This is a list of BioBlitzes that have been held in New Zealand. The date is the first day of the BioBlitz if held over several days. This list only includes those that were major public events. BioBlitz was established in New Zealand by Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research initially based on seed funding from The Royal Society of NZ's "Science & Technology Promotion Fund 2003/2004". BioBlitz events have always been a collaborative activity of professional and amateur taxonomic experts from multiple organisations and the public. Auckland BioBlitz events were coordinated by Manaaki Whenua, later from 2015 moving to events coordinated by Auckland Museum. The first events were 24 hours continuously, e.g. from 3 pm Friday overnight to 3 pm Saturday. Subsequently, this changed to 24 hours spread across mostly daylight hours over 2 consecutive days.

+DateLocationSpecies RecordedEcosystemReference30 Apr 2004Auckland, Dingle Dell and Meadowbank School, St Heliers (with base camp at Vellenoweth Green, St Heliers)1556Urban Park and Primary School12 Mar 2005Auckland, Auckland Domain1779Urban Park8 Apr 2005Christchurch, Christchurch Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park1197Urban Park24 Mar 2006Auckland, Opanuku Stream, Henderson (with base camp at Corban Estate Arts Centre)1262Urban Park4 Apr 2008Auckland, Smith's Bush, Northcote946Urban Park17 Apr 2010Auckland, Auckland Domain1775Urban Park2 Mar 2012Westland, Denniston Plateau, vic WestportConservation Reserve30 Mar 2012Auckland, Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens and Totara ParkUrban Park28 Feb 2013Auckland, Pūkorokoro / MirandaCoastal6 Mar 2015Bay of Plenty, Uretara Catchment, KatikatiCatchment27 Mar 2015Auckland, Pourewa Reserve / Kepa Bush1003Urban Park29 Jul 2015Auckland, Kurt Brehmer Walkway, Te Whau RiverUrban Park24 Mar 2017Auckland, Opunaku Stream, HendersonUrban Park7 Apr 2017Canterbury, Lincoln, Liffey StreamUrban Park27 Oct 2017Auckland, WhatipuCoastal16 Feb 2018Waikato, Lake Rotopiko, vic. Te Awamutu, WaikatoWetland<ref><ref>25 Mar 2018Northland, KapowairuaCoastal

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