These lists contain the conservation status of species as assessed using the relevant manual for the cycle. Manuals guide the assessments and should be read together with the lists.
Find the latest conservation status list for a group, such as birds, plants or reptiles.
View lists from the 2012-2014 listing cycle.
This 2008 manual provides guidelines on how to use the New Zealand Threat Classification System, and outlines the processes by which candidate taxa and informal entities will be listed.
Lists from the 2008-2011 listing cycle were published in independent peer-reviewed scientific journals. These journals hold the copyright to this information therefore we cannot republish it here.
A 2007 report identifying species at risk of extinction and measuring the level and nature of that risk.
"Classifying species according to threat of extinction – a system for New Zealand" 2002 is the first manual of the NZ Threat Classification System. It replaced the Species Priority Setting System (Molloy & Davis 1992).
Learn about New Zealand's 2002 threatened species classification list.