Department of Conservation

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Image: Jake Osborne | DOC

New Zealanders care about nature and it’s our job to protect it. 1080 is proven to work safely in reducing predators, and we need to use it to save our native wildlife and forests.

23 October 2018

Q&A: Ask our biodiversity ranger

Meet one of our Senior Biodiversity Rangers Ali! She’s worked with some of New Zealand’s most unique species including whio, kiwi and short tailed bats. We asked on Instagram if you had any questions for Ali about her work and we were overwhelmed with the amount of questions we received! Read on for her answers… […]

Improving whitebait management

We want everyone’s opinion on whitebait. We’re collecting views from all over the country from now until 7 January 2019.

Indigenous freshwater fish management reform

DOC is working on an indigenous freshwater fish amendment bill to halt the decline of our indigenous freshwater fish species.

DOC closing tracks to protect kauri

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage today announced that the DOC will close 21 tracks across kauri land to help prevent the spread of kauri dieback.

Volunteer

Get involved in activities around the country, and find out about volunteering for conservation.

DOC mourns colleagues after helicopter crash

The loss of two colleagues is keenly felt around DOC today, as the men who died in Wanaka were well-known members of the DOC family.

DOC supporting family and colleagues after helicopter crash

DOC is rallying around family and colleagues of the staff who died in a helicopter crash this morning in Wanaka.

Whio breeding success

A record number of whio ducklings hatched in the 2017-2018 season is a welcome increase to the endangered population.

First fairy tern eggs for season delights DOC rangers

One of New Zealand’s rarest birds, the New Zealand fairy tern, has surprised DOC rangers by producing eggs in October.

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