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World first trilingual nature app launch in Year of Indigenous Language
In a world first, DOC, with the support of Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development, has launched a nature app that incorporates Te Reo Māori, Chinese and English translations.
50 things to do before you're 12 3/4 competition
Show us your favourite outdoor activities and you could win one of 50 prize packs. Competition closes 13 October 2019.
Proposed changes to the Trade in Endangered Species (TIES) Act 1989
Have your say on our options to improve the TIES Act, or offer your own ideas to help New Zealand support endangered species. Submissions close 5 pm 25 October 2019.
Tahr control operations
DOC is working with the hunting sector and the Tahr Plan Implementation Liaison Group to over time reduce the size of the tahr population back within the limits of the Himalayan Thar Control Plan 1993.
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Winter life of Auckland Island pests revealed
Return of the winter field team from Auckland Island brings new insights into the work needed to make the subantarctic island pest-free.
Takahē population flying high
Takahē may be flightless but their population is flying high with the official count reaching 418 after a record breeding season that produced an estimated 65 juveniles, the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage announced today.
Whitebaiters guilty of Fiordland National Park fishing
DOC welcomes the successful prosecution of three whitebaiters who were found guilty of whitebaiting on the Waitutu river in Fiordland National Park
Team effort starts Motukaraka restoration
Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa is asking that people show respect for the whenua/land after a huge effort to rehabilitate Motukaraka Reserve.
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