New Zealander of the Year: Finalist Q’s & A’s series | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
The Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards Ngā Tohu Pou Kōhure o Aotearoa honour those who use their passion to make...
Celebrating 10-years of the Whio Forever Recovery Programme. | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
We’re marking over a decade of partnership with Genesis Energy on our Whio Forever Recovery Programme. The partnership started in 2011,...
Celebrate whio this month
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 March 2022
Once widespread throughout the country whio/blue duck are now limited to the less modified catchments of the Urewera, East...
Dead Hector’s dolphin found on Brighton Beach
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 March 2022
DOC Aquatic Director Elizabeth Heeg says the adult dolphin appeared to have died recently, although it was too early...
Like ducks to water – whio release in Tūrangi
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 18 March 2022
Before their release, the juvenile whio had been busy building confidence at the hardening facility at Tongariro National Trout...
DOC scholarships support diverse conservation research
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 17 March 2022
DOC Chief Scientist Ken Hughey says he is heartened by the high calibre of the Te Papa Atawhai Postgraduate...
CITES reminder as border reopens
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 17 March 2022
New Zealand is a party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which helps protect some...
DOC hut and campsite bookings opening soon
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 15 March 2022
Bookings for the 2022-23 season will open in the first half of April 2022 and are staggered to give...
Have your say on the Hākaimangō-Matiatia marine reserve proposal
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 14 March 2022
As part of the application process, a two-month public submissions period opened on 20 January 2022. DOC is encouraging...
Dead Hector’s dolphin calf found on West Coast
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 March 2022
DOC Aquatic Director Elizabeth Heeg says the dolphin calf appeared to have died recently. It was too early to...
Waipoua restoration leaps ahead
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 March 2022
The project was completed by two staff employed through the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme and one volunteer.
Matt Calder,...
DOC seeing the bats for the trees
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 10 March 2022
When rangers reported the large beech trees were at risk of falling around a camp site, senior biodiversity ranger...
