2022 media releases

Date: 23 December 2022
Holiday makers and residents in the seaside Coromandel settlement of Opoutere are being urged to stay out of a coastal reserve where hundreds of deteriorating pine trees present a safety risk.

Date: 21 September 2022
Beachgoers ignoring clear signage and traipsing through a key nesting site in the Coromandel are putting vulnerable dotterels/tuturiwhatu and variable oystercatchers/torea-pango at risk.

Date: 06 September 2022
Residents who live on the Coromandel coastline year-round are being urged to add their eyes and ears to protection efforts for the area’s vulnerable tūturiwhatu/dotterel population.

Date: 05 September 2022
King Country residents can get actively involved in Conservation Week this year by taking part in seven informative workshops being delivered in Waitomo.

Date: 06 July 2022
Residents around the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel are being urged to report sightings of kekeno/NZ fur seals over the next three months, as part of a new research project on the species.

Date: 31 March 2022
Two decades of sustained predator control has seen the heartening growth of the kiwi population at Mt Moehau in northern Coromandel.

Date: 16 February 2022
Tactile play features with an emphasis on native species are a new development for the ever-evolving education offered at DOC’s Kauaeranga Visitor Centre.