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View media releases from previous years.
Date: 22 September 2023 DOC is expecting flood damage across conservation areas in Southland and Otago and is advising people to reconsider any backcountry travel.
Date: 07 September 2023 The Department of Conservation (DOC) is appealing for information after a female New Zealand sea lion/pakake was shot and killed near Dunedin last week.
Date: 28 August 2023 The first fledgling toroa/northern royal albatross to leave Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula this season set a record when he spread his wings and set off to spend years at sea.
Date: 25 August 2023 Takahē have been returned to Ngāi Tahu whenua/land in the upper Lake Whakatipu Waimāori valley with the aim of establishing a third wild population.
Date: 14 August 2023 Vulnerable native species in the Dart, Routeburn and Caples valleys in Otago are benefiting from an extended period of low rodent numbers thanks to a successful predator control operation.
Date: 27 July 2023 Efforts to protect native wildlife in Waitaki braided river systems will get a significant boost under a $2.3 million per annum agreement between DOC, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy.
Date: 26 May 2023 DOC is temporarily closing three popular bridges in the Wānaka area for safety reasons.
Date: 05 May 2023 DOC is again urging people to keep their dogs under control in coastal areas after a necropsy confirmed the penguin dumped in an Otago bin was killed by a dog.
Date: 18 April 2023 Sophisticated DNA technology has detected a previously unknown population of critically threatened Clutha flathead galaxias in Central Otago’s Ōrau/Cardrona River.
