DOC and recreational fishers working together to ‘tackle’ marine bycatch
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 01 December 2020
Recreational fishers in the Marlborough Sounds are being encouraged to use a new app to report accidental capture of...
Big year underway at albatross colony
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 30 November 2020
More than 120 albatrosses, a taonga species, have returned to the colony for the coming season, with more than...
NIWA to become DOC’s new weather forecaster
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 03 December 2020
DOC’s Director Heritage and Visitors Steve Taylor says there will be multiple benefits and improvements with the new service...
Appeal to find skink habitat vandals
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 26 November 2020
The Alborns skink is part of the speckled skink family and is only found at one site near Reefton...
Pilot whales strand on Chatham Islands
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 25 November 2020
In total 97 pilot whales and three dolphins died in the stranding which was notified to DOC staff at...
Leopard seal’s arrival a seasonal reminder
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
The arrival of a leopard seal on a Taranaki beach is a timely reminder of the care people need to take...
Te Taiapa/Goldie Bush tracks temporarily closed
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 04 December 2020
DOC is working closely with our treaty partner Te Kawerau ā Maki, to plan this work and mitigate any...
