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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 >>
Sea Lion And Pup Hit By Vehicle In Coastal Otago
Friday, 14 February 2020, 11:07 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is appealing for information following the tragic death of a rāpoka/New Zealand sea lion mum and pup on a Coastal Otago road on Wednesday night. Eight-year-old Matariki and her one-month-old pup were struck ... More >>
Haast grazing licence granted, but with tight conditions
Monday, 10 February 2020, 1:21 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has approved an application to continue grazing an area of the Haast River, provided strict conditions are met. More >>
DOC call to use the loos in Abel Tasman National Park
Friday, 31 January 2020, 9:57 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation is encouraging visitors to the Abel Tasman National Park this summer to ‘poo in a loo’ in a campaign aimed to reduce toileting in the bush to protect the environment and avoid unsightly human waste and toilet paper ... More >>
Juvenile kea playing on a log at Ross Beach
Monday, 27 January 2020, 1:38 pm | Department of Conservation
A pair of kea, a native parrot most often associated with alpine environments, have been spotted at Ross Beach, south of Hokitika on the West Coast. More >>
Hydro power scheme approved on West Coast
Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 10:49 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC), has approved a small scale “run of river” hydro power scheme on public conservation land near Whataroa in South Westland. The power plant will generate 1.89 MW. More >>
Plastic bottle found in stomach of emaciated albatross
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 3:03 pm | Department of Conservation
A stomach full of plastic is a likely cause of death to a juvenile toroa/southern royal albatross, an autopsy has found. More >>
DOC monitoring rāpoka/NZ sea lions in the south
Monday, 23 December 2019, 11:23 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is monitoring the wellbeing of a small number of rāpoka/New Zealand sea lions after they appear to have reacted to glue used during an external research programme. Three rāpoka have been spotted with mildly inflamed, ... More >>
Help protect Tāne Mahuta and our great kauri this summer
Monday, 23 December 2019, 11:19 am | Department of Conservation
A new animation video from the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Te Roroa, kaitiaki over Waipoua Forest in the far North, is urging people to clean their shoes and stay on the open tracks when visiting kauri forests to help prevent the spread of kauri ... More >>
Give nesting birds a fighting chance this summer
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 1:54 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is reminding the public to be careful near shorebird nesting sites on the East Coast this summer. More >>
Hunt safely and responsibly this summer
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 12:02 pm | Department of Conservation
Hunters making the most of the holidays by heading into the bush and mountain ranges are being reminded to keep safe by the Department of Conservation (DOC). “Summer sees a lot of different people out and about on conservation land throughout the ... More >>
Dead dolphin calf found entangled
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 4:10 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) and Ngāti Manuhiri as mana whenua are urging all boaties to bring in broken lines and rubbish from their fishing trips after a dead baby dolphin was recovered from Tāwharanui beach in Auckland at the weekend. ... More >>
