2008 Chatham Islands media releases
Date: 29 August 2008
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick today announced this year's appointments to the Chatham Islands Conservation Board.
Date: 12 June 2008
A record 13 taiko chicks have fledged from a predator-proof covenant on Chatham Island.
Date: 06 May 2008
One of New Zealand's least-known rare birds is making a comeback. Twenty Chatham Island snipe were released into a privately-owned reserve on Pitt Island on 28 April.
Date: 23 April 2008
Chatham Islanders this week celebrated the first return of an endangered bird species to the main Chatham Island. Forty-three Chatham petrel chicks from Rangatira Island have gone into a predator-free covenant.