Wild Animal Recovery Operations data
Find data from Wild Animal Recovery Operations (WARO).

WARO data

WARO concessionaires are required to provide us with data on the number of animals they kill and where. This supports our decision making about the management of introduced wild deer, goat, and pig populations.

The requirement to report WARO data was introduced nationally for WARO concessions in early 2024. Before then, reporting was only required in Fiordland National Park. This means the 2023–2024 data includes a full year of reporting for Fiordland, but only a partial year for the rest of New Zealand. Data from earlier years covers Fiordland National Park only.

Note: These maps are for information purposes only. Exact kill locations are not shown due to the commercial sensitivity of the data.

January–June 2026

Map – Deer reported by WARO January-June 2026 (PDF, 3,729K)
Deer recovered summary table January-June 2026 (PDF, 121K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL Name Female Male Unknown Animal recovered
Albert Burn Conservation Area 37 58 30 125
Arthur's Pass National Park     54 54
Black Peak Conservation Area   4 3 7
Central Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
Wilberforce Conservation Area		   2 2 4
Conservation Area - Abbey Rocks     1 1
Conservation Area - Arawhata     10 10
Conservation Area - Cook River/Weheka to
Haast River		     124 124
Conservation Area - Dean Forest     19 19
Conservation Area - Etal Hill     1 1
Conservation Area - Eyre Mountains   2 2 4
Conservation Area - Glazebrook     66 66
Conservation Area - Granville Forest     14 14
Conservation Area - Mavora Lakes     85 85
Conservation Area - Okuru-Waiatoto     3 3
Conservation Area - Oteake Conservation
Park		   3 14 17
Conservation Area - Otira-Kopara Forest     114 114
Conservation Area - Pyke Forest     40 40
Conservation Area - Rainbow Run     9 9
Conservation Area - Snowdon Forest     30 30
Conservation Area - Totara - Mikonui Forests     10 10
Conservation Area - Waiatoto Valley     14 14
Conservation Area - Wanganui / Otira
Catchments		     357 357
Conservation Area Island Hills     30 30
Craigieburn Forest Park 10 8 197 215
Eyre Mountains/Taka Ra Haka Conservation
Park		 31 21 3 55
Fiordland National Park     1654 1654
Flagstaff Ecological Area     3 3
Hakatere Conservation Park   7 9 16
Hanmer Forest Park     90 90
Hāwea Conservation Area 8 15 1 24
Hāwea Conservation Park 160 200 46 406
Hooker / Landsborough Wilderness Area     27 27
Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park 2 3 37 42
Lake Hochstetter Ecological Area     4 4
Lake Ruataniwha Conservation Area   3 3 6
Lake Sumner (Hoka Kura) Forest Park     230 230
Leatham Conservation Area     37 37
Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve     5 5
Lochiel Conservation Area     45 45
Lochinvar Forest Conservation Area     13 13
Marginal Strip - Anna Stream     2 2
Marginal Strip - Brechin Burn and tributaries     2 2
Marginal Strip - Esk River and tributaries     7 7
Marginal Strip - Lake Wānaka (West Side)     1 1
Marginal Strip - Little Lottery River     1 1
Marginal Strip - Shotover River     1 1
Marginal Strip - Wairaki River     1 1
Matakitaki South Conservation Area     17 17
Mount Aspiring National Park 6 9 148 163
Mount Hutt Conservation Area   1 15 16
Mount Ida Conservation Area (ex Mt Ida
Syndicate)		 19 15 2 36
Mount Manakau Scenic Reserve     49 49
Mount Richmond Forest Park     4 4
Mt Alta Conservation Area 30 61 10 101
Nelson Lakes National Park     205 205
Oteake Conservation Park 41 50 109 200
Puketeraki Forest Conservation Area     32 32
Rainbow Conservation Area     8 8
Rakaia Forest Conservation Area     80 80
Rangitata/Rakaia Head Waters Conservation
Area		 17 19 2 38
Ruahine Forest Park     49 49
Ruataniwha Conservation Area   31 20 51
Ruataniwha Conservation Park   2 8 10
Shotover Conservation Area   6 2 8
St James Conservation Area     694 694
Takitimu Conservation Area     47 47
The Den Conservation Area     27 27
The Hossack Conservation Area     70 70
The Poplars Conservation Area     27 27
Tinline Downs Conservation Area     8 8
Victoria Forest Park     21 21
West Wānaka Conservation Area     6 6
Westland National Park/Tai Poutini National
Park		     33 33
Woodbank Conservation Area     7 7
Grand total 422 539 5071 6032

