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Remembering The Cave Creek Tragedy
Monday, 27 April 2020, 5:04 pm | Department of Conservation
Twenty-five years on from the tragic Cave Creek platform collapse, the Department of Conservation is remembering those killed in the accident and reflecting on the positive changes made in their memory. Thirteen students from Tai Poutini Polytechnic ... More >>
Community Contributes As Kiwi House Deals With Lockdown
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 10:23 am | Department of Conservation
Members of the public have donated thousands of dollars of food to the Otorohanga Kiwi House as the facility copes with life under the COVID-19 lockdown. Kiwi House General Manager Jo Russell says the popular visitor attraction closed two days before ... More >>
John And Helen Walk The Taranaki Talk
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 11:28 am | Department of Conservation
John and Helen Cooper’s commitment to Mt Taranaki gets trodden on, most days. The Hawera couple are close to notching up 40 years of volunteer work supporting the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) management of Egmont National ... More >>
Snail Care Continues Over Lockdown
Friday, 17 April 2020, 1:04 pm | Department of Conservation
1400 rare Powelliphanta augusta snails in Hokitika continue to be fed and cared for over the lockdown period by Department of Conservation rangers working in isolation. The snails live in refrigerated containers, on beds of moss, and are ... More >>
Taranaki pests beware, Tama’s been on the tools
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 4:00 pm | Department of Conservation
Mr Blackburn is a Department of Conservation (DOC) Ranger in Taranaki, and like all of DOC’s staff, he’s currently working from home during the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown. Although he’s normally out on the mountain, he’s turned his hands to ... More >>
Walkers And Hikers Flout Rules At Waikato Locations
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 10:32 am | Department of Conservation
Walkers and hikers continue to ignore directives to stay home amid New Zealand’s Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown, with people visiting some of the Waikato’s most scenic locations. David Speirs, the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) Incident Management ... More >>
DOC Supports Road Closures Into Egmont National Park
Friday, 3 April 2020, 11:48 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has welcomed the Civil Defence decision to close roads into Egmont National Park in a bid to combat COVID-19. A Civil Defence instruction has been issued to Taranaki’s district councils to close roads to the ... More >>
Alarm Over Number Of Juvenile White Sharks Caught On Fishing Lines
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 1:25 pm | Department of Conservation
Shark scientists are concerned about the number of juvenile ururoa/great white sharks that have been captured by recreational fishers recently, particularly in Northland. The Department of Conservation says 12 juvenile white shark captures have been recorded ... More >>
Sir Rob Fenwick Passes Away
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 4:15 pm | Department of Conservation
Sir Rob Fenwick with a karearea (New Zealand Falcon) Credit: Ruud Kleinpaste The family of conservation and sustainability leader, Sir Rob Fenwick, has announced that he has passed away earlier today surrounded by family. “While we are dealing ... More >>
Native Red-billed Gull Shot With Bow
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 2:03 pm | Department of Conservation
Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and the Department of Conservation says its abhorrent that a red-billed gull with an arrow or a crossbow bolt through its chest appears to have deliberately shot by someone intending to harm or kill it. The red-billed gull/tarāpunga ... More >>
Company Fined $12,000 For Operating Illegally At Iconic Tourist Spots
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 10:52 am | Department of Conservation
Tourism company Active Planet 2015 Ltd has been fined a total of $12,000 for illegally guiding on public conservation land, including two national parks. Active Planet specialised in tours for international students across the north and ... More >>
Hunters Converge On Pureora For Annual Competition
Monday, 9 March 2020, 3:02 pm | Department of Conservation
Hunters from across the upper North Island will converge on the Pureora Forest Park over the next few weeks for one of the North Island’s longest running and most anticipated red deer hunting competitions. The Pureora Forest Park Hunting ... More >>
Work Commences On Taranaki Crossing
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:08 am | Department of Conservation
Work on the first stage of the development Taranaki Crossing in Egmont National Park is underway. The work commenced with a milestone dawn blessing event led by iwi involving the contractor, Department of Conservation (DOC) staff and stakeholder ... More >>
Courts Take A Strong Stand On Illegal Bear Bile Import
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 12:48 pm | Department of Conservation
A woman has been fined $7,500 and ordered to pay court costs for illegally importing bear bile into New Zealand from China. Litao Xu was sentenced in the Auckland District Court on Tuesday 3 March, and is the first person to be convicted for illegally importing ... More >>
Winner of DOC’s World Wildlife Day youth art competition
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 2:11 pm | Department of Conservation
A young artist’s painting of endangered macaws has won a Department of Conservation youth art competition celebrating World Wildlife Day. Based on the theme “sustaining all life on earth,” the competition invited children ages 5-12 to show their favourite ... More >>
Summer Heat Worsens Algal Bloom And Botulism In Firth Of Thames, Piako River
Monday, 2 March 2020, 12:01 pm | Department of Conservation
Hot summer temperatures are contributing to a large-scale botulism outbreak, a suspected algal bloom and the death of fish trapped in canals in the lower Piako River and Firth of Thames. “We are seeing a lot of dead fish in the canals, and birds affected ... More >>
Paparoa Track Slip Repaired To Fully Open On March 1
Friday, 28 February 2020, 10:57 am | Department of Conservation
The Paparoa Track, New Zealand’s newest Great Walk, will fully open on 1 March, and this is being marked with the unveiling tomorrow of three hand carved waharoa, or entranceways at the three entry points to the track. The track has been partially ... More >>
Himalayan Tahr Control To Benefit Native Plants
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 1:05 pm | Department of Conservation
Some of New Zealand’s unique alpine plant communities have a chance to recover and regenerate, following the Department of Conservation (DOC) and hunters’ ongoing efforts to control Himalayan tahr in the South Island. DOC estimates at peak there ... More >>
$5.6 Million Fund For Community Conservation Projects Open
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 11:09 am | Department of Conservation
Funding to give nature a helping hand and support community conservation projects opens this week, with $5.6m available for community-led projects. “The Department of Conservation (DOC) Community Fund enables us to go further and faster in our conservation ... More >>
DOC Pursues Prosecution Against Dog Owner
Monday, 17 February 2020, 10:05 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has begun legal proceedings against a Coromandel dog owner after the discovery of a dead kiwi on private property adjacent to public conservation land. David Agnew, DOC’s Acting Operations Manager in Whitianga, says ... More >>
