Mount Ruapehu Volcanic Alert Level reduced to level 1
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 January 2021
DOC closed the summit area of Mount Ruapehu on 21 December 2020. The area 2 km from the centre...
Slip closes Hacket Track
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 14 April 2021
At this stage it’s not possible to say when it will open as Department of Conservation (DOC) staff are...
DOC calls for Māui dolphin sightings as seaborne survey continues
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 March 2021
The Māui dolphins are among the world’s rarest, and their habitat is limited to the waters of the Tasman...
Visitors flocked to Wairarapa outdoors this summer
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 June 2021
According to a visitor insights report released by DOC in April many DOC huts across the country were at...
4:30pm update on stranded juvenile orca in Porirua
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 15 July 2021
The orca calf – believed to be between four and six months old – stranded on rocks at Plimmerton...
Seals making a comeback
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 09 September 2021
This means we’ll be seeing more of them playing along our rocky shorelines throughout mainland New Zealand.
From July to...
Te Puke heritage pā restoration underway thanks to Jobs for Nature
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 15 February 2022
The pā site, formally Maungaruahine Pā Historic Reserve, was returned to Waitaha-a-Hei under the iwi’s 2013 Treaty of Waitangi...
Heaphy survey shows birdlife on the rise
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Anecdotal reports of more birdlife on the Heaphy Track have been backed up by a five-year study showing increased numbers of...
Popular Sunrise Hut revamped
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 06 May 2021
This work follows an upgrade made to the hut’s interior last winter with Jobs for Nature funding, which created...
Vehicle access above North Mavora Lake to be managed
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 June 2021
The Department of Conservation (DOC), with the support of recreational user groups, has installed a steel gate on the...
Building owners asked to act before gull breeding season in Ōamaru
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 21 September 2021
For the last few years, the birds have been setting up breeding colonies on the roofs of buildings in...
West Coast winter tahr ballot opening
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 01 October 2021
The ballot is for 25 landing sites which will be open to helicopters from 23 April-15 July 2022. It’s...
