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View media releases from previous years.
Date: 19 December 2023 Summer visitors to Hahei and Cathedral Cove can enjoy the cultural history of several significant sites and other coastal locations with the opening of new and improved walking tracks.
Date: 04 December 2023 Brown kiwi are thriving in Eastern Coromandel as sustained predator control by DOC and the local community pays off for the threatened birds.
Date: 15 November 2023 DOC is gearing up to host approximately 60,000 campers over the upcoming summer at more than 300 campsites spread across New Zealand.
Date: 15 November 2023 A section of the Hauraki-Coromandel’s Opoutere Beach Recreation Reserve will be temporarily closed for the felling of more than 350 pine trees.
Date: 20 October 2023 Two Hector’s dolphins have been spotted in the Firth of Thames, prompting DOC to call on people to report more sightings of the animals.
Date: 10 October 2023 Ngāti Hei has lifted its rāhui at Cathedral Cove but has re-emphasised its support for DOC’s closure of tracks in the interests of visitor safety.
Date: 13 September 2023 A Hahei resident has used social media to explain how they reached Cathedral Cove using a closed and damaged track.
Date: 30 August 2023 More rocks and debris have fallen from Cathedral Cove’s famous arch, re-emphasising the risk to visitors at the beach.
Date: 03 July 2023 A new initiative aims to give young Coromandel people the chance to forge a career in conservation.
Date: 17 February 2023 People are being urged to check tracks, huts and campsites are open before attempting to visit conservation land in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Date: 15 February 2023 Work to rebury a sperm whale in Coromandel is expected to begin later this week as the district cleans up after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Date: 12 February 2023 DOC facilities throughout Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and the Hawke’s Bay have been closed to the public as Cyclone Gabrielle heads toward the country.
Date: 09 February 2023 Iconic Coromandel visitor spot Cathedral Cove has been temporarily closed to the public due to an ongoing landslip and rockfall risk.
Date: 07 February 2023 The rāhui in place at Ōpoutere Beach, the Wharekawa Harbour, and Wharekawa River following a drowning incident in January has been lifted.
Date: 01 February 2023 DOC huts and campsites across the Coromandel Peninsula have been closed to visitors amid warning-level weather forecasts and treacherous driving conditions.
Date: 20 January 2023 A rāhui has been placed over Ōpoutere Beach, the Wharekawa Harbour and Wharekawa River following a drowning and missing person search.
