2026 CSP meetings and project updates
Find the agenda and final minutes for the 2026 meetings of the Conservation Services Programme below. Other related meeting materials, such as draft reports and draft minutes, will be made available prior to each meeting via a designated CSP TWG SharePoint site. You can request access to the SharePoint site by emailing csp@doc.govt.nz.

Get information on this page about these 2026 meetings:

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

9 July 2026

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: CSP TWG 9 July 2026 Draft Agenda

Minutes: To be provided following the meeting

Presentations:

  • POP2025-02 Black petrel and flesh-footed shearwater demographic modelling (WMIL and Johannes Chambon)
  • POP2025-03 Black petrel monitoring (WMIL)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 23 July 2026 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz. 

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

2 July 2026

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: CSP TWG 2 July 2026 Draft Agenda

Minutes: To be provided following the meeting

Presentations:

  • Southern Buller’s tracking analyses (Jonathan Rutter)
  • POP2025-09 Campbell Island seabird research (DOC)
  • POP2023-05 Southern Buller’s population study (Parker Conservation)
  • POP2025-05 Salvin’s albatross Western Chain research (Parker Conservation)
  • POP2025-04 Auckland Islands seabird research: white-capped albatross (Parker Conservation)
  • POP2025-09 Antipodean albatross and white-chinned petrel research (Parker Conservation)
  • POP2025-06 Updated population assessment for New Zealand fur seal (Dr Alasdair Hall) 

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 16 July 2026 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz. 

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

29 May 2026

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: CSP TWG 29 May 2026 Draft Agenda

Minutes: To be provided following the meeting

Presentations:

  • POP2023-05 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions (DOC)
  • POP2025-10 Population growth, distribution and demographics of New Zealand sea lions in northern Stewart Island (DOC)
  • INT2022-03 Identification, storage and genetics of cold-water coral bycatch specimen, 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 (ESNZ)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 12 June 2026 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz. 

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

17 February 2026

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 39K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 104K)

Presentations:

  • A model of Salvin’s Albatross breeding success combined with passive data collection (Otago University and DOC)
  • Black petrel distribution and range-wide overlap with pelagic longline fisheries (DOC)
  • Trail-camera monitoring of white-capped albatross on Disappointment Island: 2018, 2022 and 2023 breeding seasons (Science Support Service)
  • POP2025-07 Chatham albatross research and updates from Rangitahi and Motuhara (Toroa Consulting) 
  • A standardised framework for processing abundance data of albatrosses and petrels, and modelling their multi-decadal trends – a case study with nine New Zealand endemics (DOC)

  • MIT2024-03 Assessment of weighted hooks as a seabird bycatch mitigation option for SLL fisheries (Vita Maris) 

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm,5 March 2026 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.