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Modest fee increases announced for some facilities
Friday, 16 May 2008, 9:43 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation has announced some modest fee increases for some of its high profile walks for the coming season/year. In announcing the increases, Acting General Manager Operations - Southern, Graeme Ayres stressed that most of the hut ... More >>
Chatham Island snipe returned to Pitt Island
Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 10:25 am | Department of Conservation
One of New Zealand’s least-known rare birds is making a comeback. Twenty Chatham Island snipe were released into a privately-owned reserve on Pitt Island on 28th April. Only 33 people live on Pitt Island, the second largest of the Chatham Islands. ... More >>
Kaimanawa Horses Seeking Homes
Monday, 5 May 2008, 12:16 am | Department of Conservation
Kaimanawa wild horses are once again available to the public with the Department of Conservation’s annual muster scheduled for later this month. Applications are currently being sought by two wild horse preservation groups from people keen to ... More >>
Pukaha ferrets captured
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 11:24 am | Department of Conservation
One of two ferrets caught in the Pukaha Mount Bruce forest over the long weekend is thought to be responsible for the deaths of four kiwi there this month. More >>
Rogue predator kills four kiwi in Pukaha forest
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 5:18 pm | Department of Conservation
Four adult kiwi in the Pukaha Mount Bruce forest have become victims of a rogue predator, believed to be a ferret, in recent weeks. More >>
Chatham petrel chicks returned to Chatham Island
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 12:06 am | Department of Conservation
Chatham Islanders this week celebrated the first return of an endangered bird species to the main Chatham Island. Forty-three nationally endangered Chatham petrel chicks have been moved from their former home on Rangatira (South East Island), to artificial ... More >>
Visiting performance artist at Pukaha Mt Bruce
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 12:23 am | Department of Conservation
Visiting performance artist makes appearance at Pukaha Mt Bruce Click to enlarge Patricia wearing a Landscape Journal as Shawl (supplied by artist) More >>
Watch out for wasps!
Friday, 4 April 2008, 11:45 am | Department of Conservation
People visiting parks and reserves in the Wairarapa are warned to be wary of wasps with high numbers of nests reported there this season. More >>
Rats to find Frogs
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 10:08 am | Department of Conservation
“Enemies to be come allies” says Minister of Conservation Steve Chadwick announcing initial success at training rats to locate New Zealand’s tiny rare native frogs “Aside from being nocturnal, and extremely well-camouflaged, the frogs are also ... More >>
Kakapo chicks hatch on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island
Monday, 31 March 2008, 12:06 am | Department of Conservation
The eagerly-awaited arrival of some of New Zealand’s most precious babies has started, with the hatching of five kakapo chicks in the last two weeks. As of Saturday 29th March, the world’s population of kakapo has been boosted from 86 to 91 with ... More >>
Coastal Wgtn digital photography comp for kids
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 4:41 pm | Department of Conservation
Send in your favourite photo that celebrates Wellington’s coast, e.g., ocean views, beaches, marine life, waves, tidal pools… Open to all primary and intermediate school pupils (5–12 years old) in the greater Wellington region More >>
Community work brightens Holdsworth Lodge
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:22 am | Department of Conservation
Holdsworth Lodge at the main eastern entrance of the Tararua Forest Park has been given a new lease on life by community workers from the Department of Corrections. More >>
Work underway on the Atiwhakatu track
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 12:52 am | Department of Conservation
Work starts today on diverting a section of the popular Atiwhakatu valley walking track around a major reoccurring slip. More >>
DOC satisfied with Marc Ellis apology
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 5:41 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) says it is satisfied with the outcome of a situation involving Marc Ellis simulating an eruption on Rangitoto last year. Mr Ellis today issued a public apology, and has offered to pay the costs of the damages caused on ... More >>
Pirinoa Pupils excited by seals
Friday, 14 March 2008, 10:46 am | Department of Conservation
Pirinoa Primary School hosted Department of Conservation biodiversity ranger Jenny Whyte on Tuesday 4 March to discuss NZ fur seals, or kekeno, which breed on the South Wairarapa coast, near where many of the pupils live. More >>
DOC agrees strategic energy efficiency partnership
Friday, 14 March 2008, 10:23 am | Department of Conservation
Energy audits, energy conservation measures and renewable energy advice are at the heart of a strategic partnership that the Department of Conservation and Meridian Energy subsidiary, Right House Ltd, have announced for helping the Department achieve ... More >>
Tyred out: Seaweek starts with a clean-up!
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 1:27 pm | Department of Conservation
Old tyres topped the list of more than two tonnes of trash collected from South Wairarapa’s Onoke Spit during a beach clean-up on Sunday to mark the start of Seaweek More >>
Second wave of shore plover to Mana Island
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 4:50 pm | Department of Conservation
Twenty more nationally-endangered shore plover took up residence on Mana Island near Wellington today as part of a Department of Conservation plan to ensure their long-term survival. More >>
Volunteers refurbish Dorset Ridge Hut in Tararuas
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 11:41 am | Department of Conservation
A group of volunteers have worked hard over the past month to transform the Department of Conservation’s Dorset Ridge Hut in the Tararua Forest Park. More >>
Seaweek 2008 is on its way
Monday, 25 February 2008, 1:04 pm | Department of Conservation
The first week of March marks the 21st anniversary of Seaweek and this year’s theme is ‘One Ocean - It starts with me;’ focussing on ways everyone can be involved in protecting the marine environment. More >>
