2010 Auckland media releases
Date: 23 December 2010
Anyone who attempts to take seafood from Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve this summer is likely to get caught, the Department of Conservation warns.
Date: 23 December 2010
Minister of Conservation Hon Kate Wilkinson today announced the appointments to the Auckland Conservation Board.
Date: 23 November 2010
North Island Maui's dolphins and South Island Hector's dolphins were once thought to occupy completely separate stretches of New Zealand's coastline, but new research has shown that two female Hector's dolphins have been visiting their North Island relatives.
Date: 12 November 2010
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
New Zealand's largest off-grid solar power system on Motutapu Island is complete and will be activated today.
Date: 27 September 2010
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation and the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
A new 400 hectare marine reserve is to be established in the Rodney district after a successful application by the Auckland Regional Council.
Date: 17 September 2010
Installation of New Zealand's largest off-grid solar power system will begin next week on Motutapu Island.
Date: 11 September 2010
At a jury trial at the Auckland District Court, a Kawau Island resident was found guilty of being the owner of a dog that killed 14 endangered weka at the Kawau Island Historic Reserve.
Date: 07 September 2010
Auckland Zoo and the Department of Conservation are launching Auckland's Conservation Week celebrations at the Zoo on Sunday 12 September with a family fun day from 11am to 2pm.
Date: 07 September 2010
The ambitious Rangitoto and Motutapu restoration project has won the Department of Conservation a major international environmental award.
Date: 07 September 2010
When farmer Rick Braddock took over the farm on Motutapu Island, he had no idea it was going to be the start of a lifelong interest in conservation.
Date: 25 August 2010
For the first time, the Department of Conservation is using DNA profiling in an effort to update population estimates for the critically endangered Maui's dolphin.
Date: 05 August 2010
A Northcote resident has pleaded guilty to taking kina from Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve in January 2010, and to giving false personal details to a warranted Department of Conservation ranger.
Date: 15 July 2010
Darkstar, a young kiwi accidentally hit by a car in Northland in early May, leaves Auckland Zoo for her forest home on the Tutukaka Coast today, following two months of successful treatment in a cast for a badly fractured foot.
Date: 15 April 2010
Hot on the heels of two native bird species reappearing on Motutapu, one of New Zealand's best known songbirds - the bellbird - has also been rediscovered on the island.
Date: 25 February 2010
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
New parks and private land are to be added to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park to mark its 10th anniversary, Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson announced today.
Date: 04 February 2010
A Norway rat discovered in a trap on the 'pest-free' island of Motuora in the Hauraki Gulf has sparked a Department of Conservation response operation.