13th March 2024 DOC / WildlifeA toroa northern royal albatross chick at the Pukekura Taiaroa Head colony near Dunedin has died after ingesting plastic regurgitated from its parent.
27th October 2023 Clearwater / WildlifeFair costs, really good comms, but the length of time… – a hopeful new tourism business gives its verdict on DOC’s consent process.
26th October 2023 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is investigating a video allegedly showing a seal pup being harassed and put into a bag.
25th October 2023 WildlifeClearwater Wildlife Tours has applied to the Department of Conservation for a permit to run marine mammal tours in Central Otago.
25th October 2023 WildlifeWorld Animal Protection and World Cetacean Alliance have launched a new global programme for responsible travel businesses and tourists to help them become responsible wildlife watchers.
4th October 2023 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is urging drivers around Dargaville southeast of Whangārei to be vigilant and slow down if they see wildlife on the roads.
29th September 2023 DOC / WildlifeVisitors to Nelson Lakes are urged to be on the lookout for kea in the region and report their sightings to the Department of Conservation.
11th September 2023 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is seeking information about a shooting that killed a two-year-old sea lion on a Dunedin beach.
17th August 2023 Conservation / WildlifeThe National Kiwi Hatchery is among a group of partners trialling a robotic kiwi to help protect native birds from uncontrolled dogs in the wild.
4th August 2023 Kiwi Park / WildlifeKiwi Park tuatara Merri is on the road to recovery after surgery at Dunedin Wildlife Hospital to remove a large mass under his jaw.
19th July 2023 Marine / WildlifeTourism operators working alongside marine wildlife are invited to learn about a new way of approaching risk and safety when engaging in such activities.
20th June 2023 M&C / WildlifeMillennium Hotels and Resorts and Save The Kiwi have partnered on a new consumer option to help support native kiwi.
14th June 2023 DOC / WildlifeTravellers are being asked to keep an eye out for fur seals around coastlines and coastal roads as young ones become independent and leave their breeding colonies.
9th May 2023 WildlifeNew solar lights are being installed along Wellington’s waterfront to improve safety for people and penguins.
2nd May 2023 Conferences / WildlifeMore than 100 delegates are meeting in Hamilton this week for Bat Hui 2023, an event hosted by the Department of Conservation’s Bat Recovery Group.
27th April 2023 Kelly Tarlton's / WildlifeKing and Gentoo penguins created colourful painted artworks from their footprints and tail feathers on cardboard taken from used boxes.
16th February 2023 Marine / WildlifeDolphin advocates want to see more action to protect Hector’s dolphins after a Department of Conservation report noted the deaths of a mother and calf killed by a trawl net.
26th January 2023 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation has extended a citizen science project encouraging members of the public to report sighting of kekeno New Zealand fur seals.
16th December 2022 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is urging people to do their research before heading to the beach with their four-legged friends and check whether the areas they are travelling to are dog-friendly.
16th November 2022 Pūkaha / WildlifePūkaha National Wildlife Centre is releasing six young yellow-crowned kākāriki back into the wild today.
15th November 2022 DOC / WildlifeFour eggs have gone missing from a toroa northern royal albatross colony at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura, near Dunedin.
29th September 2022 DOC / WildlifeThe chick is one of around 550 Haast tokoeka, the rarest type of kiwi.
22nd September 2022 DOC / WildlifeBeachgoers are putting threatened Opoutere dotterels and variable oystercatchers at risk of habitat destruction near a key nesting site in the Coromandel, says the Department of Conservation.
21st July 2022 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is asking visitors and their dogs to keep their distance from areas of gravel.
26th April 2022 Environment / WildlifePeople in Auckland, Hamilton, Hawke’s Bay, New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch, and Invercargill are invited to use the iNaturalist app to gather nature observations, find species, and engage others.
6th April 2022 WildlifeKamo Wildlife Sanctuary will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April.
31st March 2022 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation has granted authority for Kennedy Point Marina Development Limited to capture, handle and relocate kororā/little blue penguin at the Kennedy Point site.
10th December 2021 Tours / WildlifeHaka Educational Tours will operate in accordance with a new specific animal welfare policy to show its commitment to responsible travel.
11th November 2021 WildlifeA 3-year-old Tasmanian devil at Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park has become what is believed to be the first of its kind to get a full hip replacement.
22nd October 2021 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is reminding people not to touch wild blue penguins amid reports of such activity near Napier.
26th August 2021 DOC / WildlifeSeals are coming ashore during the winter season to rest in the Bay of Plenty need to be given space, says the Department of Conservation.
24th March 2021 DOC / WildlifeSeventeen hand-reared whio, or blue duck, are to be released in the Edwards and Mingha Valley in Arthurs Pass National Park.
15th March 2021 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is urging Motuihe Island visitors to abide by “island etiquette” and protect threatened species on the Hauraki Gulf destination.
5th March 2021 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation and Air New Zealand have given Milford Track’s resident pāteke or brown teal duck a boost.
3rd February 2021 DOC / WildlifeDogs are causing problems for wildlife in refuge areas, including one death of a rare tawaki or Fiordland crested penguin in Haast.
24th November 2020 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is reminding people to take care around marine mammals coming to shore this summer after the arrival of a leopard seal on a Taranaki beach.
11th November 2020 DOC / WildlifeDOC is urging beach goers to drive carefully on the foreshore after a critically injured kekeno/seal pup had to be euthanised on a Christchurch beach.
10th November 2020 Tours / WildlifeGannet Safaris Overland is offering a Christmas morning tour, a first for the Hawke’s Bay tour operator.
15th October 2020 CAP / WildlifeChristchurch Adventure Park, Meridian, the Christchurch Foundation and Sustainable Coastlines have partnered to plant a ‘Tūi corridor’ of 3000 native plants in a bid to attract the bird back into the city.
13th October 2020 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is warning people about handling kororā/little blue penguins after reports of people in Napier posing images of themselves holding the birds on social media.
11th September 2020 DOC / WildlifeThe country’s zoos, eco-sanctuaries, wildlife parks and rehabilitation facilities will share $9.6m to help them cope with the impacts of Covid-19.
3rd September 2020 DOC / WildlifeThis year’s Royal Cam toroa/albatross star has been named Atawhai, meaning ‘kindness’ or ‘care’, following record voters in the Name the Chick competition.
28th August 2020 Tours / WildlifeGannet Safaris Overland will bring its season forward after around 6000 gannets started building their nests at Cape Kidnappers.
26th August 2020 Ski Fields / WildlifeMt Hutt is celebrating after a kea paid a visit to the mountain, the first to be seen at Mt Hutt in three years.
21st August 2020 Wildlife12 wild kiwi are alive and well in the reserve, including several pairs.
13th July 2020 Attractions / WildlifeWildlife institutions suffering from the impacts of Covid-19 can apply for support.
1st July 2020 Environment / WildlifePūkaha National Wildlife Centre has confirmed the existence of New Zealand’s long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in its forest reserve.
20th April 2020 WildlifePūkaha National Wildlife Centre has bred New Zealand’s most endangered parakeet for the very first time.
6th March 2020 Conservation / WildlifeKiwiRail, the Department of Conservation, and the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association have partnered to help save the country’s endangered kea population.
20th August 2019 Conservation / WildlifeReal Journeys Birds of a Feather Conservation Ball raised $54,000 for the country’s endangered New Zealand falcon or kārearea.
