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Here's 21 ways in which you can help NZ butterflies, moths and habitat.

Subscribe to our beautiful quarterly magazine BUTTERFLIES with articles about NZ butterflies, moths and habitat. Read about the efforts people around the country are making to protect them and enhance habitats, and what YOU can do to help. Your subscription is essential to help us undertake further work in this area. It’s a win:win arrangement. We hope you will help.

As a voluntary organisation we depend on our financial members to support the ongoing work of the trust. The subscription is only $50 per year if you are happy to download your magazines as a PDF file, or $60 per year to receive printed copies in the mail.

Benefits of joining include:

You will receive four magazines each year (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter), packed with tips on how to help the monarch butterfly and other Lepidoptera in NZ.
You will get a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that you are supporting this wonderful organisation!
There are at least 21 different ways in which your subscriptions help to fulfil our vision, to ensure that New Zealand's ecosystems support thriving moth and butterfly populations.

Join or renew by making payment to our bank account Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust 38-9009-0654693-00. And email the treasurer to confirm your address, details, renewal/join etc.

Or if you wish to pay by credit card, click the button below.

21 Reasons to Join

Helps the MBNZT produce our quarterly magazine, BUTTERFLIES, providing informative articles of interest to butterfly-lovers both here in NZ and around the world.

Helps us run our certificated butterfly habitats programme, to publicise great examples of butterfly habitat in local communities.

Helps us run the 'Approved by Butterflies' project whereby butterfly-lovers and garden centres alike will better understand the importance of pesticide-free swan plants for a thriving monarch butterfly population.

Helps fund our Forest Ringlet Project created to save a beautiful endemic butterfly species currently in serious decline. Little was known about this iconic species, but we are helping remedy that.

Helped us initiate the Butterfly Discovery Project, where (when sufficient funds have been raised) we can ensure research is completed on the taxonomy of NZ's endemic butterfly species.

Helps us to create and maintain resources such as the extensive glossary which helps with accuracy in descriptions, identification, and knowledge.

Helps us produce a range of butterfly-related merchandise and products for home gardeners, teachers and collectors.

Helps us build and maintain a thriving network of butterfly-lovers so that information can be shared through a central hub, and so that all butterfly-lovers are better informed and educated on how they can help our NZ species.

Helps the MBNZT regularly engage and establish relationships with New Zealand media to help educate all New Zealanders about protecting our NZ butterfly and moth species.

Helps the MBNZT team regularly monitor government departments and legislators, and where relevant, lodge submissions for the benefit of our butterflies and moths.

Helps us create and update the online course to help YOU, butterfly-lovers, understand the needs of NZ butterflies and moths and how you can make your garden more attractive for them.

Helps us educate home gardeners how to protect and encourage butterflies and moths into, and control pests in their gardens.

Helps the MBNZT to source and share information on hard-to-find plants and seeds which are important in providing a diverse range of plants and flowers for our butterfly and moth species.

Helps subsidise MBNZT visits to schools to educate children and teachers about the various NZ butterflies and moth species, including teaching them about habitats and lifecycles and how they can be protected so children embrace their importance in nature.

Helps our MBNZT research team undertake science projects, such as MLMP (Monarch Larva Monitoring Project) to ensure a positive long-term outlook for our butterflies and moths.

Helps us provide seasonal, informative advice throughout the year on what to plant for food sources, and how to best look after NZ’s butterflies and moths, both through our magazine as well as social media.

Helps us create interactive and engaging stands for various exhibitions and gardening shows/festivals to educate visitors on New Zealand butterflies and moths.

Helps us engage with sponsors and supporters to run competitions and giveaways to benefit keen butterfly lovers.

Helps us provide educational resources and activities on our website for children to undertake at home and learn more about butterflies and moths in a fun and engaging way.

Helps us produce our popular annual calendar which is filled with photos of gorgeous butterflies and moths and helps us raise funds for research projects.

Helps us fund visits to gardening clubs and community groups to educate and share our message of caring for butterflies and moths with people who aren’t aware of their existence or importance.

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Our Heroes

Thanks to our heroes we are making steady progress towards our vision, that Aotearoa New Zealand's ecosystems support thriving moth and butterfly populations.