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Tracking titi’s travels
Titi, or sooty shearwaters, have one of the longest migrations of any bird on the planet. Department of Conservation sea bird scientist, Graeme Taylor, is on Rangatira Island, in the Chatham Islands,...
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Biodiversity day creates a storm
Partnerships Ranger John Barkla writes about the recent community day in Dunedin to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. In a scene reminiscent of the Pied Piper of Hamelin I...
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Photo of the week: Kapiti Island
Kapiti Island is host to one of the largest accessible island bird sanctuaries in New Zealand and deserves to be enjoyed by as many of us as possible. To encourage you to visit Kapiti Island permit...
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Bringing robins back to the Bay of Islands
This blog post was originally posted on the Explore Group’s website. The Project Island Song partners—the Guardians, Ngati Kuta and Patukeha hapu and DOC—recently translocated 43 North Island...
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“The Wind’s Resting Place”– Hauturu
Naturalist, conservationist and herpetologist, Dylan van Winkel, has worked in an a variety of challenging environments, both in New Zealand and abroad. Today he writes about a recent visit to...
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Deer eradication on Secretary Island
By Norm Macdonald, Senior Ranger, Te Anau. In August, two of the last remaining deer on Secretary Island, in Fiordland’s Doubtful Sound, were culled by DOC’s Secretary Island hunting team. Since 2006...
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Conservation dogs Pai and Piri rock Conservation Week
By Julie Kidd (DOC, Auckland) During Conservation Week we saw conservation dogs, Pai and Piri, make their TV début on Seven Sharp. Pai and Piri Pai and Piri told their conservation story—along with...
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Jobs at DOC: Stephen Horn, Senior Ranger, Antipodes Island Mouse Eradication
Come behind the scenes and into the jobs, the challenges, the highlights, and the personalities of the people who work at the Department of Conservation (DOC). Today we profile Stephen Horn, Senior...
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Ahoake the takahē and his broken beak
To highlight Takahē Awareness Month, Kapiti Island ranger Genevieve Spargo, tells us the story of Ahoake, the takahē with a broken beak… Bright, red takahē beak The large, bright red beak is often the...
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Photo of the week: Governor-General in the Auckland Islands
Our favourite photos this week come from the Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mataparae, who recently visited the Auckland Islands with researchers and DOC staff. During the five-day visit...
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Jobs at DOC: Fenella Christian, Partnerships Ranger
Come behind the scenes and into the jobs, the challenges, the highlights, and the personalities of the people who work at the Department of Conservation (DOC). Today we profile Fenella Christian,...
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Invertebrates on the Antipodes Island
By Chrissy Wickes, Services Ranger (Biodiversity) Scientists, John Marris and James Russell, have completed several research trips to the Antipodes Islands. They have found a number of unique species...
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Doggedly determined to sniff out weeds
For the first time in over a decade, a dog is back on Raoul Island—this time to help clear the island of noxious weeds. DOC’s Geoff Woodhouse explains… DOC ranger, Dianna Makotter and Maxie Border...
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