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Date: 21 December 2015 Source: Project Janszoon & DOC A wasp control programme this summer hopes to reduce wasp activity in this popular park.
Date: 14 December 2015 The availability of Vespex, a targeted wasp bait, will be a welcome reprieve for our native birds and insects, and for people who enjoy getting out in nature.
Date: 19 November 2015 Source: Office of the Associate Minister of Conservation The Nature Heritage Fund is investing $235,000 to purchase 124 hectares of forested karst landscape on the western flank of the Abel Tasman National Park.
Date: 09 November 2015 Two islands in Abel Tasman National Park will become specially protected areas to protect breeding colonies of New Zealand fur seals, Conservation Minister Maggie Barry has announced.
Date: 05 November 2015 Four female kaka have been released into the Abel Tasman National Park.
Date: 02 November 2015 A dog is suspected to have killed a great spotted kiwi found dead in Nelson Lakes National Park on Friday, 30 October, prompting a reminder for people to keep dogs out of the park.
Date: 01 July 2015 DOC is asking for continued support from the Nelson Tasman community for a concerted push in coming months to ensure the pest great white butterfly is wiped out.
Date: 13 May 2015 Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club members are getting stuck in to improve eroded sections of the historic Kill Devil Track in Kahurangi National Park.
Date: 11 May 2015 The Department of Conservation says no great white butterfly infestations have been found so far over autumn but it is asking Nelson residents to keep a lookout for the pest over winter.
Date: 15 April 2015 The much-loved Flora Hut in Kahurangi National Park is warmer and looking fresh after a spruce up by the Nelson Tramping Club.
Date: 27 March 2015 DOC says great white butterfly activity around Nelson could pick up in the coming months.
Date: 12 March 2015 Source: Project Janszoon Ten kakariki or yellow-crowned parakeet have today been released into the Abel Tasman National Park to join a further 12 birds released last year.
Date: 10 March 2015 A rat and mice have been caught on the predator-free Adele Island in Abel Tasman National Park.
Date: 18 February 2015 The Department of Conservation says dead whales from last weekend’s mass pilot whale stranding on Farewell Spit have been secured but not all the whales have been accounted for and whale bodies could wash up in Golden and Tasman bays.
Date: 13 February 2015 198 pilot whales have been stranded on Farewell Spit.