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About DOC

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Jobs at DOC

Young adult takahe with transmitter attached, Te Anau. Photo: Dave Crouchley.

Interested in working for DOC? View our vacancies and how to apply for them.

Growing conservation

Two boys lying in the grass beside a tree they've just planted.

DOC is changing the way we work so that we can achieve more conservation. Every New Zealander has a stake and a role to play.

Structure

Fern frond.

Find out about DOC's management structure and the location of conservancies and area offices.

Role

Vegetation quadrant monitoring of Cook's scurvy grass, Mahuki Island. Photo: Rebecca Stanley.

Information on DOC's guiding legislation and policy, national and international role in conservation and the advisory bodies it works with.

News

Mount Ruapehu in eruption. Photo: J. R Keys.

View media releases and information on current conservation management issues and activities.

Concessions & permits

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Find out how to do business on DOC-managed land and how to get permission to do research on wildlife, collect plants or rocks, or hold animals in captivity.

Tenders

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Find out about both tenders to provide goods and services to DOC, and DOC offerings that can be tendered for.

Highlights:

DOC's 25th anniversary exhibition

The Department of Conservation (DOC) turned 25 years old in April 2012. To mark the anniversary an exhibition took place in the foyer of DOC's national office in Wellington. For those who missed the exhibition, it is available for download as a document.

Meet the Locals videos

Watch Meet the Locals episodes to learn about New Zealand's wildlife, wild places and the people working to protect them.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

Learn about CITES - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - and the permits you need to import or export endangered species.

 

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Publications

Publications about DOC

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Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai
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