What your apple core can do to our native birds
Source: Department of Conservation
What may seem like a harmless action could be negatively impacting our native species.
You may be (unknowingly) contributing to our litter...
First fairy tern eggs impacted by wild weather
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
New Zealand’s rarest endemic bird, the tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern’s first eggs of the season have been impacted by wild...
Mount Ruapehu increases to volcanic alert level 2
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 21 December 2020
Stay away from Te Wai ā-moe/Crater Lake
Due to heightened volcanic unrest and the change in VAL, DOC has closed...
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...
Enforcement measures to help protect Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland’s marine reserves
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 23 December 2020
DOC Marine Reserves Ranger Gabrielle Goodin says she is delighted that the marine reserves in the Auckland region are...
Rare chicks from remote island hatch
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 10 December 2020
Twenty-one eggs from these critically threatened shorebirds were collected by DOC and the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust (ICWT)...
1080 delivers success in Rotoehu Forest
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 April 2021
The operation will benefit many native plant, insect and bird species but was primarily focused on protection of North...
Ōrongorongo private huts phasing into public use
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 15 February 2022
There are 57 private huts located in the Ōrongorongo Valley, some dating as far back as the 1920s. They...
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...
Punakaiki project takes next step
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 02 August 2021
The work is part of the broader Dolomite Point Redevelopment Project that will upgrade and modernise visitor facilities and...
Thames Hospital staff scrub in with Hauraki rangers | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
By Maree Limpus, Community Ranger
In a break from their busy routines of looking after patients, 13 medical staff from Thames Hospital...
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...
