Media releases

Review media releases from Northland.

Dogs that help DOC

Date: 21 May 2012
Dogs are helping DOC to keep islands pest-free in Northland and Fiordland.

Local community explores Waikaraka in Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve

Date: 04 April 2012
Members of the local community carried out shellfish monitoring and went kayaking amongst the mangroves as part of a close-up exploration of Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve.

Productive Whangarei kiwi dies aged 16

Date: 14 March 2012
Whangarei Kiwi Sanctuary staff are today saddened by the loss of a friend of 16 years - Rainbow the kiwi.

Northland campsites have international appeal

Date: 12 March 2012
It may have been a wet summer for many Northlanders, but travellers and tourists from all over the globe were still choosing to spend their time here.

2011 Northland kiwi listening results show good growth

Date: 05 March 2012
The 2011 Northland kiwi listening results show the highest level of growth since listening records began.

Local community works to establish new path to Mermaid pool

Date: 27 February 2012
Thanks to the efforts of the local community, plans have begun to find an alternative route to the magnificent Mermaid pool on the Otito Reserve close to Matapouri after the old path was blocked by a rock fall.

Northland Conservation Board provides discussion topics February 2012

Date: 21 February 2012
Read an overview of the topics the Northland Conservation Board discussed in February 2012.

Whangarei kiwi killers identified

Date: 20 February 2012
Some staggering figures have been calculated in an attempt to find out what is killing Whangarei's kiwi population.

Three NZ dotterel chicks hatched at Ahipara

Date: 31 January 2012
Three new arrivals in Ahipara are causing quite a stir in the local community. With fluffy feathers and beaks, Ahipara's newest celebrities are in fact three newly hatched New Zealand dotterel chicks.

A true kiwi success story

Date: 11 January 2012
Two kiwi that were last seen and handled in 2007 and 2008 respectively were found while tracking Northland brown kiwi in the Purua Kiwi Sanctuary, Whangarei in January 2012.

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Email: northland@doc.govt.nz
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