Fair costs, really good comms, but the length of time… – a hopeful new tourism business gives its verdict on DOC’s consent process.
The Department of Conservation is investigating a video allegedly showing a seal pup being harassed and put into a bag.
Clearwater Wildlife Tours has applied to the Department of Conservation for a permit to run marine mammal tours in Central Otago.
World Animal Protection and World Cetacean Alliance have launched a new global programme for responsible travel businesses and tourists to help them become responsible wildlife watchers.
The Department of Conservation is urging drivers around Dargaville southeast of Whangārei to be vigilant and slow down if they see wildlife on the roads.
Visitors to Nelson Lakes are urged to be on the lookout for kea in the region and report their sightings to the Department of Conservation.
The Department of Conservation is seeking information about a shooting that killed a two-year-old sea lion on a Dunedin beach.
The National Kiwi Hatchery is among a group of partners trialling a robotic kiwi to help protect native birds from uncontrolled dogs in the wild.
Kiwi Park tuatara Merri is on the road to recovery after surgery at Dunedin Wildlife Hospital to remove a large mass under his jaw.
Tourism operators working alongside marine wildlife are invited to learn about a new way of approaching risk and safety when engaging in such activities.
Millennium Hotels and Resorts and Save The Kiwi have partnered on a new consumer option to help support native kiwi.
Travellers are being asked to keep an eye out for fur seals around coastlines and coastal roads as young ones become independent and leave their breeding colonies.
New solar lights are being installed along Wellington’s waterfront to improve safety for people and penguins.
More than 100 delegates are meeting in Hamilton this week for Bat Hui 2023, an event hosted by the Department of Conservation’s Bat Recovery Group.
King and Gentoo penguins created colourful painted artworks from their footprints and tail feathers on cardboard taken from used boxes.
Dolphin advocates want to see more action to protect Hector’s dolphins after a Department of Conservation report noted the deaths of a mother and calf killed by a trawl net.
The Department of Conservation has extended a citizen science project encouraging members of the public to report sighting of kekeno New Zealand fur seals.
The Department of Conservation is urging people to do their research before heading to the beach with their four-legged friends and check whether the areas they are travelling to are dog-friendly.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre is releasing six young yellow-crowned kākāriki back into the wild today.
Four eggs have gone missing from a toroa northern royal albatross colony at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura, near Dunedin.
The chick is one of around 550 Haast tokoeka, the rarest type of kiwi.
Beachgoers are putting threatened Opoutere dotterels and variable oystercatchers at risk of habitat destruction near a key nesting site in the Coromandel, says the Department of Conservation.
The Department of Conservation is asking visitors and their dogs to keep their distance from areas of gravel.
People in Auckland, Hamilton, Hawke’s Bay, New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch, and Invercargill are invited to use the iNaturalist app to gather nature observations, find species, and engage others.
Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April.
The Department of Conservation has granted authority for Kennedy Point Marina Development Limited to capture, handle and relocate kororā/little blue penguin at the Kennedy Point site.
Haka Educational Tours will operate in accordance with a new specific animal welfare policy to show its commitment to responsible travel.
A 3-year-old Tasmanian devil at Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park has become what is believed to be the first of its kind to get a full hip replacement.
The Department of Conservation is reminding people not to touch wild blue penguins amid reports of such activity near Napier.
Seals are coming ashore during the winter season to rest in the Bay of Plenty need to be given space, says the Department of Conservation.
Seventeen hand-reared whio, or blue duck, are to be released in the Edwards and Mingha Valley in Arthurs Pass National Park.
The Department of Conservation is urging Motuihe Island visitors to abide by “island etiquette” and protect threatened species on the Hauraki Gulf destination.
The Department of Conservation and Air New Zealand have given Milford Track’s resident pāteke or brown teal duck a boost.
Dogs are causing problems for wildlife in refuge areas, including one death of a rare tawaki or Fiordland crested penguin in Haast.
The Department of Conservation is reminding people to take care around marine mammals coming to shore this summer after the arrival of a leopard seal on a Taranaki beach.
DOC is urging beach goers to drive carefully on the foreshore after a critically injured kekeno/seal pup had to be euthanised on a Christchurch beach.
Gannet Safaris Overland is offering a Christmas morning tour, a first for the Hawke’s Bay tour operator.
Christchurch Adventure Park, Meridian, the Christchurch Foundation and Sustainable Coastlines have partnered to plant a ‘Tūi corridor’ of 3000 native plants in a bid to attract the bird back into the city.
The Department of Conservation is warning people about handling kororā/little blue penguins after reports of people in Napier posing images of themselves holding the birds on social media.
The country’s zoos, eco-sanctuaries, wildlife parks and rehabilitation facilities will share $9.6m to help them cope with the impacts of Covid-19.
This year’s Royal Cam toroa/albatross star has been named Atawhai, meaning ‘kindness’ or ‘care’, following record voters in the Name the Chick competition.
Gannet Safaris Overland will bring its season forward after around 6000 gannets started building their nests at Cape Kidnappers.
Mt Hutt is celebrating after a kea paid a visit to the mountain, the first to be seen at Mt Hutt in three years.
12 wild kiwi are alive and well in the reserve, including several pairs.
Wildlife institutions suffering from the impacts of Covid-19 can apply for support.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre has confirmed the existence of New Zealand’s long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in its forest reserve.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre has bred New Zealand’s most endangered parakeet for the very first time.
KiwiRail, the Department of Conservation, and the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association have partnered to help save the country’s endangered kea population.
Real Journeys Birds of a Feather Conservation Ball raised $54,000 for the country’s endangered New Zealand falcon or kārearea.
The annual competition to name a northern royal cam chick at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head is now underway.