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Hi-Tech Trials Boost Research On Native Forest Carbon Stocks
Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 12:14 pm | Department of Conservation
Trials collecting data on forests using helicopter-mounted hi-tech 3D lasers are underway, which could have significant benefits for climate change mitigation and conservation. More >>
Keeping Safe This Whitebaiting Season
Friday, 16 August 2024, 11:12 am | Department of Conservation
DOC is urging whitebaiters to have fun down at the river, follow the rules, and keep themselves and freshwater habitats safe as the whitebaiting season kicks off. More >>
Takahē Thrive In New Wild Home On Ngāi Tahu Whenua In Ōtākou/Otago
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 8:26 pm | Department of Conservation
The thriving takahē population at Greenstone Station is a testament to the collaborative efforts of Ngāi Tahu, DOC, and our team at Fulton Hogan. Seeing these birds adapt and raise offspring in their new environment is incredibly rewarding. More >>
Threatened Dabchick Victim Of Dog Attack
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 5:47 pm | Department of Conservation
Department of Conservation Rotorua Operations Manager Zane Jensen says it’s upsetting for DOC staff and conservation group members to see a healthy adult dabchick needlessly killed by a pet. More >>
Actions For Nature Matter This Conservation Week
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 4:43 pm | Department of Conservation
Director-General Penny Nelson says nature is at the heart of everything we do and is vital for our economy. Nature provides quality air to breathe, water to drink and soil to grow food – the services nature provides are worth around $57 billion ... More >>
Te Araroa Trail Pass To Be Introduced This Summer
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 10:05 am | Department of Conservation
Te Araroa Trust and the Department of Conservation have teamed up to create the Te Araroa ‘Trail Pass’ for summer 2024/25. From the northern cape of Te Rerenga Wairua, to the southern bluff of Motupōhue, Te Araroa spans the length of Aotearoa ... More >>
Two Hawke’s Bay Sites Re-open To Public
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 3:08 pm | Department of Conservation
The two popular sites had been closed since Cyclone Gabrielle swept across the country in February last year. Senior Community Ranger Lindsay Tallman says the cyclone caused significant damage to the area. More >>
Rats Caught In The Act, Preying On ‘Protein Pearls’
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 1:06 pm | Department of Conservation
Trail cameras have caught rats in the act of eating shortjaw kōkopu eggs in Northland’s Waipoua Forest. This is bad news for the threatened fish, but Te Roroa and DOC immediately leapt into action to protect the precious eggs. More >>
World’s Rarest Whale Washes Ashore In Otago
Monday, 15 July 2024, 12:42 pm | Department of Conservation
DOC has been working in partnership with Te Rūnanga ō Ōtākou on next steps to make a plan for the whale’s remains. A specimen this fresh offers the first opportunity ever for a spade-toothed whale to be dissected. More >>
New AI Predator Detection Tools Available
Thursday, 11 July 2024, 12:37 pm | Department of Conservation
The Cacophony Project’s ‘DOC AI CAM’ and ASG Technologies Ltd’s ‘PredaCAM’ both use AI technology with portable ‘cameras’ to spot predators including rats, stoats and possums which sends information from remote sites to users to allow a ... More >>
DOC Frustrated By “Completely Avoidable” Dog Attacks On Penguins
Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:42 pm | Department of Conservation
Although Wellington City Council recently erected fencing and a sign warning of fines for unleashed dogs, an eyewitness saw a dog near penguin nesting boxes within the fenced area. More >>
Hunt For Rogue Rat Steps Up On Motutapu
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 2:39 pm | Department of Conservation
The joint Department of Conservation and Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki response began when a DOC ranger spotted a rat on the island in late April. More >>
Kākāriki Baby Boom Boosts Bird Count
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 2:02 pm | Department of Conservation
Yellow-crowned parakeet/kākāriki numbers in the Landsborough valley tripled last spring compared to the previous year, results of the annual DOC bird count show. More >>
Great Walk Bookings Rise But Spaces Left
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 11:14 am | Department of Conservation
Great Walks bookings have increased as the Heaphy and Lake Waikaremoana tracks return after closures in recent years. Bookings opened for the ten Great Walks from 28 May to 6 June and as of last week, total bed-nights booked were up by 13% on last year. ... More >>
DOC Prepares For Seal Silly Season
Monday, 17 June 2024, 1:00 pm | Department of Conservation
DOC is asking public to be on the lookout for juvenile pinnipeds (adventurous fur seals, sea lions and seals) that may start appearing in unusual locations, a period often referred to as ‘seal silly season’. More >>
Predator Control Comes Home To Roost For Pekapeka
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 2:12 pm | Department of Conservation
Department of Conservation rangers in Whirinaki Te Pua-ā-Tāne Conservation Park have discovered a possible record-breaking roost of threatened long-tailed bats/pekapeka. More >>
No Goats Detected In Tongariro National Park, But No Time For Complacency
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 1:50 pm | Department of Conservation
An extensive thermal aerial survey has not detected wild goats in Tongariro National Park, but the Department of Conservation is calling for the public to stay vigilant. More >>
Kākāpō Test Out New Island Home
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 4:12 pm | Department of Conservation
A cohort of kākāpō are settling into a new home on Coal Island/Te Puka-Hereka in Fiordland following a successful translocation on Friday. The Department of Conservation, Ngāi Tahu and Coal Island Trust moved four male kākāpō to the Fiordland site ... More >>
Baffling Problem, Baffling Solution
Friday, 24 May 2024, 11:12 am | Department of Conservation
Research on the West Coast will help taonga freshwater fish like īnanga get past barriers blocking their travel such as culverts and pipes. More >>
Orca ‘Body Slam’ Shocks DOC, Leads To Infringement Fine
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 6:13 pm | Department of Conservation
DOC Principal Investigation Officer Hayden Loper says the 50-year-old Auckland man showed reckless disregard for his own safety – and that of the adult male orca with a calf swimming near the vessel. More >>
