2022 media releases

Date: 14 November 2022
Four toroa/northern royal albatross eggs are missing from the colony at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura, near Dunedin.

Date: 11 October 2022
DOC Director General Penny Nelson today released the findings of two independent reviews commissioned to examine DOC’s health and safety culture following the tragic fatal helicopter accident in 2018.

Date: 06 October 2022
The toroa/northern royal albatross chick featured on this season’s Royal Cam livestream has been named Lilibet to acknowledge the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

Date: 28 September 2022
The first Haast tokoeka chick of the 2022-23 season has hatched with Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio naming it Inanga.

Date: 08 August 2022
DOC is keen to hear from Lower Clutha whitebaiters this season as part of a project to preserve the long-term health of the whitebait fishery.

Date: 29 July 2022
The public is asked to steer clear of the humpback whale carcass which has washed up on a Omimi beach, near Warrington, north of Dunedin.

Date: 19 July 2022
DOC is asking people to stay clear of seemingly sparse areas of gravel in braided riverbeds this spring and summer, to avoid crushing the camouflaged eggs and chicks of native nesting birds.

Date: 01 July 2022
The New Zealand Conservation Authority has approved a partial review of the Otago Conservation Management Strategy, meaning DOC can now consider more locations on public conservation land for bicycle trail proposals.

Date: 28 January 2022
DOC staff remind the public it’s unacceptable to shoot protected birds, after a tarāpunga/red-billed gull was shot with an apparent crossbow bolt in Ōamaru.

Date: 28 January 2022
The toroa/northern royal albatross breeding season is well underway at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula with the arrival of this year’s Royal Cam star.

Date: 19 January 2022
DOC says it’s still too early to know the full extent of damage to public conservation land from a devastating fire that started at Emerald Bay on Wānaka’s Glendhu Bluff on 9 January.