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DOC Makes Marine Species And Habitat Maps Accessible For Everybody
Monday, 20 December 2021, 12:21 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation has made public more than 300 marine data layers and an interactive map tool to visualise, analyse, and download them. The data layers include distribution models for species such as sharks and rays, corals ... More >>
Two New Species Found In ‘land Of Lizards’
Friday, 10 December 2021, 10:59 am | Department of Conservation
Genetic tests have confirmed two new lizard species from discoveries made during Department of Conservation surveys in South Island alpine areas last summer. A skink and a gecko – found in the Mataura Range in Southland and Nelson Lakes National ... More >>
Hector’s Dolphins Found On South Island Beaches
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 9:47 am | Department of Conservation
Four Hector’s dolphins were found dead on South Island beaches in the last two weeks of November. Department of Conservation Aquatic Director Elizabeth Heeg says it is too early to say what caused the deaths of the four dolphins, but DOC is grateful ... More >>
New Reserve For Kapitia Skinks
Friday, 26 November 2021, 2:29 pm | Department of Conservation
One hundred special skinks now have a safe new home with the establishment of the Department of Conservation’s predator free Kapitia Scientific Reserve near Hokitika. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2111/7c6d5882431438d71da8.jpeg" ... More >>
Eight Kaikōura Fur Seals Shot Dead
Monday, 22 November 2021, 10:05 am | Department of Conservation
An investigation into the deaths of 19 fur seals on the Kaikoura coast has revealed eight were shot. The deaths of the other seals are being treated as suspicious. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2111/14ea7991ffe715acfaa4.jpeg" ... More >>
DOC Announces Next Step For Reclassification Of Stewardship Land
Friday, 19 November 2021, 9:03 am | Department of Conservation
An important step has been taken to support the reclassification of stewardship land the Department of Conservation (DOC) has announced. “DOC is seeking public feedback on proposed legislative changes to streamline the reclassification process,” ... More >>
Concession Fee Waiver End Confirmed
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 11:47 am | Department of Conservation
The concession fee waiver in place for tourism businesses operating on public conservation land will end on 31 December 2021, the Department of Conservation (DOC) has confirmed. Tourism concessionaires who use public conservation land have had nearly two years’ ... More >>
Black Robins Get Roommates For Breeding Season
Monday, 8 November 2021, 12:34 pm | Department of Conservation
Conservationists will spend their summer on a remote predator free island to try and find out why a population of critically endangered kākāruia/kārure/black robin is declining. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2111/4a5e8b64b82201f5c6ca.jpeg" ... More >>
Statistics Reveal Value Of New DOC Infringement System
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 12:02 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has issued more than 200 infringement notices and taken 11 prosecutions since it launched its new electronic Compliance and Law Enforcement (CLE) system in late 2020. DOC’s acting National Compliance Manager ... More >>
Community Celebrates Project Pathway
Monday, 11 October 2021, 11:36 am | Department of Conservation
The new shared walking and cycling pathway through the West Coast community of Punakaiki is proving a hit with locals already. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2110/edab6c357a8db807f826.jpeg" width="560" height="720"> As well as walkers and mountain ... More >>
Parts Of Queen Charlotte Track Reopen This Weekend
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 9:23 am | Department of Conservation
The two end sections of the Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds are reopening this weekend after the Department of Conservation (DOC) repaired storm damage. The track sections from Anakiwa to Te Mahia Saddle and Meretoto/Ship Cove ... More >>
Stranded Orca Calf Documents Released
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 10:17 am | Department of Conservation
Following strong public interest, the Department of Conservation (DOC) has today published a series of documents outlining its response to the orca calf stranding near Plimmerton, north of Wellington, in July this year. The young, unweaned orca ... More >>
Luckless godwit forced into mid-flight u-turn
Monday, 20 September 2021, 12:07 pm | Department of Conservation
An unlucky male godwit/kuaka migrating back to the Firth of Thames has been forced into a massive u-turn over the Pacific Ocean and finished up back at his Alaskan take-off point after 57 hours of constant flight. The adult male bird is known as ... More >>
DOC calls for sightings of our Subantarctic neighbours
Monday, 6 September 2021, 10:41 am | Department of Conservation
A potential increase in sightings of Subantarctic fur seals has DOC scientists asking members of the public to report any sightings of these long-distance travellers. Subantarctic fur seals are “cousins” of the kekeno/New Zealand fur seal. They ... More >>
Attempt to shepherd orca in Pāuatahanui Inlet out to sea
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 12:48 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation, Ngāti Toa iwi and Project Jonah are today using five boats to try to gently shepherd a pod of orca in Pāuatahanui Inlet out to sea. More >>
Embrace nature at any Alert Level this Conservation Week
Monday, 30 August 2021, 1:42 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is encouraging people to take a moment for nature at home or online this 52nd annual Conservation Week, 4-12 September. “This year’s Conservation Week focus has had to change to reflect the changing Alert ... More >>
Boaties told to stay home as L4 restrictions continue
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 10:15 am | Department of Conservation
Boaties cruising around Coromandel’s Mercury Islands are being told to stay home as New Zealand’s COVID-19 restrictions continue. The country has been in a Level 4 lockdown since 17 August, when cases of the highly infectious Delta variant emerged ... More >>
Threatened Whio Population Climbs As DOC And Genesis Renew Recovery Partnership
Friday, 13 August 2021, 2:14 pm | Department of Conservation
The number of breeding pairs of New Zealand’s threatened whio (Blue Duck) has almost tripled over the last 10 years, according to a survey released today by the Department of Conservation (DOC). <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2108/0a035b16d5e5f35d7cb0.jpeg" ... More >>
Heaphy Track Reopening But Queen Charlotte Track Temporarily Closed
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 3:11 pm | Department of Conservation
The Heaphy Track is reopening tomorrow (Friday 30 June) after work to clear fallen trees and repair other storm damage, but the Queen Charlotte Track remains temporarily closed. The two tracks are among a number of tracks and access roads to conservation ... More >>
Orca Calf Toa Farewelled With Dawn Ceremony
Saturday, 24 July 2021, 1:23 pm | Department of Conservation
Amid karakia and waiata, the baby orca known as Toa was farewelled by around 70 people at Plimmerton Boating Club at dawn this morning before being taken for burial by Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Toa died in his sea pen last evening. Department of Conservation ... More >>