 

July–December 2025

Map – Deer reported by WARO July-December 2025 (PDF, 3,149K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 101K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Arthur's Pass National Park      46 46
Catlins Conservation Park      22 22
Cook River/Weheka to Haast River Conservation Area      32 32
Craigieburn Forest Park      33 33
Dean Forest Conservation Area      29 29
Esk River and tributaries Marginal Strip      8 8
Fiordland National Park      712 712
Granville Forest Conservation Area      57 57
Granville Wildlife Management Area      4 4
Hanmer Forest Park      13 13
Hāwea Conservation Park      6 6
Hooker / Landsborough Wilderness Area      4 4
Hossack River Marginal Strip      1 1
Island Hills Conservation Area      21 21
Ka Whata Tū o Rakihouia Conservation Park      117 117
Kowhai River Marginal Strip      3 3
Lake Sumner (Hoka Kura) Forest Park      46 46
Lochiel Conservation Area      34 34
Lochinvar Forest Conservation Area      36 36
Mavora Lakes Conservation Area      33 33
Matakitaki South Conservation Area      6 6
Mount Aspiring National Park      69 69
Mount Harata Ecological Area      7 7
Mount Manakau Scenic Reserve      8 8
Mt Alta Conservation Area      15 15
Nelson Lakes National Park      193 193
Puketeraki Forest Conservation Area      49 49
Pyke Forest Conservation Area      10 10
Ruahine Forest Park      76 76
Snowdon Forest Conservation Area      6 6
Takitimu Conservation Area      28 28
Tararua Forest Park      50 50
The Hossack Conservation Area      19 19
The Poplars Conservation Area      13 13
Totara - Mikonui Forests Conservation Area      16 16
Victoria Forest Park     52 52
Wanganui / Ōtira Catchments Conservation Area      195 195
      2069 2069

 

January–June 2025

Map – Deer reported by WARO January–June 2025 (PDF, 3,149K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 90K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Albert Burn Conservation Area 1 1 3 5
Black Peak Conservation Area 3 10   13
Arawhata Conservation Area 7 4   11
Dean Forest Conservation Area     6 6
Mavora Lakes Conservation Area 14 18 3 35
Paddock Hill Conservation Area     4 4
Snowdon Forest Conservation Area   2   2
Eyre Mountains/Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park 32 35   67
Fiordland National Park     616 616
Hawea Conservation Park 113 140 7 260
Estuary Burn Marginal Strip   2   2
Mount Aspiring National Park 56 76 1 133
Mount Ida Conservation Area (ex Mt Ida Syndicate) 5 7   12
Mt Alta Conservation Area 10 12   22
Oteake Conservation Park 95 163 3 261
Ruahine Forest Park     142 142
Shotover Conservation Area 2 2   4
Taka Ra Haka Conservation Area 8 8   16
Takitimu Conservation Area     5 5
  346 480 790 1,616

