2021 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2021.

Coromandel

Date: 14 December 2021
Coromandel’s backyard pest trappers are being urged to keep leg-hold traps off the ground after several unfortunate incidents involving the growing population of kiwi in the district.

Date: 03 November 2021
A complete moa skeleton is now on display at the DOC Kauaeranga Visitor Centre.

Date: 14 September 2021
Work to improve access to the picturesque Fletcher Bay campsite begins this month.

Date: 07 September 2021
He’s known as the “Lizard Man”, and after 30 years talking about lizards and geckos Doug Ashby’s comfortable with the superhero-style moniker.

Date: 25 August 2021
Boaties cruising around Coromandel’s Mercury Islands are being told to stay home as New Zealand’s COVID-19 restrictions continue.

Date: 27 July 2021
A heavily used walking track in Coromandel is in the final stages of resurfacing by DOC.

Date: 02 July 2021
Source: The Office of the Acting Minister of Conservation
Efforts to protect Coromandel’s majestic kauri have been given a funding boost thanks to Jobs for Nature, Acting Conservation Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says.

Date: 03 June 2021
Newly released aerial photography shows the impact of possums on a section of ancient forest in northern Coromandel, and also the value of predator control and restoring forest habitat.

Date: 29 April 2021
Monitoring for possums in a southern Coromandel forest has revealed the success of a recent predator control operation aimed at protecting native species.

Date: 10 March 2021
As the breeding season for the Northern NZ dotterel/tūturiwhatu comes to a close on the Coromandel, DOC is expecting a positive productivity rate for the small and endangered shorebirds.

Date: 20 January 2021
The fresh faces of conservation in Hauraki District are in “boots and all” to a busy summer.