As he reflects on a long career, West Coast DOC boss Mark Davies notes the impact of the darkest of days for the Department: the Cave Creek disaster. The Cave Creek disaster occurred on 28 April 1995 when a viewing platform in Paparoa National Park .
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An ambitious project to turn a once-grazed Northland valley back into a lush wetland has been completed thanks to funding from hunting and fishing licences..
The completion of the second stage of an ambitious project to rewild a once grazed Northland valley into a lush wetland has been celebrated with an event to mark World Wetlands Day. The Underwood Wetland project near Dargaville commenced seven years .