2018 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2018.

Fiordland

Date: 07 December 2018
Visitors to Doubtful Sound/Patea will notice new faces throughout the fiord with the instalment of individually carved poupou marine reserve markers – Te poupou o Rua o Te Moko.

Date: 19 September 2018
Kākāpō fans around the world can now take a virtual tour of the critically endangered parrot’s homes on New Zealand’s rarely-visited Whenua Hou / Codfish and Anchor Islands.

Date: 23 March 2018
Sirocco, DOC’s spokesbird kākāpō, celebrates his 21st ‘birthday’ – officially known as his hatchday – and DOC is encouraging others to join in his milestone birthday.

Date: 09 March 2018
New Zealand’s two bat species and native birds are thriving after predator control work in Fiordland National Park, Department of Conservation monitoring this summer shows.

Date: 23 February 2018
Encouraging children to explore nature will be the focus of National Children’s Day celebrations, to be held at Ivon Wilson Park in Te Anau on Sunday 4 March.

Date: 15 February 2018
Te Kakahu/Chalky Island skink have been introduced to a new island home in Dusky Sound, Fiordland to improve the species’ security.

Date: 30 January 2018
Milford Sound/Piopiotahi’s popular Lady Bowen Falls walk has reopened for the first time in more than 15 years.

Date: 23 January 2018
Individuals, groups and businesses have a novel opportunity to help boost conservation in New Zealand – by adopting a Fiordland Valley.