Department of Conservation
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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".
The Department of Conservation (DOC) uses aerial application of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) as a valuable biodiversity protection tool to control mammalian pests that threaten conservation values.
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The Department of Conservation (DOC) has received packages of a substance that was inferred to be 1080 bait, at its Nelson Conservancy office, and Takaka and Motueka area offices.
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The sea around New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands is recognised as a World Heritage Area and is likely to receive a boost in protection from a review of marine protected areas in the region.
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The Department of Conservation has announced some modest fee increases for some of its high profile walks for the coming season/year.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Kaimanawa wild horses are once again available to the public with the Department of Conservations annual muster scheduled for later this month.
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“Giving the public a say in how the public conservation estate is managed is at the heart of the current round of Conservation Management Strategies to be done throughout parts of the country,” New Zealand Conservation Authority Chair Kerry Marshall said today.
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"Enemies to be come allies" says Minister of Conservation Steve Chadwick announcing initial success at training rats to locate New Zealand's tiny rare native frogs "Aside from being nocturnal, and extremely well-camouflaged, the frogs are also tiny, easily fitting into a matchbox"
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The eagerly-awaited arrival of some of New Zealand’s most precious babies has started, with the hatching of five kakapo chicks in the last two weeks.
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Energy audits, energy conservation measures and renewable energy advice are at the heart of a strategic partnership that the Department of Conservation and Meridian Energy subsidiary, Right House Ltd, have announced for helping the Department achieve its goal to become carbon-neutral by 2012.
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The first week of March marks the 21st anniversary of Seaweek and this year’s theme is ‘One Ocean - It starts with me;’ focussing on ways everyone can be involved in protecting the marine environment.
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WELLINGTON — Kopakopa, the nine year old female kiwi who injured her beak a year ago in the Pukaha Mount Bruce forest, was re-released back there today.
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CANTERBURY — Note: Operation Avis is a simulation only, of a biosecurity response to a national bird flu outbreak.
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In a first for public conservation land, DOC helps businesses gain their green credentials through a “win-win” investment in biodiversity.
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WAIKATO — Results from a post-mortem carried out on a female Maui’s dolphin and pre-natal calf found beach-cast at Raglan late last year, have cleared the dolphin of the disease Brucellosis, but were unable to determine a cause of death.
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BAY OF PLENTY — A 60 year concession to Bay of Plenty Energy Limited to place part of a weir on, and to inundate a portion of, the Upper Kaituna Scenic Reserve on the Kaituna River, has been granted by the Director-General of Conservation Al Morrison, under delegated authority from the Minister of Conservation.
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OTAGO — The New Zealand Conservation Authority has declined to approve an amendment to the Mount Aspiring National Park Management Plan, allowing for the construction of a new road and tunnel within Mt Aspiring National Park.
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Some of the country’s shyest, weirdest and rarest inhabitants have stepped into the limelight on TVNZ’s new digital channel, TVNZ 6.
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WAIROA — “The decision is a win for the environment, a big tick for the resource consent process, and a win for the farmer”, Department of Conservation (DOC) Conservator, Peter Williamson said today.
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AUCKLAND — Little spotted kiwi have more than doubled in number on their Hauraki Gulf island home in the last five years, according to the results of a recent Department of Conservation survey.
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