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Date: 13 December 2019 DOC is assessing the future of foot access to Ball Hut and the Tasman Glacier.
Date: 21 November 2019 DOC is hoping floating platforms will help to keep the chicks of a central Christchurch colony of critically endangered tarāpuka/black-billed gulls from drowning this breeding season.
Date: 01 November 2019 DOC and electricity lines company Orion have joined forces to protect native plants, birds and power lines on Banks Peninsula in Canterbury by controlling possums.
Date: 27 September 2019 DOC is reminding fishers they can ‘sleep-in’ on Sunday when the hours' people can legally whitebait change with the start of daylight savings.
Date: 28 August 2019 Magnificent views of alpine glacial lakes and the awe-inspiring landscapes of the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana await visitors to the freshly repaired Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.
Date: 26 August 2019 DOC is protecting rare and threatened bird species living in the Hurunui and Waiau rivers by controlling southern black-backed gulls/karoro, which prey on their chicks and eggs.
Date: 09 August 2019 Source: Department of Conservation and Te Manahuna Aoraki A significant increase in predator trapping is giving 130 young kakī/black stilt released in the Mackenzie Basin this week their best-ever chance of survival.
Date: 17 July 2019 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation New Zealand’s rarest mainland forest bird, the kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeet, is having its best breeding season in decades due to a beech seed bonanza, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage said in Christchurch today.
Date: 05 April 2019 Source: Lyttelton Port Company Native geckos are set to find a new home in Riccarton Bush as part of a Lyttelton Port Company project supported by DOC.
Date: 05 March 2019 DOC’s Himalayan tahr control work, vital to protecting the unique alpine landscapes of the South Island, resumes this week.
Date: 04 February 2019 DOC has paused its review of two national park management plans while it works through the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision relating to Ngāi Tai.
Date: 21 January 2019 The deadline is coming up for the public to provide feedback on the draft Aoraki/Mount Cook and Westland Tai Poutini national park management plans.
Date: 10 January 2019 A necropsy (post-mortem) carried out on three of the six New Zealand fur seal/kekeno pups found decapitated late last year has ruled out the possibility of foul play.
