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Seal season is here – leave them to rest
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 2:37 pm | Department of Conservation
Although seals are marine mammals, they spend a lot of their time on land – particularly between June and September. More >>
DOC call to report sightings of entangled whale
Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:53 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation is asking people to keep a lookout for a humpback whale entangled in line seen off the bottom of the South Island on Saturday (22 June). More >>
Great Walks opening day booking results
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 11:18 am | Department of Conservation
A week since Great Walk 2019/20 bookings opened (on 11 June 2019) 9000 bookings have been made says the Department of Conservation (DOC). “While these figures will change over the coming year, bookings are up 10% on this time last year and bookings ... More >>
DOC steps up tourism industry compliance and enforcement
Monday, 17 June 2019, 1:12 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is sending a strong message to tourism operators that they must comply with the law when operating on public conservation land. More >>
Great Walks bookings open this week
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 1:56 pm | Department of Conservation
Great Walks 2019/20 bookings open over several days this week, starting with Heaphy and Milford tracks today. This includes bookings for the new Paparoa Track. More >>
DOC welcomes prison sentence for 1080 blackmailer
Friday, 7 June 2019, 4:04 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) welcomes the prison sentence handed down today to the man convicted of blackmail for sending threatening letters to DOC staff in Taranaki. More >>
Operation Blizzard reveals information about illegal trade
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 1:07 pm | Department of Conservation
Python skin handbags, crocodile watchstraps, and traditional medicines containing turtles have been seized in New Zealand as part of an international operation against the illegal trade in reptiles. More >>
Budget 2019 – DOC funding increase
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 2:26 pm | Department of Conservation
Budget 2019 provides an additional $10.699 million over the next four years to improve the Department of Conservation’s security, and health and safety systems. More >>
Matariki whale signposts resurgence of southern right whale
Sunday, 26 May 2019, 12:37 pm | Department of Conservation
The sight of a tohorā/southern right whale such as Matariki in Wellington harbour wasn’t just a fluke or a one-off – a report released today by the Department of Conservation (DOC) confirms their population status is continuing to improve. More >>
Four Sisters Walk in Waipoua Forest to temporarily close
Monday, 20 May 2019, 10:06 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) and Te Roroa (kaitiaki over Waipoua Forest) have announced that the Four Sisters Walk has temporarily closed. This is due to the discovery of the kauri dieback pathogen, Phytophthora agathidicida (PA), in the ... More >>
Public calls for changes to ensure sustainable whitebait
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 1:27 pm | Department of Conservation
Changes are needed to make New Zealand’s whitebait fishery sustainable, according to 90% of respondents to a Department of Conservation (DOC) survey. More >>
Public Service honoured
Friday, 10 May 2019, 4:36 pm | Department of Conservation
Department of Conservation Director General Lou Sanson has welcomed the honouring of DOC Senior Ranger Paul Hondelink and Pilot Nick Wallis with a public service award. More >>
Mohua goes from rare to common in 21 years
Wednesday, 8 May 2019, 10:19 am | Department of Conservation
The once rare mohua/yellowhead has for the first time become the most common native bird counted since predator control began in the Landsborough valley in South Westland. More >>
Native tree deaths in Nelson Marlborough
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 10:04 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation says that the high number of dead native trees being seen across the top of the South Island is likely caused by drought stress. More >>
Arthur’s Pass National Park Visitor Centre moves
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 4:37 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has moved its visitor centre services ahead of a planned upgrade to the Arthur’s Pass National Park Visitor Centre later this year. More >>
Aerial 1080 improves kiwi chick survival
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 10:44 am | Department of Conservation
Kiwi chicks in a North Island forest are more likely to survive following aerial 1080 to control pests a newly published long-term study shows. More >>
Keep safe outdoors this Easter and Anzac Day
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 2:08 pm | Department of Conservation
Newly released time-lapse footage from one of New Zealand’s most popular Great Walks shows how fine weather can quickly morph into thick cloud, rain, hail or snow and why recreationists need to be prepared. More >>
Hakarimata Summit Track to be upgraded
Monday, 15 April 2019, 3:45 pm | Department of Conservation
DOC is upgrading the Hakarimata Summit Track in the Waikato region to prevent the spread of kauri dieback. More >>
Follow the rules and keep safe while hunting
Friday, 5 April 2019, 10:05 am | Department of Conservation
The deer ‘roar’ is underway and the Department of Conservation (DOC) is urging thousands of hunters descending on public conservation land to keep safe. More >>
Whale freed of rope entangling it
Thursday, 4 April 2019, 11:50 am | Department of Conservation
A humpback whale is now free of the fishing gear that entangled it after the rope was cut from it late yesterday by the Kaikōura large whale disentanglement team. More >>
