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Hector’s and Māui Dolphins Threat Management Plan Review
Have your say on the plan to protect Hector’s and Māui dolphins. Submissions close 4 August 2019.
Toxoplasmosis and Hector’s and Māui dolphin
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease which reproduces in cats and is a significant threat to dolphins.
Fox landfill riverbed cleanup
DOC has replaced Westland District Council as the lead agency coordinating the clean-up of the riverbed and coast downstream of the Fox Glacier landfill.
Tiakina Ngā Manu
Tiakina Ngā Manu, formerly Battle for our Birds, is DOC's successful predator control programme.
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Give leopard seals space at Wainui Beach
DOC are asking the public to be careful at Wainui Beach in Gisborne if leopard seals are resting on the southern end of the beach.
Public urged to report sightings of rare southern right whales
Scientists and DOC are appealing to the public to report sightings of a rare but increasingly regular visitor to our shores, the southern right whale or tohorā (eubalaena australis).
Seal season is here – leave them to rest
Although seals are marine mammals, they spend a lot of their time on land – particularly between June and September.
DOC call to report sightings of entangled whale
DOC is asking people to keep a lookout for a humpback whale entangled in line seen off the bottom of the South Island on Saturday 22 June.
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