8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (346+ words) With duck hunting season opening on Saturday, the Department of Conservation is asking hunters out naturing to double check their target is not a whio/blue duck or p'teke/brown teal. Taranaki has an increasing population of whio in and…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (356+ words) Nikki Grist, a Department of Conservation (DOC) Ranger, says she's been working with a team of wildlife response volunteers to observe the penguin regularly and sought advice from DOC's penguin experts. "Currently the penguin is showing normal behaviours and is…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (494+ words) The fast DNA test, developed by Gisborne-based dnature diagnostics & research, is less invasive than traditional testing methods, provides faster results and can be used in the field. DOC Science Advisor for k'k'p" and takah" Dr Andrew Digby says knowing the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (443+ words) After the surprise discovery of a western brown kiwi in the Pureora Forest Park's Waipapa Block in March, DOC has echoed the Save The Kiwi call to action encouraging human Kiwis to report the signs of their feathered namesakes. The…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (487+ words) Alliance Group has signed a new two'year contract to supply 5, 000 kilograms of beef hearts per year to feed hungry chicks. The hearts will feed juvenile kak" at the Department of Conservation's captive breeding facility near Twizel in the Mackenzie basin…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (660+ words) The juvenile dolphin was reported to DOC by a member of the public on Thursday 26 February and taken to Massey University for a necropsy to try and understand what happened to it. The dolphin was gifted the name M'ui P'tiki…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (55+ words) Our work'Department of Conservation Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai Marine ecosystems research programme Aotearoa New Zealand's unique marine environment faces serious challenges from human activities and climate change. Our programme works with councils, universities, and other agencies to: - create…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (637+ words) Department of Conservation science staff and rangers recently caught 31 kea from a record flock of about 36 birds, attaching leg bands with tiny microchips. The bands are scanned by solar-powered readers attached to hut roofs and other sites that kea like…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (397+ words) Hector's dolphins, also known as'tutumairekurai,'pahu, or'upokohue, are endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand and considered a taonga species. They are one of the smallest dolphins in the world and known for their rounded "Mickey Mouse ear' shaped dorsal fin. With…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (223+ words) Some of the changes in sea life we've seen on the rocky coasts include loss of bull kelp, mussels, seaweeds and barnacles. In some places, the seaweeds inhabiting some areas have changed entirely," says Don. These changes are important to…...