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Date: 17 December 2019 In a rare event, a Hector's dolphin has been found dead on the foreshore at the head of Piopiotahi/Milford Sound in Fiordland.
Date: 13 December 2019 The ‘no vacancy’ sign is going up at the takahē homeland in Fiordland’s Murchison Mountains this summer as it becomes full with DOC’s release of a record 41 takahē.
Date: 02 December 2019 DOC welcomes the sentencing of the three men found guilty and convicted of taking native fish (whitebait) from the Waitutu area of Fiordland National Park.
Date: 13 November 2019 Pioneering conservationist Richard Henry’s crucial contribution to saving our endangered native birds is remembered today, 13 November 2019, the 90th Anniversary of his death.
Date: 11 October 2019 The future for whio is looking more secure thanks to a new agreement between DOC, Real Journeys and Genesis.
Date: 03 October 2019 DOC welcomes the successful prosecution of three whitebaiters who were found guilty of whitebaiting on the Waitutu river in Fiordland National Park
Date: 06 May 2019 DOC is working with Emergency Management Southland and Milford Sound Tourism Limited to address surface flooding at Milford Sound.
Date: 19 February 2019 DOC is currently investigating an historic underground diesel plume discovered in Milford Sound/Piopiotahi.