Tracks and infrastructure on public conservation land in flood-affected Southland and Otago have held up well but visitors are still advised to exercise caution and keep up to date with relevant information. Department of Conservation staff have .
Kōkako are “rapidly expanding” at Rotoehu Forest between Rotorua, Whakatāne and Te Puke according to a new survey of the birds. The first survey in four years has revealed huge growth for the local population of the secretive forest birds thanks .
Department of Conservation investigators say they’re shocked and horrified by several incidents in which protected native animals have been decapitated. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/9f693ec894d2e98d8b3a.jpeg' .
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is appealing for information after a female New Zealand sea lion/pakake was shot and killed near Dunedin last week. The two-year-old sea lion was found by a member of the public on the harbour side of Aramoana Beach .
The body of a juvenile pygmy blue whale, measuring 14.6 metres in length, was discovered on Red Beach on Saturday 2 September by members of the public and notified to the Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust and Te Papa Atawhai/Department of Conservation (DOC). .