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Protecting Hector’s – Tracking the harbour traffic
The specialised camera system on Nine Fathom Point : Will Carome Tucked on the south side of Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū (Banks Peninsula) is the peaceful and unique Akaroa Harbour, home to the world’s...
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Be wary of the weasels
Department of Conservation Ranger Jamie McAulay works to protect threatened wildlife populations from invasive species such as stoats, weasels, and rats. Together with wildlife ecologist Dr Jo Monks...
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Checking up on a dream stream
Written by Sarah Wilcox. It looks idyllic. The beautiful Huaki Stream meanders over rocks, through kauri forest, with lush nīkau palms forming a canopy overhead. It’s shady and cool on a hot summer’s...
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Prowling Pets: How To Keep Cats and Dogs From Wandering
With two important environmental holidays coming up, World Migratory Bird Day on 13 May and International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, it’s as good a time as any to consider how our pets...
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Exploring New Zealand’s Lighthouses
From Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island to Waipapa Point in the South, we have 23 historic lighthouses dotted across the country. With New Zealand a maritime nation, beginning with the first...
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Protecting Hector’s – Are dolphins being displaced by boats?
Korokoro, one of the well-known local dolphins. : Will Carome Tucked on the south side of Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū (Banks Peninsula) is the peaceful and unique Akaroa Harbour, home to the world’s...
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We’ll need some serious innovation – Brent Beaven, PF2050
We need to eradicate rats, possums and stoats from Aotearoa by 2050. It will take hard work, money, research, collaboration and commitment across generations of Kiwis. Today, we’re diving into the...
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A tribute to New Zealand’s mums
This Mother’s Day we pay tribute to New Zealand mums ensuring the survival of our native species. Here’s some of our favourite photos… Today mums, we salute you! A mother and newly born sea lion pup....
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Counting kōura in the Sounds – Long Island Kokomohua Marine Reserve
Written by Casey Spearin. A diver jumps off the boat Casey Spearin, DOC Jutting from the water like a knife edge in the northeast entrance to Tōtaranui/ Queen Charlotte Sound is a chain of small...
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10 tips for attracting native birds to your garden
Thinking about how nice it would be to have native birds in your garden? Well, here’s some ways you can do just that! Here are 10 top tips for attracting native birds to your garden or backyard…...
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A West Coast story of love, sex and a threatened native fish
Written by Sarah Wilcox. The sex life of shortjaw kōkopu – a species of fish that’s only found in Aotearoa – is shrouded in mystery. We know they’re doing it, but even today we know almost nothing...
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Protecting Hector’s – Where to next?
Hector’s dolphin mother and calf surfacing for air. : Will Carome This is the fifth blog in the Protecting Hector’s series – a deep dive into a collaborative research project trying to find out how...
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Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: The time I helped catch a kiwi
By Lucy Holyoake, Digital Channels Analyst Work to save kiwi at Shy Lake in Fiordland is ongoing, and we’ve made a mini-series about it. Lucy is part of the creative team making the series, and she...
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Te Ara Kākāriki: Creating a green corridor across the Canterbury Plains
Te Ara Kākāriki is on a mission to increase biodiversity throughout Canterbury. To do this, they are working with landowners to create a corridor of linked areas of native plantings that reaches from...
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Kiwi Tracking Tech: The how’s and why’s of radio tracking
Finding kiwi can be a real mission. But thanks to some super smart tech, tracking kiwi is now more of a science than a guessing game. In this blog post, we explore DOC’s history of radio tracking, how...
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Tūturuatu Telegraph: Celebrating 30 years of tūturuatu work at the Isaac...
The shore plover is a bird in need of urgent PR. With just 250 individuals left in the wild on a handful of predator-free islands, it is one of the world’s rarest shore birds, facing issues related to...
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The making of the Fiordland Kiwi Diaries
The story behind DOC’s exclusive three-part miniseries about saving tokoeka kiwi in Fiordland. By Jayne Ramage Belle Gwilliam filming at Nelson Lakes, holding a camera and sh0tgun mic on the side of a...
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Matariki: The Māori New Year
By Joe Harawira, PouwhakahaereWhen Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the Earth mother, were separated by their children, the God of the winds—Tāwhirimātea—became so angry that he tore out his...
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Tackling four unique rat habitats on Waiheke Island
Imagine a Waiheke Island that is a haven for unique and ancient species of birds, lizards, insects and plants. Unfortunately, harmful introduced rats pose a threat to wildlife all over the island –...
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Restoring the mauri of kākāpō in Aotearoa
By Andie Gentle, DOC Kākāpō Advocacy It’s official – a new kākāpō population has been released at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. This means kākāpō are back living on the mainland for the first time...
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