Date: 09 December 2019
Hobsonville Point Secondary School students are bringing native birds back to their community with DOC funding for a predator control programme.

Date: 02 December 2019
One of New Zealand’s rarest birds, the tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern has been boosted by two chicks successfully hatching last week – one at Pakiri, North of Auckland and the other at Mangawhai, near Whangarei.

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.