Date: 16 November 2009
A well-known New Zealand conservationist, Don Merton, has been given the honour of naming the 100th kākāpō.
Date: 12 November 2009
Sixteen juvenile takahē have been released into an extensively trapped area in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park. This is the largest release of juvenile birds into the Murchison Mountains.
Date: 22 October 2009
Sightings of southern right whales off the coast of Te Waewae Bay and Bluff could show the fragile population is recovering.
Date: 21 October 2009
Monitoring of rat numbers following the first month of ground control using bait stations in key parts of the Eglinton Valley has returned encouraging results.
Date: 15 October 2009
Local community restoration groups are again the big winners as $600,000 is invested in native planting projects throughout the country as a result of the second round of the Community Conservation Fund allocations.
Date: 15 October 2009
Today marks the five-year anniversary of the discovery of didymo in New Zealand. On 15 October 2004 NIWA scientist Cathy Kilroy first noticed “weird, brown, fungusy stuff” in the Lower Waiau River in Southland.
Date: 05 October 2009
One of New Zealand’s most historic lighthouse reserves has been upgraded and will be officially opened on Saturday 10 October.
Date: 31 August 2009
The last five kākāpō chicks have been released from their temporary outdoor pens and are now roaming free on Whenua hou (Codfish Island).
Date: 13 August 2009
A New Zealand sea lion and a leopard seal have been found dead on the same stretch of Southland coastline.
Date: 10 August 2009
High possum numbers in Waitutu Forest, Fiordland National Park are having a significant impact on the forest’s unique biodiversity.
Date: 03 August 2009
Given the number of incidents in the past few weeks, backcountry adventure seekers are warned that Fiordland is no exception to avalanche activity.
Date: 13 July 2009
Tuesday the 14th of July is expected to be busy for the Department of Conservation (DOC) Great Walks team in Te Anau as bookings open for the world famous Milford, Routeburn and Kepler Tracks.
Date: 10 July 2009
A mouse that stowed away on board a boat threatened to wipe out 2 years of restoration efforts when it landed on pest-free Rona Island in Lake Manapouri.
Date: 10 July 2009
The last four kākāpō chicks have returned home to Codfish Island (Whenuahou) from the hand-rearing facility in Invercargill.
Date: 10 July 2009
The upgrade of the Martins Bay Hut on the Hollyford Track has been completed bringing five years of hut redevelopment on this popular walking track to a successful end.
Date: 09 July 2009
DOC is close to solving one very large mystery.
DOC is working towards cracking the genetic code of the nationally endangered southern right whale (tohora) using biopsy samples.
Date: 03 July 2009
Fiordland Explorer Charters have established a pest control programme in the Wilmot Pass area of Fiordland National Park.
Date: 26 June 2009
Department of Conservation staff made several trips to Bluff this week in response to a New Zealand sea lion coming ashore along Marine Parade.
Date: 24 June 2009
The Department of Conservation is requesting help from the public to identify persons responsible for a deliberate act of vandalism that damaged the new hut at Rodger Inlet on Lake Monowai.
Date: 11 June 2009
The Department of Conservation has received numerous calls from people who have found exhausted seabirds blown off course.
Date: 28 April 2009
The takahē recovery effort has been given a $55,000 boost thanks to Mitre 10.
Date: 09 April 2009
Twenty one kākāpō chicks have been taken to a special hand-rearing facility in Invercargill to secure their chances of survival.
Date: 20 March 2009
More than 300 submissions have been received by the Department of Conservation on the two draft planning documents for Stewart Island/ Rakiura.
Date: 12 March 2009
New Zealand's rarest waterfowl have returned to Fiordland after a 15 year absence.
Date: 05 March 2009
The submission deadline for two draft conservation planning documents for Stewart Island/Rakiura is fast approaching.
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: 26 February 2009
The Kākāpō Recovery effort is one step closer to bringing the world’s kākāpō population to 100 after the successful hatching of two kākāpō chicks.
Date: 10 February 2009
It has been a busy couple of months for the kākāpō recovery team. Here is an update of what has been happening.
Date: 10 February 2009
A male kākāpō last seen 21 years ago on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, just off Stewart Island, has been rediscovered, adding his genetics to the small but increasing kākāpō population.
Date: 03 February 2009
The Awarua Waituna Community Advisory Groups’ (AWAG) initiative to improve water quality in their local wetlands catchment has seen nearly 50km of fencing installed.
Date: 14 January 2009
At least one fertile kakapo egg has been laid on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, signalling the start of the kakapo breeding season.
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