World Wetlands Day: Restoring Lake Whangape
Source: Department of Conservation
By Jane Wheeler, Community Ranger
How do we turn more than 50 years of degradation around and restore a huge murky weed-infested...
Pāteke going strong in Fiordland
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
After being considered functionally extinct from the South Island since the 1990s, the rarest waterfowl on mainland New Zealand, the pāteke/brown...
NZ’s rising climate emissions and Jacinda Ardern’s big chance to cut them
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
When it signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand pledged to increase its net greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by...
Critically threatened tūturuatu/shore plover find new home on Mana Island
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Today 18 critically threatened tūturuatu/shore plover are making pest-free Mana Island their home to help secure the species’ survival.
Date: 07 February 2020
These...
Our staff helping in Aussie bushfire fight
Source: Department of Conservation
Thames-based Karen Ismay is among a group of Department of Conservation staff from New Zealand who have been spending parts of...
Public feedback sought on marine protection for south eastern South Island
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Fisheries New Zealand and DOC are seeking public feedback on a proposed network of marine protected areas off the southeast coast...
Greenpeace calls on PM to launch review after NZ First fishery donations exposed
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling on the Prime Minister to launch an external review into Talley’s-related fishing decisions made by this Government, in...
