2015 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2015.

Northland

Date: 01 December 2015
DOC and Te Mauri o Waihou have been working to upgrade the popular picnic area. There will be a Whanau Day on Saturday 5 December 2015 to celebrate the opening.

Date: 28 October 2015
People of all ages are being encouraged to head to conservation areas this Conservation Week and enjoy the health benefits as a result. Conservation Week runs from 1 – 8 November.

Date: 22 September 2015
DOC is proceeding with bylaws to ensure public safety and protect the public conservation land on six reserves at Whangarei Heads and Bream Bay.

Date: 18 September 2015
Three dogs have been euthanised and two dog owners have been fined as a result of an investigation into kiwi being killed by dogs near Kerikeri.

Date: 04 August 2015
The Te Mauri o Waihou roopu will be maintaining and upgrading the Forest Pools Picnic Area - a popular spot that has faced several unpleasant incidents.

Date: 10 July 2015
At least seven kiwi have now been found dead in the Wharau Road area, east of Kerikeri, between May 20 and July 8 this year.

Date: 11 June 2015
Northland Conservation Board chair Mita Harris presented the results of their hard work to Associate Conservation Minister Nicky Wagner recently.

Date: 22 May 2015
Three of the seven pest free islands in the Bay of Islands will soon provide safe new havens for saddleback/tīeke and whitehead/pōpokotea from Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Date: 18 March 2015
The Northland Conservation Board has just released an A3 colour poster highlighting the plight of kūkupa (New Zealand pigeon or kereru) as part of the Board's Save the Kūkupa campaign.

Date: 06 March 2015
The Northland Conservation Board is urging community conservation groups in Northland to apply for a slice of funding from the 2015 Community Conservation Partnerships Fund.

Date: 10 February 2015
Ruapekapeka Pā has been awarded the international Green Flag Award for the second year in a row.

Date: 09 February 2015
The second national Kauri Dieback Symposium held on 14 and 15 February 2015 in Hokianga highlighted that containment of the disease is currently our best weapon.

Date: 02 February 2015
The Department of Conservation supports the proactive action by a Northland Iwi in placing a rahui over two maunga near Kaiwaka in Northland.

Date: 02 February 2015
Chris Jenkins will retire from the Department of Conservation this Thursday after 37 years of public service.