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...
Elusive bats come home to roost
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 14 August 2021 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
The bats were found following a survey by a local tourism business funded...
New finds of Marlborough moth feared extinct
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 September 2021
The Kiwaia ‘Cloudy Bay’ moth, also known as a mat daisy jumper, is flightless and mainly jumps to get...
Breakthrough in Motutapu stoat hunt
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 09 November 2021
Department of Conservation (DOC) Incident Control Manager Dave Smith says DOC and iwi have been hunting stoats on the...
Information sought on shooting of two kea
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 17 December 2021
The kea were handed in by members of the public who found them near Ligar Bay on Saturday 6...
Funding boost for marine education in Bay of Islands
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 08 March 2022
The program was launched Monday 7 March, it focuses on the principles of kaitiakitanga o te moana across multiple...
GPS tracking avoids future Flint incidents
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Heroic rescues of frightened dogs from the sub-Antarctic islands will become an even rarer event with the introduction of tracking collars...
Threatened wildlife thrown a lifeline with new support package
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Wildlife institutions impacted by New Zealand’s COVID-19 response will soon receive support from DOC, with the announcement of 28 successful applications...
Hope blooms for rare kākābeak
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
The discovery of new wild specimens of the incredibly rare kākābeak/ngutukākā has sparked new hope for the species.
Date: 20 October 2020
Ngutukākā, with...
Big year underway at albatross colony
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 30 November 2020
More than 120 albatrosses, a taonga species, have returned to the colony for the coming season, with more than...
Stoat incursion response underway on pest free Motutapu Island
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 19 January 2021
The Department of Conservation (DOC), Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki kaitiaki and Kiwis for kiwi are working together to catch...
Tiny ‘flying penguins’ need greater attention on land and at sea
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 03 March 2021
Critically endangered Whenua Hou diving petrels, or kuaka in Ngāi Tahu dialect, may need greater protection from lights on...
