Consultation on the proposed protection areas closed at 5 pm on 28 October 2022.

In July 2022 DOC publicly notified a proposal to vest Te Paina (Mercer Domain Recreation Reserve) in Waikato-Tainui and classify the land as local purpose marae. Submissions closed 8 August 2022.

DOC and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura are together preparing a new conservation management plan for Rangitahi/Molesworth Recreation Reserve.

The Minister of Conservation has publicly notified a proposal to vest a part of Morning Star Beach Recreation Reserve near Queenstown in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Submissions closed 26 June 2022.

Submissions closed Tuesday 23 August 2022. We asked for your views on the proposed reclassifications for 504 pieces of stewardship land on the West Coast before final decisions are made.

We asked to hear your views on proposals within the Conservation Management and Processes Bill to improve conservation management planning and concessions (the permissions system).

Have your say on a proposal to change the current legal name of “Whanganui A Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve” to “Te Whanganui-O-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve”. Submissions closed 26 April 2022.

Submissions closed 20 March 2022. We asked for your views on the proposed Hākaimangō-Matiatia Marine Reserve in Northwest Waiheke, Auckland.