2007 Chatham Islands media releases
Date: 03 December 2007
Three portable fire dams from the Department of Conservation’s Canterbury Conservancy are being flown today to the Chatham Islands, where firefighters continue to extinguish hot spots at the site of a fire in a protected peat swamp.
Date: 03 December 2007
Source: The Office of the Minister of Conservation
Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick would like to commend all who contributed to bringing a fire under control on Department of Conservation (DOC) land in the Chatham Islands.
Date: 01 December 2007
The fire burning in a protected peat swamp on the Chatham Islands has been brought under control, with fire crews continuing to dampen hot spots over a 250 ha control zone.
Date: 30 November 2007
Fire fighters from Wellington are en route to the Chatham Islands to help quell a blaze in a protected peat swamp.
Date: 30 November 2007
A fire has burned around 60 hectares of the 422.9 ha Wharekauri (Greenswamp) Conservation Area in the northern Chatham Islands.
Date: 29 November 2007
Department of Conservation firefighters are battling a blaze in a protected peat forest on the Chatham Islands.
Date: 12 September 2007
Source: The Office of the Minister of Conservation
Conservation Minister Chris Carter today announced the appointments for the Chatham Islands Conservation Board.
Date: 25 May 2007
All eight chicks produced this year by the critically endangered Chatham Island taiko have successfully fledged from a predator-free site, to where they will hopefully return to breed.