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DNA profiling helps save Maui's dolphins

Date:  25 August 2010
For the first time, the Department of Conservation is using DNA profiling in an effort to update population estimates for the critically endangered Maui’s dolphin.

North Shore resident pleads guilty to taking kina from marine reserve

Date:  05 August 2010
A Northcote resident has pleaded guilty to taking kina from Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve in January 2010, and to giving false personal details to a warranted Department of Conservation ranger.

Kiwi Darkstar casts off injury to return to the wild

Date:  15 July 2010
Darkstar, a young kiwi accidentally hit by a car in Northland in early May, leaves Auckland Zoo for her forest home on the Tutukaka Coast today, following two months of successful treatment in a cast for a badly fractured foot.

International experts welcome the return of bellbirds to Motutapu

Date:  15 April 2010
Hot on the heels of two native bird species reappearing on Motutapu, one of New Zealand’s best known songbirds - the bellbird - has also been rediscovered on the island.

Hauraki Gulf Marine Park marks 10 years

Date:  25 February 2010
Source:  Office of the Minister of Conservation
New parks and private land are to be added to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park to mark its 10th anniversary, Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson announced today.

Rodent detected on 'pest-free' kiwi creche island

Date:  04 February 2010
A Norway rat discovered in a trap on the 'pest-free' island of Motuora in the Hauraki Gulf has sparked a Department of Conservation response operation.

 

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