Narrow escape for critically endangered moth highlights fire risks
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 04 March 2021
The 32-hectare reserve is the only known site for the cryptic grey-white moth, which depends on increasingly rare old...
Heaphy Track damage update
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 February 2022
Torrential rain during two storms earlier in the month damaged the bridges and other visitor infrastructure on the Heaphy...
Outcome of DOC review of media permits
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 08 April 2021
DOC’s Deputy Director General Operations, Michael Slater says the requirement for permits is waived on the basis that the...
Whanganui Journey temporarily closed
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 02 March 2022
Whanganui Operations Manager Connie Norgate says four canoeists who came off the awa at Pipiriki on 28 February tested...
12.30pm update on stranded juvenile orca in Porirua
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 14 July 2021
The orca calf – believed to be between four and six months old – stranded on rocks at Plimmerton...
Waitomo-based project protects jobs and nature
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 05 February 2021 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
“This $500,000 project will save ten local jobs by deploying workers from Discover...
Like ducks to water – whio release in Tūrangi
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 18 March 2022
Before their release, the juvenile whio had been busy building confidence at the hardening facility at Tongariro National Trout...
Be considerate of others this roar
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 13 April 2022
While we encourage them to get out there and enjoy their hunting, DOC wants to remind hunters to make...
Corrections collaboration leads to walk on the wild side
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
A collaboration between the DOC and Ara Poutama Aotearoa/Department of Corrections has resulted in a new boardwalk for an important island...
Fulton Hogan continues support for takahē
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 09 July 2021
Fulton Hogan signed a partnership agreement with DOC in 2016 to support the Takahē Recovery Programme and it has...
Eves Valley reserve recovering from fire
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
After narrowly avoiding total loss in the February 2019 Pigeon Valley fire, Eves Valley Scenic Reserve, a precious lowland beech-podocarp forest...
Beachfront home and new te reo name for rare skink
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Threatened Chesterfield skinks have a new 1.3 hectare coastal habitat on the West Coast north of Hokitika. They’ve also been given...