Many successful transfers have been carried out in recent years by DOC staff and community groups following the translocation process. We provide these best practice techniques to others, to help increase the success of future translocations of these species.

Methods include capture, processing, housing and transport of birds, through to post-release monitoring.

View best practice techniques for translocations of:

• Burrow-nesting petrels and shearwaters(PDF, 851K)
• Giant wētā (Deinacrida species) (PDF, 4,085)
• Green gecko (PDF, 868K)
• Grey faced petrels (PDF, 1,097K)
• Kākā (Nestor meridionalis) (PDF 4,155K)
• Kakariki (PDF, 797K)
• Kōkako translocations - advice on suitable source and release sites (PDF, 166K)
• Lizards (PDF, 833K)
• North Island kōkako (PDF, 1,945K)
• Pterodromas (Chatham, Cook's and Pyrcroft's petrels) (PDF, 988K)
• Robins (PDF, 630K)
• Tomtits (PDF, 573K)
• Whiteheads (PDF, 719K)