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Kapiti bats breed, but pups stillborn
Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:07 am | Department of Conservation
Rare short-tailed bats transferred to Kapiti Island in a bid to save a threatened Tararua Forest Park colony have bred, but sadly the two pups produced were stillborn. More >>
Success for Fairy Tern at Kaipara Harbour
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 4:08 pm | Department of Conservation
One of New Zealand's rarest birds, the New Zealand fairy tern, has been boosted by a chick successfully fledging at Papakanui Spit on the Kaipara Harbour, for the first time in five years. More >>
Protected speargrass weevil population to swell
Friday, 22 December 2006, 11:31 am | Department of Conservation
A rescue mission for threatened speargrass weevils from Wellington’s south coast has paid off with a population now established on Mana Island. More >>
Oprah-endorsed diet aid creates headache for DoC
Monday, 18 December 2006, 11:01 am | Department of Conservation
A plant touted by Oprah as a dieting aid is creating a headache for the Department of Conservation (DoC). More >>
DOC warns of 1080 risk to dogs
Friday, 15 December 2006, 9:54 am | Department of Conservation
Dogs should be kept out of the Otaki Catchment in the western Tararua Forest Park for the next six months to avoid the risk of 1080 poisoning. More >>
Two Maui's dolphins found dead at Kariotahi Beach
Monday, 4 December 2006, 3:03 pm | Department of Conservation
Two female Maui's dolphins, an adult and a juvenile, were found dead on Kariotahi Beach south of Auckland yesterday evening. More >>
Kapiti bats return to captivity
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 3:23 pm | Department of Conservation
An attempt to establish rare short-tailed bats on Kapiti Island has had a set-back following an outbreak of a mysterious ear infection. The Department of Conservation started the ground-breaking translocation in early 2005, developing techniques to ... More >>
NZ working to protect endangered albatrosses
Friday, 17 November 2006, 4:28 pm | Department of Conservation
Members of an international treaty to protect southern hemisphere albatrosses and petrels have launched a three-year work plan to secure the seabirds’ future, at a meeting in Christchurch this week. More >>
Two Dead Baby Dolphins in One Week
Friday, 17 November 2006, 1:57 pm | Department of Conservation
Two baby dolphins have been found washed up dead in the space of a week, including one critically endangered Maui's dolphin. With only around a hundred North Island Hector's or Maui's dolphins left in the world, any deaths are of great concern, said ... More >>
DOC Rejects ‘Neighbour from Hell’ Claim
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 11:10 am | Department of Conservation
Department of Conservation Waikato Conservator, Greg Martin of Hamilton, says a claim by Coromandel farmer Arthur Attfield that DOC adopted a ‘neighbour from hell’ approach to recent aerial 1080 pest control operations on the Coromandel Peninsula ... More >>
Slip restricts access to the top of Colonial Knob
Monday, 6 November 2006, 12:33 am | Department of Conservation
One of the access tracks to the top of Colonial Knob in Porirua has become blocked by a slip following recent heavy rain. The Colonial Knob Walkway has been closed between the Porirua Scenic Reserve junction/Farm Track junction down to where the ... More >>
ERMA formally asked to reassess the use of 1080
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 4:16 pm | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation and the Animal Health Board have jointly lodged their application to the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) for its Reassessment of the risks, costs and benefits of the use of Compound 1080 poison in animal pest ... More >>
Wetas, alpine plants win school conservation award
Friday, 20 October 2006, 12:06 am | Department of Conservation
A study on wetas’ reactions to pheromones and a study of the factors that influence the survival of alpine plants were jointly awarded this year’s Department of Conservation’s Auckland Conservator’s Award at the NIWA Auckland City Science and Technology Fair ... More >>
Auckland Conservation Board appointments
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 11:11 am | Department of Conservation
Conservation Minister Chris Carter this week announced the appointments to the Auckland Conservation Board. More >>
25-Year Hunch Pays Off
Monday, 16 October 2006, 2:21 pm | Department of Conservation
Waikato-based Department of Conservation staff have discovered a healthy population of the nationally endangered plant nau, or Cook's scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum), on a remote western Waikato islet near Albatross Point, south of Kawhia harbour. More >>
Predator Cat Unwitting Wildlife Saviour
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 3:13 pm | Department of Conservation
Over the past year they’ve collected more than 30 skinks that Trilly brought in to their apartment unharmed, “to show us how to hunt”. Some have been taken to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and the couple obtained permission from the Department ... More >>
Robin breeding on Matiu/Somes Island
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:49 am | Department of Conservation
North Island robin have wasted no time starting a new population on Matiu/Somes Island. More >>
Minister to open Pacific whale, dolphin workshop
Monday, 25 September 2006, 11:03 am | Department of Conservation
Minister of Conservation, Hon. Chris Carter will present on Tuesday the opening address at a two-week workshop training Pacific Islands participants in the basic elements of whale research and cetacean strandings. More >>
School Detectives Investigate Safer Energy Savers
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 10:22 am | Department of Conservation
Students nationwide have become Energy Saver Detectives as part of a programme that links "learning with earning" by giving students the tools to investigate how to save electricity in the home. More >>
Kapiti Island north end open to public
Friday, 15 September 2006, 12:41 am | Department of Conservation
The public can now visit the north end of Kapiti Island under a permitting system designed to safeguard conservation values while enhancing the visitor experience on this internationally-renowned conservation icon. More >>
