Date: 20 November 2020
This Friday, the Kāpiti Coast is getting a high-tech addition with the installation of a new buoy on the edge of the Kāpiti Marine Reserve.

Date: 19 November 2020
Ninety-two jobs will be created to help environmental restoration in the Waikanae River catchment through $8.5 million of Jobs for Nature funding, Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan announced today.

Date: 17 November 2020
This week is Get Outdoors Week and the DOC is joining Recreation Aotearoa and others to call for people to get out into nature but do so well-prepared.

Date: 10 November 2020
Two conservation-themed wearable art pieces designed by high school students are gracing the windows of Kapiti/Wellington's DOC Visitor Centre.

Date: 20 October 2020
The discovery of new wild specimens of the incredibly rare kākābeak/ngutukākā has sparked new hope for the species.

Date: 15 October 2020
Two years of work to return the “flower of the underworld” to Wellington culminated this week, with Pua o te Rēinga/Dactylanthus taylorii seed making its way from Pureora Forest Park to Wellington’s Otari-Wilton’s Bush.

Date: 16 September 2020
Some of the challenges facing tūturuatu/shore plover conservation have been highlighted after setbacks in establishing a new population.

Date: 07 September 2020
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Predator Free Wellington is expected to be achieved much more quickly, thanks to a major funding boost announced today by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.

Date: 31 August 2020
The annual check of Kapiti Island’s trap network by DOC staff and volunteers shows the island is still predator free – which is vital to protect precious native species that live there, such as little spotted kiwi/kiwi pukupuku, kōkako and takahē.

Date: 18 August 2020
Two doctors with a passion for the outdoors are urging people to get a healthy dose of nature to help with their well-being.

Date: 19 June 2020
The country’s number one pest plant is being cleared from a popular Wellington forest park with the help of COVID-19 recovery funding.

Date: 14 April 2020
On Saturday 11 April five rare tūturuatu/shore plovers were given permission to undertake essential travel, supporting a critical conservation programme to establish a new population.

Date: 07 February 2020
On Wednesday, 18 critically threatened tūturuatu/shore plover were introduced to pest-free Mana Island to help secure the species’ survival.