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Date: 17 February 2021 Thousands of dollars of fines have been handed out by New Zealand courts following successful prosecutions of the owners of dogs that killed native wildlife.
Date: 26 December 2020 Canterbury boaties found fishing in Akaroa’s two marine reserves will have no excuses and can expect to be fined if caught by DOC.
Date: 23 December 2020 Protection efforts for Auckland’s marine reserves are increasing this summer as DOC introduces additional marine reserve rangers and a new infringement system.
Date: 13 November 2020 Giraffe bones, canned whale meat and a monkey skull were among items seized by DOC during an international crackdown on wildlife crime.
Date: 22 September 2020 Illegally dropping off and collecting hunters from a designated wilderness area in the Kaimanawa Ranges has cost a helicopter company and pilot a combined $32,000.
Date: 17 September 2020 As DOC’s new enforcement system rolls out, the Mahaanui district office is reminding Cantabrians and visitors to follow the conservation laws protecting Aotearoa’s native species.
Date: 11 September 2020 This year’s whitebait season has started with small amounts of whitebait caught in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the first few weeks.
Date: 09 September 2020 Those breaking the conservation laws that protect natural places and native species may face fines as DOC's new enforcement system rolls out.
Date: 11 March 2020 Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and DOC says it's abhorrent that a red-billed gull with an arrow or a crossbow bolt through its chest appears to have been deliberately shot to harm or kill it.
Date: 11 March 2020 Tourism company Active Planet 2015 Ltd has been fined a total of $12,000 for illegally guiding on public conservation land, including two national parks.
Date: 04 March 2020 A woman has been fined $7,500 and ordered to pay court costs for illegally importing bear bile into New Zealand from China.
Date: 25 February 2020 A drone has been seized after it was flown above the Tongariro Alpine Crossing illegally.
Date: 24 February 2020 DOC Hawke’s Bay is concerned after local biodiversity champions discovered several mangrove seedlings planted in the Ahuriri Estuary without permission.
Date: 14 February 2020 DOC has begun legal proceedings against a Coromandel dog owner after the discovery of a dead kiwi on private property adjacent to public conservation land.
Date: 06 December 2019 A mountain biker caught cycling through the construction site in the closed area on the Paparoa Track yesterday may be prosecuted.
Date: 04 December 2019 Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and DOC welcome the conviction of a Kaikōura man for killing nine red-billed gulls when he drove over them.
Date: 02 December 2019 DOC welcomes the sentencing of the three men found guilty and convicted of taking native fish (whitebait) from the Waitutu area of Fiordland National Park.
Date: 03 October 2019 DOC welcomes the successful prosecution of three whitebaiters who were found guilty of whitebaiting on the Waitutu river in Fiordland National Park
Date: 24 September 2019 Eastern Bay of Plenty whitebaiters have largely played by the rules this season but there are some who have been using illegal equipment or techniques.
Date: 24 September 2019 New Zealand’s latest figures on the trade of elephant ivory across the border show imports have been decreasing, although seizures of ivory without permits have increased slightly in the last decade.
Date: 24 September 2019 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation The Government plans to strengthen New Zealand’s measures to prevent international trade in endangered species the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage announced today.
Date: 17 September 2019 Charges have been brought against two men for removing bracket fungus from the Waireinga/Bridal Veil Falls Track near Raglan. The men appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Tuesday morning.
Date: 29 August 2019 DOC have recently found two sites where rubbish has been illegally dumped on public conservation land, near the West Coast towns of Greymouth and Reefton.
Date: 04 July 2019 An attack on a NZ fur seal by a pack of dogs at Ocean Beach, Hawke's Bay, has resulted in a local woman facing charges under the Wildlife Act.
Date: 01 July 2019 Recent reports of unpermitted drone use over Mangatutu Hot Springs in the Kaweka Forest Park have raised safety concerns.
Date: 17 June 2019 DOC is sending a strong message to tourism operators that they must comply with the law when operating on public conservation land.
Date: 28 May 2019 A Hastings man has been delivered a prison sentence for taking kina and pūpū (common cat’s eye) from Te Angiangi Marine Reserve in Hawke’s Bay.
Date: 07 May 2019 Commercial businesses making a living off conservation land at the taxpayers’ expense are coming under heat.
Date: 16 April 2019 The illegal removal of the jawbone of a 11 m sperm whale washed up on a beach north of Okarito is disappointing and disrespectful says DOC and iwi.
Date: 20 March 2019 DOC is concerned by evidence of illegal fires near Grassy Flat Hut on the Styx River and thanks members of the public for raising the alarm.
Date: 01 February 2019 DOC is appealing for information from the public about the shooting of endangered black-billed gulls at Sulphur Bay in Rotorua.
Date: 01 February 2019 "Pets kill wildlife too” is the message from DOC and Taranaki Regional Council after results show two blue penguins found dead by New Plymouth’s Breakwater were victims of dog attack.
Date: 23 January 2019 DOC welcomes the conviction of a Richmond man for killing a kea and says it is an important reminder that killing legally protected kea is unacceptable.
Date: 04 January 2019 A campfire lit in front of a total fire ban sign on pest-free Burgess/Pokohinu Island near Auckland could have endangered breeding seabirds, skinks and other native species.
Date: 14 December 2018 DOC rangers were confronted by the complete disappearance of signage along a 3 km stretch of road at historic Te Toto Gorge, near Raglan, last week.
Date: 07 November 2018 DOC says it welcomes the arrest of a man over threats made against staff, saying this particular case has been harrowing.
Date: 18 October 2018 On 28 September 2018 a Whangarei man was convicted of two offences under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.
Date: 18 May 2018 A DOC Hawke’s Bay ranger was called out to pick up a shot karearea/New Zealand falcon from a farm in Maraekakaho.
Date: 11 April 2018 DOC is urging fishers to check the location of marine reserves before they go fishing after a string of offending in Canterbury’s two marine reserves this summer.
Date: 04 April 2018 Two Havelock North men have pleaded guilty to fishing in the Te Angiangi marine reserve. They have each paid $750 in restitution.
Date: 26 February 2018 Illegally grazing 380 cattle in a conservation area for two weeks in 2017 could cost a Southland farming company more than $100,000.
Date: 12 January 2018 DOC is warning fishers to stay out of marine reserves around Banks Peninsula after a recent spate of alleged illegal fishing.
Date: 11 January 2018 DOC is appealing for information about the cutting down of native trees at Robin Hood Bay, a popular coastal camping spot in Marlborough.
