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Date: 26 April 2024 Two of Northland’s most popular short walks - Mangawhai Cliffs Walkway and Mt Manaia - will be closed temporarily as part of ongoing efforts to repair and enhance infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Date: 24 April 2024 Two rats have been caught just days after DOC set out freshly baited traps on Te Haupa/ Saddle Island north of Auckland.
Date: 23 April 2024 A population of a rare native freshwater fish, sometimes known as 'jaws', was saved in the nick of time after the swift removal of predator trout.
Date: 23 April 2024 Drainage and roofing work is underway to protect the rich history of Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve in Devonport Auckland.
Date: 19 April 2024 DOC is closing its Ōtepoti Dunedin Visitor Centre and will focus on wildlife advocacy in the city in other ways.
Date: 19 April 2024 Tongariro Alpine Crossing’s distinctive Emerald Lakes are weed free again thanks to years of work by Department of Conservation staff.
Date: 18 April 2024 One of our rarest, seldom-seen skinks is even more threatened than we had thought, with fewer than 1000 mature individuals.
Date: 17 April 2024 The Remutaka Conservation Trust is replacing predator traps across their 7500-hectare pest control network in southern Remutaka Forest.
Date: 16 April 2024 Eager anglers are encouraged to enter photos in the Taupō Fishery annual photo competition – and potentially land a full season licence for the world famous Taupō trout fishery.
Date: 16 April 2024 Community and stakeholder activities are the next key steps of DOC’s work to reinstate safe walking access to Cathedral Cove.
Date: 15 April 2024 A team of certified conservation dogs and their handlers are busy intercepting small pests at risk of hitching a ride to the Hauraki Gulf’s pest free islands.
Date: 17 April 2024 A decade-long plan to remove all wild deer from Northland, an area of over 13,000 square kilometres and one of New Zealand’s most biodiverse regions, is being launched jointly by the Northland Regional Council (NRC), DOC, and local hapū.
Date: 09 April 2024 It is with great sadness that Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro and Ngati Tūwharetoa acknowledge a recent death in Tongariro National Park.
Date: 08 April 2024 Non-Great Walk DOC huts, lodges, campsite and cottage bookings are due to begin opening tomorrow, 9 April 2024.
Date: 06 April 2024 Pure Tūroa Limited has been granted a 10-year concession to operate the Tūroa ski-field.
Date: 28 March 2024 A rogue Australian water dragon has been removed from Papaitonga Scenic Reserve near Levin, prompting DOC to remind people not to dump unwanted pets on conservation land.
Date: 28 March 2024 Pakake/sea lions in Dunedin have had the best breeding season on record, with more than 30 pups born.
Date: 27 March 2024 DOC is asking the public for help after a quad biker drove down the Cave Creek Memorial Track/Kotihotiho.
Date: 26 March 2024 DOC and Kaimanawa Heritage Horses are calling for experienced horse owners to rehome some of the more than 200 wild horses from the Waiouru Military Training area during this year’s annual muster.
Date: 26 March 2024 Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara near Stewart Island/Rakiura is rodent free once more, DOC announced today.
Date: 24 March 2024 Read DOC's statement regarding the SailGP in Lyttelton Harbour.
Date: 21 March 2024 A group of quad bike riders has caused extensive damage to a popular walking track in Arthur’s Pass National Park in Canterbury, crushing sensitive vegetation, trashing boardwalks and leaving a trail of empty alcohol cans in their wake.
Date: 21 March 2024 An Argentine ant detection dog has averted a potential disaster on Matiu/Somes Island, after finding a large colony of the invasive pest species near building materials destined for the island’s new wharf.
Date: 21 March 2024 DOC and partners have achieved a breakthrough in endangered species conservation using 3D printed replica eggs to safeguard the nests of the critically endangered fairy tern/tara iti this summer breeding season.
Date: 20 March 2024 DOC is appealing for information from the public after a protected great white shark was found decapitated on Mahia beach on Friday 15 March.
Date: 19 March 2024 DOC is increasing the price of Great Walk facilities.
Date: 15 March 2024 Family members from the Czech Republic were among those who gathered at the old gold mining township of Waiuta today to celebrate the restoration of Jos Divis’ old home.
Date: 14 March 2024 Two bridge masts now tower over the Manganui Gorge as a major feature of the Taranaki Crossing takes shape.
Date: 13 March 2024 Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and DOC are reminding people to control dogs in coastal areas after 19 gulls/tarāpunga were found dead at Kaikōura’s South Bay, seemingly killed by a dog or dogs.
Date: 11 March 2024 A ten-day-old toroa/northern royal albatross chick has died from ingesting soft plastic regurgitated by its parent, highlighting the threat plastic pollution poses to our vulnerable seabirds.
Date: 05 March 2024 Analysis of a tissue sample taken from a Hector’s dolphin spotted off the coast of Thames-Coromandel has aided understanding of the species and confirmed where the animals came from.
Date: 04 March 2024 New Zealand’s oldest known long-tailed bat/pekapeka – at 26 years – was recorded this summer as part of a DOC monitoring programme in Fiordland.
Date: 01 March 2024 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has made the reinstatement of the walking access to Coromandel’s Cathedral Cove/Te Whanganui-a-Hei before next summer a priority.
Date: 29 February 2024 DOC's annual Pureora Hunting Competition opens on 16 March and will run through until the prizegiving at the DOC Pureora Field Base on 28 April.
