More DOC huts and campsites open for online bookings
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
DOC has opened an additional 43 campsites and 8 huts for online bookings in time for the summer holidays.
Date: 23 October 2020
“Visitors...
John Treanor: Jobs for Nature Profile | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
Last year when Aotearoa went into lockdown John Treanor could not have predicted that he would sit down and write an...
Cameras highlight challenges for chick survival
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 21 December 2020
The endangered tōrea/Chatham Island oystercatcher is a little smaller than the variable oystercatcher found around the coast of mainland...
New strategy to ensure nature thrives
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
The Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage today launched Te Mana o te Taiao, the Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy.
Date: 10 August 2020...
DOC undertaking Great Walks bookings compliance
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 10 August 2021
Checks are being made on six guided walking companies operating on the Heaphy, Paparoa and Rakiura tracks to ensure...
Conservation Week Hero – Maxine Fraser: To grow a tree | Conservation blog
Source: Department of Conservation
Maxine Fraser is a local Waikato conservationist. She has been working with trees for more than 40 years. Conservation Week 2021...
Remutaka Cycle Trail closed near Corner Creek
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 09 March 2022
Department of Conservation (DOC) Wairarapa Operations Manager, Kathy Houkamau, says the slip is unstable and unsafe to pass.
“We know...
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...
Te Taiapa/Goldie Bush tracks temporarily closed
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 04 December 2020
DOC is working closely with our treaty partner Te Kawerau ā Maki, to plan this work and mitigate any...
Pūnanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary welcomes back daily tours
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 December 2020
From Wednesday 16 December the popular tours, which have been on hold since March, are once again welcoming the...
New DOC report ‘New Zealanders and the environment’
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 21 July 2021
The Department of Conservation’s (DOC) new customer research report provides a snapshot of New Zealanders’ experiences in the outdoors...
Second dead Hector’s dolphin West Coast
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 25 February 2022
This morning a member of the public contacted the Department of Conservation (DOC) after finding a dead dolphin at...
