Date: 05 October 2009
Associate Minister of Conservation Hon Kate Wilkinson has announced this year's appointments to the Auckland Conservation Board.
Date: 30 September 2009
As part of research to discover exactly how penguins were exposed to brodifacoum, the Department of Conservation has commissioned further tests on penguin samples.
Date: 29 September 2009
The Department of Conservation is urging Waiheke Island environmental group Ocean Aware to have samples of marine birds, oysters and dog vomit independently tests by accredited laboratories.
Date: 24 September 2009
Independent laboratory tests on dolphins that died recently in the Hauraki Gulf have come back negative for demoic acid.
Date: 22 September 2009
Independent laboratory texts on dolphins that died recently in the Hauraki Gulf have come back negative for brodifacoum (rat poison).
Date: 02 September 2009
The Department of Conservation is concerned about recent dolphin deaths in the Hauraki Gulf, and has commissioned toxicology tests to try to determine how they died.
Date: 09 July 2009
Rangitoto and Motutapu islands are closed to the public for the second of three aerial rodent bait applications.
Date: 29 June 2009
Rangitoto and Motutapu islands are now open to the public again after the first successful phase of a three-stage rat baiting operation.
Date: 18 June 2009
The weather-window is finally right for DOC to begin the first stage of the ambitious plan to remove the remaining pests from Rangitoto and Motutapu islands over the coming months.
Date: 27 February 2009
It will be heads down, tails up at New Zealand's beaches next week, as thousands of people take part in Seaweek activities all around the country.
Date: 16 January 2009
Beach goers on the Hauraki Gulf island of Motuihe will soon be sharing the sand with some scaly companions, with the release of 70 shore skinks on Sunday.
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