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Department of Conservation - Latest News [Page 9]
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 >>
DNA Detects Threatened Flatheads
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 9:51 am | Department of Conservation
Sophisticated DNA technology has detected a previously unknown population of critically threatened Clutha flathead galaxias in Central Otago’s Ōrau/Cardona River. “Central Otago is the proud home to numerous galaxiid species that are found nowhere else ... More >>
Rare Skinks Return To Southern Home
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:39 am | Department of Conservation
Twenty-one Kapitia skinks relocated from Auckland Zoo to their home habitat on the West Coast earlier this week. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2304/4b376456e6c8bb5b13e8.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Skink on log The skinks, whose ... More >>
DOC Announces Price Changes For Accommodation Facilities
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:12 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is updating accommodation prices for huts, lodges, some campsites, the West Coast’s Paparoa Track, and off-season rates for some Great Walk huts. The new prices will be applied for the 2023/24 booking year, ... More >>
No Pāua Fishing Allowed In Kaikōura Marine Reserve
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 12:18 pm | Department of Conservation
With the recreational pāua fishing season in Kaikōura opening this month, the Department of Conservation and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura are reminding people taking pāua or any other fishing is not allowed inside Hikurangi Marine Reserve. DOC is ... More >>
‘Aere Ra’ To Rats On Cook Island Atoll
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 1:34 pm | Department of Conservation
Rats on the Cook Islands’ Palmerston Atoll could be gone for good by year’s end, making a massive difference to the island’s community and biodiversity. At the request of the community, a full-scale rat eradication will take place mid-2023. ... More >>
Bringing Kiwi Back To Southern Ruahine
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 3:38 pm | Department of Conservation
A Manawatū-based Jobs for Nature project is restoring habitat in the Southern Ruahine to bring a North Island eastern brown kiwi population back to the area. Ruahine Kiwi work to support the restoration and maintenance of the Ruahine Ranges so that kiwi ... More >>
Dolphin Found Dead On Auckland Beach
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 3:27 pm | Department of Conservation
The body of a Māui or Hector’s dolphin has been found washed up on an Auckland beach. Yesterday a member of the public reported a dolphin carcass on Awhitu Peninsula, Auckland. The dolphin was collected by DOC staff yesterday evening, with local iwi ... More >>
DOC And Iwi Call For Information On Shot Tākapu
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 9:59 am | Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation and Taranaki iwi are asking for information after a native tākapu/Australasian gannet was found shot at Tuiraho (Stent Road), a popular surfing beach in Taranaki. The injured tākapu, a female, was found in mid-January ... More >>