Date: 27 February 2024 More than 25 predator traps have been stolen from the Okura Bush Scenic Reserve on Auckland’s North Shore, shocking conservation group Friends of Okura Bush, Te Kawerau ā Maki and DOC.
Date: 26 February 2024 New Zealand has some of the most spectacular land snails in the world, but they’re sliding to extinction – and climate change is a major factor.
Date: 23 February 2024 The public is being asked to provide crucial, ‘as-it-happens’ evidence that could help identify the cause of mass fish deaths in the Whanganui River catchment.
Date: 22 February 2024 A lone rat has been found dead in a trap on Ulva Island Te Wharawhara, Rakiura triggering an incursion response.
Date: 22 February 2024 New technology and data analysis projects stand out in this year’s successful DOC scholarship applications, reinforcing their potential to supercharge the monitoring and restoration of Aotearoa New Zealand’s biodiversity.
Date: 21 February 2024 The Mueller Hut Route in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park has reopened for day hikers today after a brief closure.
Date: 21 February 2024 The tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern – our most endangered bird with fewer than 40 remaining – has celebrated a record-breaking summer breeding season, thanks to favourable weather conditions and advancements in management practices.
Date: 21 February 2024 DOC will be holding public hearings on Pure Tūroa Limited’s concession application from Thursday 22 February – Tuesday 27 February.
Date: 20 February 2024 An increase in risky, potentially harmful encounters with marine mammals is prompting a call from DOC to the public to give dolphins and whales space on the water.
Date: 16 February 2024 The Pike29 Memorial Track officially opened today with mountain bikers and walkers set to use it for the first time tomorrow.
Date: 16 February 2024 Kiwi numbers are increasing in a remote part of Fiordland for the first time in the history of their conservation, thanks to recent aerial predator control operations.
Date: 15 February 2024 DOC is asking beachgoers and their dogs to give korora/little blue penguins space when they come ashore to moult.
Date: 08 February 2024 Source: Department of Conservation and Save the Kiwi Owners who prevent their dogs from roaming can sleep easier knowing their dog isn’t in danger.
Date: 08 February 2024 Police are investigating vandalism at Kirwans Hut in Victoria Forest Park near Reefton. The backcountry hut is only accessible via an advanced level tramping track.
Date: 07 February 2024 A pregnant sea lion/pakake has swum about 60km inland to find her preferred spot to give birth, which has not been seen in this species before.
Date: 02 February 2024 A pūteketeke/Australasian crested grebe which needed stomach surgery after swallowing a fishhook has been successfully released back into the wild after a lengthy recovery at Wildlife Hospital Dunedin.
Date: 02 February 2024 DOC is urging people to do their ‘due diligence’ before buying a pet red-eared slider turtle, as they pose a serious threat to native freshwater plants and animals if abandoned.
Date: 01 February 2024 The Awarua-Waituna Wetlands near Invercargill have incredible ecological and cultural value, but, as World Wetlands Day approaches, a concerning algal bloom illustrates wetland vulnerability.
Date: 31 January 2024 Asbestos remediation work at popular Christchurch heritage site Awaroa/Godley Head begins in early February.
Date: 30 January 2024 People driving vehicles through the clearly marked and signposted breeding area of tūturiwhatu/Northern New Zealand dotterel at Thornton Beach in the Eastern Bay of Plenty are damaging the species, says Department of Conservation.
Date: 26 January 2024 DOC is warning people to be cautious around the waters of the Mahia Peninsula, as the remains of stranded whales and dolphins may attract sharks.
Date: 26 January 2024 Areas of public conservation land in the Hakatere, St James, and Molesworth, in the eastern South Island will temporarily close to motorised vehicles due to high fire risk.
Date: 25 January 2024 An Auckland man has been fined $2500 after he was successfully prosecuted for deliberately skippering a speedboat through a flock of protected seabirds – he then shared the video of the incident on social media.
Date: 25 January 2024 The northern royal albatross/toroa which will be seen by hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world has hatched at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head.
Date: 24 January 2024 DOC has announced the work it will undertake to determine viable, safe and resilient long-term solutions for visitor access and experience at Coromandel’s Cathedral Cove.
Date: 23 January 2024 Tūrangi has welcomed a different kind of visitor to its town centre this summer, with endangered black-billed gulls/tarāpuka breeding on the rooftops – but DOC staff say the birds’ residency won’t last.
Date: 22 January 2024 A pod of about 45 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins stranded on Sunday afternoon at Taylor’s Bay on Mahia Peninsula.
Date: 15 January 2024 Access to Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington will be restricted from February 19, 2024, to allow for the 85-year-old wharf to be rebuilt.
Date: 11 January 2024 DOC and New Zealand Police are reminding four-wheel drive users to stick to formed roads and drive with care this summer.
Date: 10 January 2024 A lucky tawaki/Fiordland crested penguin has been returned to the wild after a narrow escape, lengthy rehab and a cross-country flight.
Date: 10 January 2024 Two Swiss tourists spotted cycling the Tongariro Alpine Crossing have been fined $400 each and had their bikes confiscated by DOC.
Date: 09 January 2024 People heading into Nelson Lakes National Park this summer are being asked to clean their gear at new cleaning stations to prevent invasive algae being spread to the park’s pristine alpine lakes and rivers.
Date: 04 January 2024 Two sea lion pups were recently born at the Chisholm Links golf course, so Dunedin residents are being asked to keep dogs on leads and drive carefully while in the area.
