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Take Action For Nature For Conservation Week 2023
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 10:38 am | Department of Conservation
People are encouraged to start thinking about how they can “take action for nature” this Conservation Week, which will be running from 14 to 20 August. The annual celebration acknowledges the incredible conservation work going on across Aotearoa and calls ... More >>
Visitor Sites Reopen After Cyclone Recovery Work
Monday, 3 July 2023, 11:42 am | Department of Conservation
Many visitor sites across the North Island have now reopened after months of inspections and repair work in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle and other storms, says the Department of Conservation. Extreme weather events earlier this year caused widespread damage ... More >>
Preventing Whale Entanglement
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 10:41 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation is asking people to do their bit to prevent humpback whales becoming entangled in fishing gear as they migrate north along the New Zealand coastline. Marine technical adviser Mike Ogle says humpbacks are most likely to become ... More >>
Illegal Tree Felling Plagues Conservation Forests
Monday, 26 June 2023, 12:58 pm | Department of Conservation
Visitors to the central North Island’s protected conservation forests are urged to report suspicious activity after a spate of illegal tree felling incidents. Department of Conservation Principal Compliance Officer Matt Davis says dozens of trees and ... More >>
DOC Acknowledges 10 Years Of Green-thumbed Volunteers At Mansion House
Friday, 23 June 2023, 12:37 pm | Department of Conservation
This June marks 10 years since a small group of dedicated Aucklanders started tending the heritage gardens surrounding Mansion House on Kawau Island. The Department of Conservation recognised the gardening volunteers’ contribution to conserving the ... More >>
Rescued Matuku-hūrepo Released Back To Productive Wetlands
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 11:44 am | Department of Conservation
A rare matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern was released into its wetland habitat at Lake Rotokawau, on the Poutō Peninsula of the Kaipara Harbour last Friday, following a successful rehabilitation at Auckland Zoo. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2306/79d7752d1fe96b913384.jpeg" ... More >>
New Booking Dates Open In July For DOC Great Walks
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:08 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation has announced new opening dates for booking Great Walks and other facilities for the 2023/24 season (excluding Milford which booked out on 20 April). When DOC went to release opening dates in May for the rest of the ... More >>
Trout Fishery Licence Fees Confirmed For New Season
Monday, 12 June 2023, 1:46 pm | Department of Conservation
Taupō Fishing District licence fees for the 2023-24 season have been confirmed by the Department of Conservation. The new season’s fees do mark the first increase in six years, and will affect fishing licences sold for the new 2023/24 season, which ... More >>
It’s The Season For Seals
Monday, 12 June 2023, 12:06 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation is issuing its seasonal reminder to keep an eye out for fur seals around New Zealand’s coastlines and on coastal roads. Between May and September young kekeno/seals and male seals of any age can be spotted as they ... More >>
DOC’s Great Walks Booking System Update
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 10:34 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation has decided to take more time to make sure its booking system for Great Walks is performing well before opening bookings for next season. DOC says results from independent testing are expected in the second week of June ... More >>
Conservation Dogs Embark On Annual Island Check Up
Friday, 26 May 2023, 12:15 pm | Department of Conservation
Two certified rodent detection dogs are traversing the Mokohinau Islands and Rakitū this week to ensure not a single rodent is present. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2305/2219d80dc96601f72afc.jpeg" width="720" height="556"> Checking Conservation dogs for ... More >>
DOC Summer Visitor Insights 2022/23
Friday, 26 May 2023, 9:44 am | Department of Conservation
The results from the Department of Conservation’s summer 2022/23 visitor insights have revealed a few twists. DOC’s Heritage and Visitors Director Cat Wilson, says international visitors returned to nearly 65% of pre-Covid summer arrivals. “It ... More >>
Kauaeranga Valley Sites Closed For Work
Monday, 1 May 2023, 1:44 pm | Department of Conservation
Several of the Department of Conservation’s visitor sites in Coromandel’s Kauaeranga Valley will be closed this month for maintenance and repairs. The Kauaeranga Valley is a popular visitor location in DOC’s Hauraki District, offering a selection of ... More >>
Bat Conservation The Focus Of Hamilton Conference
Monday, 1 May 2023, 10:44 am | Department of Conservation
Conservation professionals from across New Zealand will converge on Waikato this week for a conference focussed on protection of native bats/pekapeka. Bat Hui 23, to be held at Narrow’s Landing event venue just south of the city over the next ... More >>
Great Walk Bookings To Reopen Mid-June
Friday, 28 April 2023, 12:07 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation is working with its IT vendor to resolve a booking system fault and will reopen the 2023/24 Great Walks bookings in mid-June. DOC Director of Heritage and Visitors Cat Wilson says DOC apologises to all those who tried or ... More >>
New Report Confirms Mixed Bag For Bats
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:24 am | Department of Conservation
New Zealand’s two rare native bat/pekapeka species are only doing well in places under intensive predator control, confirms the latest threat classification report published by the Department of Conservation today. Five years on from the last assessment, ... More >>
Persistence Pays Off With Te Kākahu-O-Tamatea Stoat Caught
Monday, 24 April 2023, 2:02 pm | Department of Conservation
The stoat at the centre of a major biosecurity response on predator free Chalky Island/Te Kākahu-O-Tamatea has been caught, the Department of Conservation announced today. The stoat, first identified in August 2022, was found dead in a trap late ... More >>
Taranaki’s Around The Mountain Circuit Closed Until Further Notice
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 3:22 pm | Department of Conservation
Taranaki Maunga’s Around the Mountain Circuit has been closed until further notice due to severe storm damage and constant erosion with sections of track which have been wiped out in recent weeks. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2304/6a0db4c72d14bc0dac19.jpeg" ... More >>
Toxoplasmosis Confirmed As Cause Of Dolphin’s Death
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 3:26 pm | Department of Conservation
An adult male Māui or Hector’s dolphin found dead on an isolated south Auckland beach has been determined to have died from toxoplasmosis. The dolphin was discovered at Walton’s Gap, on the Āwhitu Peninsula in March, by a member of the public who ... More >>
DNA Detects Threatened Flatheads
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 10:40 am | Department of Conservation
Sophisticated DNA technology has detected a previously unknown population of critically threatened Clutha flathead galaxias in Central Otago’s Ōrau/Cardrona River. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2304/0b62f5841c4eed5e1cab.jpeg" ... More >>
