2024 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2024.

Hawke’s Bay

Date: 13 November 2024
DOC has established a new conservation grant funding programme for Hawke’s Bay, opening the door for the community to undertake predator control or replanting of areas with native species.

Date: 01 August 2024
DOC has reopened Hawke’s Bay’s Opouahi Scenic Reserve and White Pine Bush sites to the public as of Tuesday, 30 July 2024.

Date: 20 May 2024
Recent sightings of a pod of orca and a large sperm whale around Napier have prompted DOC to remind people not to use drones near these animals.

Date: 17 May 2024
A local man has been issued a $600 infringement notice after he caught, killed, and decapitated a great white shark at Mahia Peninsula.

Date: 22 January 2024
A pod of about 45 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins stranded on Sunday afternoon at Taylor’s Bay on Mahia Peninsula.