utilising Dr Miller’s skills, knowledge and experience in moving our organisation forward as a centre of excellence in the field of avian rehabilitation.