Date: 19 November 2009
Wet feet from stream crossings are a thing of the past on the newly up-graded walking track to the Wentworth Falls in the Coromandel Forest Park, near Whangamata.
Date: 27 October 2009
One of the Coromandel’s iconic landscapes changed forever over Labour Weekend when a portion of the archway, colloquially known as the ‘Mare’s leg’, collapsed at Cathedral Cove, Hahei.
Date: 19 October 2009
Submissions to the Thames Coromandel District Council Draft Dog Control Bylaw by the DOC have resulted in a win-win situation for NZ dotterel on peninsula beaches this summer.
Date: 16 October 2009
Pohutukawa, sand, BBQ’s and sunshine, all mean one thing, summer on the Coromandel Peninsula. Camping on the Coromandel has only one issue, choosing one of the fifteen DOC campsites to stay at!
Date: 05 October 2009
Marine life at Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve is thriving, but it still needs your help says the DOC's marine ranger Andy Wills.
Date: 24 September 2009
Community conservation groups in the Waikato could be in for some relief from the tough financial times with the opening of the Department of Conservation’s Waikato Community Conservation Fund.
Date: 09 April 2009
Plans for the successful re-introduction of the North island robin, or toutouwai, onto Moehau moved another step forward this week with birds being captured in special traps in Pureora Forest Park.
Date: 30 March 2009
There's a unique type of field training underway in the Pureora Forest Park this week. Teams began training North Island robin/toutouwai, in preparation for the transfer of birds to Moehau.
Date: 30 March 2009
Visitors to the northern Coromandel could soon be hearing the clear chirping song of one of New Zealand’s protected birds, the North island robin, or toutouwai.
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: 19 January 2009
The Department of Conservation is investigating a cluster of short-tailed bat deaths in the Pureora Forest Park area.
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