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New Zealand Threat Classification Series

Latest publication: October 2024

43. Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023
By: Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 43. 105 p. (PDF 3,177K)

42. Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails). Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022
By: Kath Walker, Kerry Walton, Eric Edwards, Rod Hitchmough, Ian Payton, Gary Barker and Pascale Michel. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 42. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 32 p. (PDF, 4937K)

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Science for Conservation Series

Latest publication: October 2024

341. Conservation management of the critically endangered matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern: a review of threats and preliminary management techniques
By: Emma M. Williams. Science for Conservation 341. 64 p. (PDF, 10,309)

340. List of environmental weeds in New Zealand 2024
By: Kate G. McAlpine and Clayson J. Howell. Science for Conservation 340. 37 p. (PDF, 3,491K)
View list of environmental weeds as a spreadsheet (XLSX, 53K)

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DOC Research and Development Series

Latest publication: October 2024

370. Improving the estimation of population risk to Hector’s and Māui dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) using carcass data, focusing on toxoplasmosis.
By: Jim O. Roberts
DOC Research and Development Series 370. 22p. (PDF, 21,961K)

369. Recent developments in research on the herpetofauna of Aotearoa New Zealand
By: Deborah J. Wilson, Joanne M. Monks (Compilers)
DOC Research and Development Series 369. 19 p. (PDF, 563K)

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Threatened Species Recovery Strategies and Plans

Latest publication: May 2024

Te Rautaki Whakaora Kea / Kea Recovery Strategy 2024–2034. K. Weston, F. Sloan, B. Hodgson, J. Kemp, T. Orr-Walker, T. Dearlove, T. Greene, A. Goodman, J. McAulay, L. McLean, J. Van Hal and L. Young. 23 p. (PDF, 10, 653K)

64. Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) recovery plan 2018–2028. J. Germano, S. Barlow, I. Castro, R. Colbourne, M. Cox, C. Gillies, K. Hackwell, J. Harawira, M. Impey, A. Reuben, H. Robertson, J. Scrimgeour, W. Sporle, S. Yong. Threatened Species Recovery Plan 64. 64 p. (PDF, 1,377K)

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