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Date: 14 December 2017 DOC is investing in road signage on a problematic West Coast backcountry road this summer but says travellers must prepare, drive to the conditions and expect more traffic.
Date: 13 December 2017 A Nelson man has been fined $16,000 for commercial fishing in a West Coast marine reserve.
Date: 30 October 2017 Pest control to protect vulnerable native species in northern Paparoa National Park has been completed.
Date: 10 October 2017 DOC and Genesis are spreading the word about 'Whio Boot Camp Challenge', a computer game developed to build awareness of whio and the challenges they face in the wild.
Date: 26 September 2017 Our predator control operation over part of southern Paparoa National Park and adjoining conservation land to protect kiwi, whio and other native wildlife has been completed.
Date: 05 September 2017 We are appealing for information after a 5-metre Gray's beaked whale that washed up dead on a Greymouth beach had its beak illegally chain sawed off.
Date: 22 August 2017 A rare rowi kiwi has been found dead on a road in North Ōkārito Forest near Franz Josef. A post mortem confirmed that her death was caused by trauma consistent with being hit by a vehicle.
Date: 09 August 2017 Two protected kererū (native pigeon) have been found shot next to a camping ground at Lake Brunner near Greymouth on the West Coast.
Date: 19 July 2017 Source: Office of the Minister for the Environment Construction is set to start by the end of this month on the new Great Walk in Paparoa National Park in memory of the 29 men who died in the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today.
Date: 12 April 2017 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation 11 of New Zealand’s rarest kiwi have been returned to the Haast Kiwi Sanctuary.
Date: 21 April 2017 Mountain biking on the Heaphy Track is now extended by two months and will run from 1 May to 30 November.
Date: 10 March 2017 Source: Office of the Minister for the Environment A new Great Walk through the Paparoa National Park to be built as a memorial to the 29 men who died in the 2010 Pike Mine tragedy can now proceed.
