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Department of Conservation - Latest News [Page 89]

Three NZ Artists Awarded Wild Creations Residencies

Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 2:48 pm | Department of Conservation

Three New Zealand artists - Darren Glass, Naomi Lamb and Monique Jansen – have been selected by the Department of Conservation and Creative New Zealand to take up Wild Creations artist residencies in 2005. Wild Creations is a partnership between the ... More >>

Injured Kakapo Returns Home

Monday, 12 December 2005, 10:59 am | Department of Conservation

The injured kakapo chick that has been convalescing at Massey University since being attacked by another kakapo earlier this year has been given the all-clear to return home. More >>

History brought to life with a bang

Friday, 25 November 2005, 1:07 pm | Department of Conservation

North Head’s rare disappearing gun will be fired to mark St Barbara’s Day on Sunday 4 December in what is only its third firing since the early 1900s. More >>

Reply to Muriel Newmans article

Thursday, 24 November 2005, 10:56 am | Department of Conservation

Fortunately for kiwi, Muriel Newman's report on the situation of our national bird in her letter of 19 November (Saving the kiwi) is third hand anecdotal hearsay. More >>

Friendly alternatives to pest plants

Thursday, 17 November 2005, 4:06 pm | Department of Conservation

Gardeners can exchange a weed for a native plant at the November 26 launch of a multi-agency book promoting environmentally friendly alternatives to pest plants and potential pest plants in the lower North Island. More >>

'Extinct' seabird drops in for dinner

Monday, 7 November 2005, 3:04 pm | Department of Conservation

A small seabird known only from specimens collected over 150 years ago flew inside a fisherman’s boat anchored off Little Barrier Island on Friday night. The bird is thought to be the New Zealand storm petrel (Oceanites maorianus), which was re-discovered ... More >>

Help us find geckos

Friday, 28 October 2005, 1:41 pm | Department of Conservation

ROCK CLIMBERS and other high country enthusiasts could again become the heroes of a survey of alpine geckos, designed to discover new species and new localities. The Department of Conservation, the National Parks and Conservation Foundation and outdoor ... More >>

Frog Week 05

Friday, 21 October 2005, 2:39 pm | Department of Conservation

As Kermit would say, "It's not easy being green", or in the case of New Zealand native frogs, it's not easy being brown and green in a world full of disease, pesticides, predators and shrinking habitats. In common with frogs around the world, ... More >>

8 Yr Old Wins Young Conservationist Award

Thursday, 20 October 2005, 9:43 am | Department of Conservation

Columba College, Year 4 student, Hamish Darling has been awarded the junior 2005 YHA Young Conservationist Award today for creating three card games to encourage children of his own age and younger to learn about the conservation issues affecting ... More >>

DOC disgusted by hoaxer’s idea of a joke

Monday, 3 October 2005, 10:26 am | Department of Conservation

The advertisement of a captured live dolphin on an on-line auction site earlier this week has turned out to be a 40-year old advertising manager’s sad idea of a joke a member of the government’s Wildlife Enforcement Group (WEG) said today. More >>

Pukaha Kiwi Chick First For Forest In A Century

Thursday, 29 September 2005, 4:26 pm | Department of Conservation

For the first time in over 100 years a kiwi chick conceived in the wild has hatched at Pukaha Mount Bruce. More >>

History comes alive at Mansion House

Thursday, 29 September 2005, 1:01 pm | Department of Conservation

Bread will be kneaded, butter churned and chamber pots collected during a ‘living history’ day at Mansion House on Kawau Island on Sunday 16 October. More >>

Asbestos being removed from Matiu/Somes Island

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:12 am | Department of Conservation

Work begins on September 12 to remove and replace asbestos material from buildings on Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. The Department of Conservation has awarded a contract for the work to Palmerston North-based contractors Aldridge and Co. The ... More >>