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The Department of Conservation is the central government organisation charged with conserving the natural and historic heritage of New Zealand on behalf of and for the benefit of present and future New Zealanders. Its mission is "to conserve New Zealand's natural and historic heritage for all to enjoy now and in the future".
Volunteers from Air New Zealand’s Green Team are rolling up their sleeves for conservation by helping with restoration projects across the country this weekend.
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Mitre 10 is helping to suppress the plague of stoats threatening the last wild population of takahë in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland and that's just the beginning.
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TAURANGA — A 36 year old Tauranga man who had pleaded guilty of illegally fishing in a marine reserve was discharged without conviction at a court hearing in Tauranga today.
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Rowi, the world's rarest kiwi species, is returning to the North Island after an absence of hundreds of years.
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TARANAKI — Preliminary DNA test results released by the University of Auckland have shown that the dolphin recovered from a Taranaki beach last week had DNA characteristics more consistent with Hector’s dolphin, rather than Maui’s dolphin.
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TARANAKI — The preliminary pathology report on the dead Hector’s/Maui’s dolphin recovered from a Taranaki beach last week has indicated that the animal died of natural causes.
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The Department of Conservation now has a new recreational hunting permit for small game animals.
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COROMANDEL — This year’s Kaimai to Coromandel ECHO Walking Festival will be launched on April 10th with a family-friendly walk at Otanewainuku Forest near Tauranga.
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The Department of Conservation (DOC), with assistance from the New Zealand Navy, has carried out the first ever survey of the rare Auckland Island shag in the remote sub Antarctic islands.
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TAURANGA — Department of Conservation (DOC) staff, supported by local iwi representatives have been working to collect samples and bury the bodies of four Gray's beaked whales which stranded and subsequently died at the islolated eastern end of Papamoa Beach, near Tauranga.
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DOC is joining other outdoor recreation organisations in reminding people heading into the backcountry to make sure they tell someone where they are going and when they expect to be back.
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The Director-General Al Morrison says all DOC staff are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of their colleagues who died while helping fight a Northland fire overnight.
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PAPAMOA — DOC (Department of Conservation) staff with the assistance of Oiled Spill response teams and Project Jonah have successfully refloated 2 Gray's beaked whales which stranded at Papmoa beach this afternoon.
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The Department of Conservation (DOC) has released the top results of its ‘Quintessentially Kiwi’ survey in time for Conservation Week 2011, after receiving over 1100 responses.
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Understanding our shy and rare national bird just got a whole lot easier thanks to funding for an in-depth kiwi call monitoring project.
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ARTHUR'S PASS — Preliminary autopsy results from five dead kea dumped near Arthur’s Pass have confirmed that the birds were shot.
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When two musicians explore their creativity in the shadow of Mt Tarawera the result is an album of songs invigorated by the stunning scenery and the memories of one of New Zealand's largest volcanic eruptions in 1886.
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The Department of Conservation endorses the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s firm support for the continued use of 1080 to protect New Zealand’s threatened wildlife.
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The Department of Conservation (DOC) has received the necropsy results from Massey University for blue penguins washed up dead on East Coast beaches last month.
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TAUPO — The Department of Conservation has charged three men with hunting offences in relation to the fatal shooting of Rosemary Ives at a DOC campground near Turangi last October.
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Department of Conservation (DOC) ranger George Iles explains the extreme threat that introduced predators pose to our native wetland birds.
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A new toxin for the control of mammalian pests, thought to be the first registered in the world for at least twenty years, has been developed in New Zealand.
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GISBORNE — Two Gisborne men have received prison sentences for illegally taking crayfish, kina and paua from an East Coast marine reserve.
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OTAGO — Two German nationals are facing wildlife and theft charges following a joint operation involving the Department of Conservation, Police, and Customs.
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WHANGAREI — A young Riponui kiwi found in December with a serious neck injury flies back to Whangarei today (19 January), with the help of airline wings.
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STEWART ISLAND — A legendary kākāpō which played a vital role in the recovery of the species has been found dead.
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Christmas has come early for kākāpō this year as the Animal Health Board (AHB) has funded the purchase of a generator to be used during the breeding season on Anchor Island.
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New evidence shows possums are eating New Zealand's native parrot the kea.
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MARLBOROUGH — A tourist lodge which combines wildlife recovery programmes with art galleries has been awarded the Department of Conservation’s annual Conservation in Action Tourism Award for 2010.
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