Coromandel kiwi deaths a cause for concern
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 December 2020
Mailee Stanbury, a DOC Biodiversity Senior Ranger, says there have been recent reports of dead Coromandel brown kiwi discovered...
Pirongia kōkako fledglings taking the leap
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 08 April 2021
The Pirongia Te Aroaro O Kahu Restoration Society (PRS) has almost completed its annual kōkako nest monitoring after a...
Waikeria Prison provides plants for Whangamarino wetland restoration project
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 21 July 2021
The plants, grown from eco-sourced at Waikeria Prison’s Horticulture Training Nursery near Te Awamutu, are a product of the...
Recent boat strikes are cause of concern in Hauraki Gulf
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 26 January 2021
The call comes after a dead black sea turtle (a subspecies of green turtle) was found washed ashore on...
Sole Antipodean albatross chick from Chathams being tracked
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 18 February 2021
This chick is from a single breeding pair who made their nest this year on Pitt Island/Rangihaute/Rangiauria. One of...
Seal pup’s death a reminder to drive carefully on beaches
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
People are encouraged to drive carefully on the foreshore after a critically injured kekeno/seal pup had to be euthanised on a...
Waikato whitebaiting season kicks off with new regulations
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 12 August 2021
The regulations were developed following extensive public engagement and consultation which began in 2018. To help make the fishery...
‘Lake snow’ a threat this summer
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 04 August 2021
Water sampling by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Tasman District Council last summer has confirmed that the invasive...
Bumper batch of kakī hatch for the holidays
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 27 December 2021
The critically endangered birds are a taonga species and one of the rarest wading birds in the world. They...
Spoilt for Choice; Takahē Health Checks and Translocations! | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
It has been an eventful week at DOC’s Takahē Recovery Programme’s Burwood Takahē Centre...
The two BLAKE DOC Takahē Ambassadors, Brittany Florence-Bennett...
Conservation countdown — our top stories of 2021 | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
While 2021 wasn’t quite the year many of us hoped for – especially with lockdowns in Tāmaki Makaurau, it was still...
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...
