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...
Pīpīwharauroa: nature is still doing what nature does | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
By Tamara Christie-Siaosi, Tāmaki-Makaurau
How are those international travel plans going for you right now? I’m assuming not so great. Ideas of...
Citizen scientists can help save freshwater fish
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
DOC is calling on citizen scientists to celebrate World Fish Migration Day, which is 24 October, by downloading an app and...
DOC reconsiders concession at centre of Motutapu/Rangitoto Supreme Court case
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 07 December 2020
In 2018 the Supreme Court instructed DOC to reconsider the concession applications at the centre of the case brought...
Rubbish dumping taints sacred Tainui site
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 26 January 2021
DOC is responsible for the management of the amphitheatre-shaped gorge, which is significant to local iwi and DOC. Te...
Rangatahi mō Papatūānuku – editing and upload | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
Rangatahi mō Papatūānuku is an important kaupapa for rangatahi across Aotearoa to get their voices and whakaaro recognised on a wider...
Te Pēwhairangi (Bay of Islands) marine mammal sanctuary consultation is now open
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 20 April 2021
The sanctuary proposal will address the rapid decline in bottlenose dolphins and proposes measures to protect all marine mammals...
Breeding season predicted for Kākāpō
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 03 June 2021
DOC kākāpō operations manager Deidre Vercoe says the critically endangered parrot only breeds when rimu trees put out masses...
Hundreds more hands funded to work for nature
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 14 July 2021 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
“The work we are funding includes everything from pest control and restoration planting...
Heaphy Track reopening but Queen Charlotte Track temporarily closed
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 29 July 2021
The two tracks are among a number of tracks and access roads to conservation areas in the top of...
KGT on-line surge points to Conservation Week success
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 06 September 2021
Kids Greening Taupō, or KGT for short, noticed that soon after lockdown began there was an amazing response to...
Fur seals don’t need your hot chips
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 12 October 2021
The seal has been repeatedly fed by the members of the public and has become habituated to human food....