Date: 21 December 2018
A 12 metre humpback whale has died overnight after being reported stranded in Kaiaua in the west side of the Firth of Thames yesterday.

Date: 17 December 2018
One of New Zealand’s rarest birds, the New Zealand fairy tern / tara-iti, has been boosted by a chick successfully hatching at Pakiri, North of Auckland over the weekend (15 December).

Date: 13 December 2018
The body of a juvenile dolphin, thought to be a Māui dolphin, has been found washed up on an Auckland beach.

Date: 13 December 2018
Three tracks on Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) will be closed as of 31 January 2019 due to kauri dieback, the DOC’s GBI Office can confirm.

Date: 18 October 2018
DOC is re-opening all tracks in Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve in the Waitakere Ranges following an extensive track upgrade to prevent the spread of kauri dieback.

Date: 17 October 2018
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage today announced that the DOC will close 21 tracks across kauri land to help prevent the spread of kauri dieback.

Date: 13 September 2018
The operation to remove rats from Rakitū island, off the east coast of Aotea / Great Barrier Island, has resumed today.

Date: 10 September 2018
Source: DOC and Auckland Council
A powhiri has been held this morning to welcome DOC staff into their new home at Auckland Council’s Te Wharau o Horotiu – Bledisloe House, 24 Wellesley Street.

Date: 23 August 2018
DOC and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) are working together to create safer nesting sites for the New Zealand fairy tern, one of the country’s rarest native birds.

Date: 10 August 2018
An operation to remove rats from Rakitū off the east coast of Aotea / Great Barrier Island has begun.

Date: 11 July 2018
DOC is seeking public input on a new proposal to close various tracks in the kauri region to help prevent the spread of kauri dieback disease.

Date: 11 July 2018
Source: Endangered Species Foundation and Auckland Zoo
A secure population of one of New Zealand’s rarest skinks, the critically endangered Chesterfield skink has been established in captivity, with support from the Endangered Species Foundation and Auckland Zoo.

Date: 10 July 2018
DOC rangers have trapped a rat at Home Bay on pest-free Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Date: 10 May 2018
DOC is temporarily closing the walkway through Okura Bush Scenic Reserve, on Auckland’s North Shore.

Date: 07 May 2018
An earthmoving contractor will be working on Motutapu Island for the next four weeks repairing slip damage caused by Cyclone Debbie, just over a year ago.

Date: 05 April 2018
The discovery of a large number of dead shellfish, in the Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve on Auckland’s North Shore, has sparked a multi-agency investigation led by DOC.

Date: 16 March 2018
DOC is temporarily closing all tracks in Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve from 18 March.

Date: 15 March 2018
DOC has trapped and killed a stoat on pest-free Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Date: 07 February 2018
DOC is responding to two possible sightings of a black cat, at Islington Bay, which connects Rangitoto and Motutapu islands, in the Hauraki Gulf.

Date: 26 January 2018
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Three measures that will strengthen efforts to save kauri trees from dieback disease were agreed by the Kauri Dieback Governance Group when they met yesterday.

Date: 26 January 2018
DOC rangers have trapped and killed a rat on Tiritiri Matangi, a pest free island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Date: 11 January 2018
DOC is reminding people to keep safe as two female leopard seals continue their visits to Auckland’s seaside spots.

Date: 11 January 2018
A routine check of tracking tunnels on Tiritiri Matangi island on 8 January has launched a search for a rat on the inner Hauraki Gulf sanctuary.