Date: 12 November 2018
Ongoing improvements of pest control efforts led to Sanctuary and New Zealand-firsts.

Date: 04 October 2018
DOC is encouraging responsible dog control after a seal pup was attacked and killed by an off leash dog in Napier.

Date: 17 August 2018
DOC is asking people not to feed New Zealand fur seals/kekeno after reports of a pup being fed by the public in Napier.

Date: 03 August 2018
Napier was treated to a rare sight today – the seventh Weddell seal to visit New Zealand shores ever recorded.

Date: 02 August 2018
Two dogs missing in the Kaweka Forest Park have been found.

Date: 13 July 2018
Hawke’s Bay’s largest kiwi population may be at risk from two dogs that are loose in the Kaweka Forest Park.

Date: 02 July 2018
Source: Hawkes Bay Regional Council.
A project aimed at creating a Predator Free Hawke’s Bay has been launched in Napier with the announcement of a $1.6 million kick-start in funding from the Government.

Date: 02 July 2018
Hawke’s Bay bird lovers will soon be able to view their avian friends up close and without disturbing them thanks to the hard work of Napier Menzshed volunteers.

Date: 24 May 2018
A humpback whale stopped in Hawke’s Bay today for lunch and a show just off Napier’s Marine Parade beach.

Date: 24 May 2018
Monitoring shows a critically endangered native shore bird continues to nest and breed near the Rocket Lab launch site on Mahia Peninsula.

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: 17 April 2018
The local collaborative ecological restoration project Poutiri Ao ō Tāne welcomed almost 100 new members to its whānau.

Date: 16 April 2018
DOC has prosecuted a Porangahau man for two breaches of the Whitebait Fishing Regulations.

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: 27 February 2018
The first translocation of kōrure or mottled petrel has been hailed a success as the birds begin to return to their nesting site on the Maungaharuru Range.

Date: 14 February 2018
A group of Central Hawke’s Bay residents is fighting to save a rare type of native forest, the only one of its kind in the region.