What is the Department of Conservation's role?
As the New Zealand state party representative for the World Heritage Convention, the Department of Conservation (DOC) has been at the head of the process to develop the tentative list of future world heritage sites for New Zealand.
DOC has also been responsible for working with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to coordinate arrangements for the 2007 Committee meeting in Christchurch, from 23 June to 2 July 2007.