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Whether you’re a local, or you’re here on holiday, we all have a shared responsibility to look after this awesome place.
DOC Sounds of Science podcast
A behind the scenes look at how DOC cares for NZ's native species and natural environment. Our latest episode features DOC legend Herb Christophers sharing his experiences as a science communicator.
World Wildlife Day youth art competition
Show us your favourite wild animal and you could win our CITES prize pack. Competition open 3 to 24 February 2020.
Climate change impacts on our native wildlife
New Zealand has been in a biodiversity crisis for more than 100 years – but the effects of climate change could tip our internationally important species over the edge.
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Tourist’s drone seized in Tongariro National Park
A drone has been seized after it was flown above the Tongariro Alpine Crossing illegally.
Pāteke going strong in Fiordland
After being considered functionally extinct from the South Island since the 1990s, the rarest waterfowl on mainland New Zealand, the pāteke/brown teal, is doing well in the Arthur Valley of Fiordland.
Mangrove invasion threatens Ahuriri Estuary
DOC Hawke’s Bay is concerned after local biodiversity champions discovered several invasive mangrove seedlings deliberately planted in the Ahuriri Estuary.
GPS tracking avoids future Flint incidents
Heroic rescues of frightened dogs from the sub-Antarctic islands will become an even rarer event with the introduction of tracking collars under a new Conservation Dogs Programme (CDP) policy
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