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Date: 01 November 2019 A brand-new bridge is now open on the popular Te Henga Walkway, a coastal trail in the Muriwai Te Henga area on Auckland’s wild west coast.
Date: 28 October 2019 Concern is growing for Auckland’s resident leopard seal, Owha, who was spotted early Saturday morning bleeding from a severe facial wound.
Date: 01 October 2019 Owha, the leopard seal, has been seen at ferry terminals, marinas, boat ramps and beaches in Auckland and Northland for the last four years.
Date: 20 September 2019 Ten tracks on Aotea / Great Barrier Island are being upgraded to prevent the spread of kauri dieback disease.
Date: 10 September 2019 Auckland’s Harbour Bridge will light up to celebrate 50 years of Conservation Week.
Date: 19 August 2019 New Zealand’s most endangered birds, the tara iti /New Zealand fairy tern, received a boost to their upcoming breeding season with the creation of three new man-made shell nesting sites in Waipu, north of Auckland.
Date: 30 July 2019 Whale and dolphin watching tourist operators in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park (HGMP) have funded $100,000 of research into the marine mammals that provide their livelihood.
Date: 26 July 2019 DOC rangers have trapped a rat on pest-free Motutihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
Date: 24 July 2019 DOC rangers are working to catch a rat found on pest-free Motutihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
Date: 11 April 2019 Four-week old kūpapa is the 96th Coromandel brown kiwi to be released on pest-free Motutapu Island as part of a programme to secure the survival of this rare brown kiwi.
Date: 26 March 2019 DOC is upgrading four Auckland tracks to prevent the spread of kauri dieback.
Date: 11 March 2019 Source: Hihi Conservation Charitable Trust and DOC A record number of hihi or stitchbird have fledged on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park during the latest breeding season.
Date: 16 January 2019 The administration and routine maintenance of Maungauika/North Head Historic Reserve will transfer from DOC to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority on Friday 18 January 2019.
Date: 10 January 2019 Source: Auckland City Council A potential sighting of a stoat on Great Barrier Island/Aotea has set off alarm bells and sparked an immediate incursion response.
Date: 04 January 2019 A campfire lit in front of a total fire ban sign on pest-free Burgess/Pokohinu Island near Auckland could have endangered breeding seabirds, skinks and other native species.