2021 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2021.

Taranaki

Date: 16 November 2021
A high-specification surveillance camera has been fitted to Taranaki’s tallest structure to aid DOC's monitoring of the Tapuae Marine Reserve.

Date: 08 November 2021
Development of the Taranaki Crossing enters a new phase this month when work recommences to upgrade the existing track network from Pouakai Hut through to Manganui ski field.

Date: 30 September 2021
Trampers hiking Taranaki’s popular Pouakai Circuit will soon be able to secure a bed for the night with both huts along the busy track moving to online booking.

Date: 28 September 2021
A male North Island brown kiwi found dead on Mount Taranaki’s Puniho Track is believed to have been killed in a dog attack.

Date: 16 September 2021
Visitors to Taranaki’s cultural heritage sites are being urged to take only photographs and leave only footprints after the discovery of several holes thought to be dug by fossickers at a significant pā site.

Date: 09 September 2021
Rob Mills and his team run the unofficial accident and emergency ward for the Taranaki district’s battered and bruised native birds.

Date: 12 August 2021
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Projects aimed at protecting taonga species, including kiwi, kōkako and hihi, are among a number of Taranaki-based initiatives receiving a boost through the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme, Minister of Conservation Kiri Allan says.

Date: 10 August 2021
Mount Taranaki’s Around the Mountain Circuit (AMC) could be closed for several months after significant damage to the track during storms in July

Date: 27 July 2021
There’s a big clean up in progress as Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers in Taranaki assess and repair tracks damaged in last week’s storm.

Date: 22 July 2021
DOC and a local conservation group are urging people to keep their dogs under control after the death of a kiwi on conservation land in Taranaki.

Date: 07 July 2021
Century-old stone-masonry techniques have been used to complete the refurbishment of Taranaki Maunga’s Ambury Monument.

Date: 14 May 2021
Ngā Iwi o Taranaki, the eight iwi of the region, have lifted the rāhui on access to the Taranaki Mounga summit.

Date: 03 March 2021
Stoats are being studied by Lincoln University students.

Date: 04 March 2021
Development of the Taranaki Crossing has entered a new phase, with work beginning on construction of new boardwalks across the Pouakai Tarns and the Ahukawakawa wetland.

Date: 01 March 2021
A professional conservation couple will give a public lecture in New Plymouth on their 30 years of experience observing albatross as part of Seaweek 2021.

Date: 28 January 2021
A surge in boat sales has DOC Taranaki Marine Rangers gearing up for a busy summer on and off the coastlines.