24th July 2019 WildlifeThe annual competition to name a northern royal cam chick at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head is now underway.
5th July 2019 Conservation / WildlifeBlue Penguins Pukekura, a penguin conservation project at Takiharuru-Pilots Beach on the Otago Peninsula, has launched an exclusive new experience in which visitors can become conservation workers caring for their feathered charges.
27th June 2019 Marine / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is urging the public to report sightings of the southern right whale or tohorā.
26th June 2019 Conservation / WildlifeA new kiwi facility being built at Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary, north of Taupo, will boost numbers at the Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari.
28th May 2019 Research / WildlifeThe value of dolphin eco-tourism to the New Zealand economy has been put at more than $30m annually, according to a new report commissioned by Black Cat Cruises.
15th May 2019 WildlifeOtago Peninsula’s Blue Penguins Pukekura has launched a new experience which allows visitor to participate in penguin conservation work.
6th March 2019 Gannet Beach Adventures / WildlifeCape Kidnappers operators have welcomed a council decision to re-open beach access to the area’s popular gannet colonies.
25th February 2019 People / WildlifePūkaha National Wildlife Centre has hired an all-new marketing team to help boost visitor numbers and expand its conservation work.
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12th November 2018 Attraction / WildlifeNgāi Tahu Tourism’s Rainbow Springs has added an interactive ‘Kiwi Burrow’ experience to its offering.
20th September 2018 WildlifeA Queenstown wildlife park has become the first in New Zealand to be recognised as part of a world-leading animal welfare program.
12th September 2018 WildlifeThe West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef, the South Island’s largest kiwi hatching facility, has laid claim to hatching the first chick of the breeding season.
6th July 2018 DOC / WildlifeThe Department of Conservation is warning keen whale watchers to keep at least 50m away from the rare southern right whale/tohora currently in Wellington Harbour.
4th July 2018 WildlifeThe Department of Conservation’s latest Royal cam albatross chick has been named Amīria, which is the Māori translation for Amelia.
2nd May 2018 WildlifeNew Zealand dolphin tour operators say new research from the University of Otago into the detrimental effects of uncontrolled tourist access to dolphins is not easily applicable here.
21st March 2018 Sea life / WildlifeFisheries Minister Stuart Nash and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage are accelerating work to improve protection of the nationally endangered Hector’s dolphin, after five were accidentally killed in a fishing net off Banks Peninsula.
8th March 2018 DOC / WildlifeA new albatross family is centre stage on the Royal cam at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula.
23rd November 2017 Kelly Tarlton's / WildlifeSea Life Kelly Tarlton’s Auckland, has announced that from 11 December, New Zealanders can experience the country’s first interactive turtle rehabilitation experience, Turtle Rescue.
With Chinese tourists visiting New Zealand to experience its natural beauty in record numbers, one local wildlife organisation is using this to support its efforts to help the endangered Yellow Eyed Penguins.
Tūmanako, the northern royal albatross/toroa and star of ‘Royal Cam’, has left Pukekura/Taiaroa Head near Dunedin, to start a new life at sea.
The West Coast Wildlife in Franz Josef is proud to be announcing the opening of its brand new Tuatara Encounter in Franz Josef on Sunday 1st October 2017.
24th May 2017 WildlifeFor the second year running the Department of Conservation is inviting people to help name the internet’s most famous albatross chick.
24th April 2017 WildlifeA same-sex pair of king penguins will celebrate World Penguin Day with their surrogate foster chick.
