Rare rowi kiwi dies on road
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
The population of a rare South Island kiwi species has been dealt a double blow, with the sudden death of a...
Tangaroa thrives when boaties behave
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Aucklanders heading out on the water in their first weekend back at level one should follow marine reserve guidelines and check...
DOC urges Kiwis to get outdoors but go prepared
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
This week is Get Outdoors Week and the DOC is joining Recreation Aotearoa and others to call for people to get...
Stay safe and enjoy our great outdoors this summer!
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 23 December 2020
DOC’s Director-General, Lou Sanson says many New Zealanders are looking to nature for escape and relaxation during these unprecedented...
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....
Rangers help gulls nest for success
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 25 November 2021
Birds on Lake Taupō have once again chosen a doozy, with nesting behaviour reported last week on the roof...
Collaboration the key for new koi carp control trial
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 09 February 2022
Koi are an introduced noxious pest fish species which breed prolifically and are found in lakes rivers and streams...
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...
