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Date: 18 June 2025 Thanks to intensive management of wild nests and a growing hand-rearing programme with Auckland Zoo, this season saw 19 fledglings take to the skies. This is a significant ...
About the project Breathtaking Milford Sound Piopiotahi draws over a million visitors a year, bringing $200 million to the region, however tourism growth also presents environmental, safety and ...
Date: 16 May 2025 “We know how much this iconic walk is valued and how much people love to visit and walk it, so we’ve worked hard to keep the lower part of the track open,” says Aoraki Mount Cook ...
Date: 15 May 2025 Filmed on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island, the video shows New Zealand’s unique nature at its quirky best and highlights the value in protecting it. It started with the takahē ...
Date: 07 May 2025 In the video, a small egg, resembling a tiny hen’s egg, emerges from the neck of the unique land snail. DOC has been managing a captive population of the threatened snails in chilled ...
Donations from people all over New Zealand are helping efforts to keep pukunui/southern New Zealand dotterel on the planet. Pukunui are the world’s rarest wading bird. A year ago, there were just 101 ...
Date: 23 April 2025 The second bridge on the Hooker Valley Track has been impacted by riverbank erosion from wind and rain events over the past few years and is also susceptible to heavy snowfalls.
Date: 17 April 2025 The DOC Community Fund (DOCCF) is a contestable Crown fund, open to community groups and private landowners to support community-led conservation projects on public and private ...
Two geckos living on a predator free island off the North Canterbury coast are thought to be the oldest in the world at around 60 and 64 years. The two Waitaha geckos were first discovered and marked ...
Date: 18 February 2025 Opening dates are staggered between 13 to 28 May to give people making multiple bookings a better chance of securing their preferred slot. DOC has upgraded the booking system, ...
Date: 14 January 2025 Source: Department of Conservation and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Without a serious turnaround, scientists predict hoiho could become locally extinct on the mainland within two ...
Date: 20 December 2024 John Evans found three of the distinctive looking weevils on a speargrass plant in Ōtuwharekai/Ashburton Lakes in November, posting pictures to citizen science network ...