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Visitors to the Bay of Plenty are asked to check access to their favourite tracks and campsites before heading out this weekend, following extensive storm damage and a continued State of Emergency in the region.
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Several DOC sites across Northland are closed after heavy rain, with more intense downpours, and resulting clean-ups, expected this week.
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Mautohe Cathedral Cove closed due to rain, weather warnings
A weather system packing heavy rain has prompted us to close tracks to Coromandel’s Mautohe Cathedral Cove and urge visitors to not go to the famous beach
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Future blooms bright for rare tree daisy.
The future looks set to bloom for 1000 seedlings of Nationally Endangered Gardner's tree daisy germinated at Tongariro Prison Nursery.
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Popular Great Walks bookings to open.
Bookings for the 2025/26 season for New Zealand's Great Walks and other huts and campsites will open in May.
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Frogs impacted by predators, climate change.
The latest report on New Zealand amphibians' conservation status confirms higher numbers of Archey's frogs than previously known, although they're still at risk of extinction.
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Together with partners, we are excited to announce Aotearoa joining the international Island-Ocean Connection Challenge (IOCC) to boost conservation efforts on subantarctic Maukahuka/Auckland Island, Rakiura/Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands.
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We are reminding the public of the critical importance of protecting tara iti (fairy tern) nesting sites following an incident at Mangawhai Heads in late December 2024, during the birds' peak breeding season.
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Takahē released to grow wild population.
Efforts to expand a wild population of takahē near Queenstown began last week with the release of 18 birds in the Rees Valley.
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Nursery supercharges Rakitata restoration.
Starting from bare ground near Arowhenua Marae in Temuka, a Jobs for Nature project to support the Rakitata River Revival project now employs 11 people.
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Next steps for Te Anau Bird Sanctuary.
We are exploring alternatives to our management role at Te Anau Bird Sancturary/Te Punanga Manu following a review into the facility and its operations.
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Spartina control vital to protecting native species.
We are leading a spartina control operation that will focus on an infestation of the plants in the inter-tidal areas of Coromandel Harbour later this month.
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Scientists hit the water for Maaui dolphin population survey.
We will begin the latest Maaui dolphin abundance estimate survey this week, continuing vital work to monitor and protect one of the world's rarest marine mammals.
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Mouse plague threatens rare skink.
We plan to control a mouse plague that is threatening to destroy a small population of critically endangered Alborn skinks near Reefton using the toxin brodifacoum in bait stations.
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Tara iti breeding season progressing well.
We are cautiously optimistic about the 2024/2025 tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern breeding season, which is tracking within expectations for the critically threatened species.
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Whio released for the first time in Moeraki valley.
The first juvenile whio in the Moeraki valley, north of Haast, is a milestone for West Coast whio conservation efforts.
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Signs of hope as Whangamarino Wetlands bounces back from fire.
The internationally significant Whangamarino Wetland has proven more resilient to fire than expected, thanks to the healthy state of the peatland before the blaze.
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Native species compromised by trap vandals.
More than 150 remote predator traps set to protect native species in Mt Aspiring National Park have been systematically tampered with.
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100s of NZ species highly vulnerable to climate change.
A major assessment we have recently released, shows many of New Zealand's native plants and animals are in for a rough time as climate change impacts increase.
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