July–December 2024

Map – Deer reported by WARO July-December 2024 (PDF, 3,149K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 103K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Ahuriri Conservation Park 5 14   19
Albert Burn Conservation Area 3 14   17
Black Peak Conservation Area 2     2
Arawhata Conservation Area 25 21 13 59
Cook River/Weheka to Haast River Conservation Area     14 14
Dean Forest Conservation Area     19 19
Mavora Lakes Conservation Area   8 38 46
Paddock Hill Conservation Area     11 11
Pyke Forest Conservation Area     31 31
Snowdon Forest Conservation Area 8 7 5 20
Waiatoto Valley Conservation Area     1 1
East Dome Scenic Reserve 4 25   29
Fiordland National Park 3 5 1,100 1,118
Glenbrook Conservation Area     31 31
Hanmer Forest Park     37 37
Hawea Conservation Area 17 33 19 69
Hawea Conservation Park 37 51 22 110
Muddy Gully Historic Reserve 3 2   5
Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park     24 24
Lake Sumner (Hoka Kura) Forest Park     11 11
Lochiel Conservation Area     10 10
Redcliff Creek Marginal Strip   3   3
Waiau River Marginal Strip     1 1
Wairaki River Marginal Strip     1 1
Mataura Range Scenie Reserve 2 5   7
Mount Aspiring National Park 26 27 72 125
Mount Ida Conservation Area (ex Mt Ida Syndicate)     4 4
Mt Alta Conservation Area 6 24 14 44
Oteake Conservation Park 10 28 36 74
Rakaia Forest Conservation Area     2 2
Ruahine Forest Park 19 30 27 76
St James Conservation Area     19 19
Takitimu Conservation Area 5 10 10 25
The Hossack Conservation Area     58 58
The Poplars Conservation Area     10 10
Woodbank Conservation Area     15 15
  175 307 1,699 2,181

 

January–June 2024

Map – Deer reported by WARO January–June 2024 (PDF, 3,149K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 90K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Black Peak Conservation Area     16 16
Arawhata Conservation Area     2 2
Dean Forest Conservation Area     2 2
Mavora Lakes Conservation Area     29 29
Pyke Forest Conservation Area     15 15
Snowdon Forest Conservation Area 10 9 6 25
Waiatoto Valley Conservation Area     6 6
Killermont Conservation Area     2 2
Fiordland National Park     499 499
Hawea Conservation Park     101 101
Lindis Conservation AArea     9 9
Mount Aspiring National Park     133 133
Mount Ida Conservation Area     24 24
Oteake Conservation Park     122 122
Ruahine Forest Park 34 43 77 154
Ruataniwha Conservation Park     8 8
Mid Dome Scenic Reserve 23 64   87
Takitimu Conservation Area     5 5
  67 116 1,063 1,246

July–December 2023

Map – Deer reported by WARO July-December 2023 (PDF, 3,147K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 76K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Fiordland National Park     476 476
      476 476

 

January–June 2023

Map – Deer reported by WARO January–June 2023 (PDF, 3,147K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 80K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Pyke Forest Conservation Area     287 287
      287 287

July–December 2022

Map – Deer reported by WARO July-December 2022 (PDF, 3,147K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 82K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Pyke Forest Conservation Area     3 3
Fiordland National Park     409 409
      412 412

 

January–June 2022

Map – Animals reported by WARO January–June 2022 (PDF, 3,148K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 79K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Fiordland National Park     641 641
      641 641

July–December 2021

Map – Animals reported by WARO July-December 2021 (PDF, 3,147K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 79K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Fiordland National Park     537 537
      537 537

 

January–June 2021

Map – Animals reported by WARO January–June 2021 (PDF, 3,148K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 80K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Fiordland National Park     104 104
      104 104

July–December 2020

Map – Animals reported by WARO July-December 2020 (PDF, 3,147K)
Deer recovered summary table (PDF, 75K) Note: shown in table below

Deer recovered summary table
PCL name Female Male Unknown Deer recovered
Fiordland National Park     313 313
      313 313

 

What data is released

We publish summary data every 6 months. This includes general locations (e.g national parks or conservation areas), along with summarised species and sex information. Operator names, exact GPS locations and flight paths are not published or able to be released.

We only publish generalised location data. This is to protect the commercial interests of WARO operators. The exact GPS coordinates of recovery locations and flight paths are considered commercially sensitive. Releasing them could provide an advantage to competing operators. This is supported by the Official Information Act 1982. The act allows information to be withheld if releasing it would likely harm someone’s commercial position.

We provide summary maps using a buffer of at least 7 km around each recovery location. We do this to meet public interest while protecting sensitive data. The buffer helps obscure exact points while still showing useful regional patterns. Flight path data is not released, as it cannot be generalised in a meaningful way.