Seals coming in to rest on Whanganui beaches
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 19 April 2021
Although seals are marine mammals, they spend a lot of time on land, particularly between July and November. They...
Upgrades to northern Coromandel campgrounds
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Visitors to three DOC campgrounds in the northern Coromandel can enjoy fresh new shower and toilet facilities over coming weeks.
Date: 11 February...
120-metre long set net found in Auckland marine reserve
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 16 February 2021
DOC’s Auckland Operations Manager Kirsty Prior says DOC takes these offences very seriously.
“There are no excuses for setting nets...
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...
Illegal landings net chopper company and pilot hefty fines
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Illegally dropping off and collecting hunters from a designated wilderness area in the Kaimanawa Ranges has cost a helicopter company and...
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...
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...
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...
Heritage accommodation with a view opens at Awaroa/Godley Head
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 27 January 2021
Known as the Lighthouse Cottage, the space is in the old generator room which once provided back-up power to...
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...
Citizen scientists train artificial intelligence for healthy oceans
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 03 May 2021
Spyfish Aotearoa is a newly launched collaboration between DOC and Wildlife.AI, a charitable organisation applying artificial intelligence to conservation.
Within...
Visitors flocked to Wairarapa outdoors this summer
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 11 June 2021
According to a visitor insights report released by DOC in April many DOC huts across the country were at...
