Date: 01 December 2015
DOC has tightened permit conditions for commercial shark cage diving on Stewart Island/Rakiura and will increase monitoring.

Date: 25 November 2015
A man has been convicted over the shooting of a rare and protected black-billed gull/tarāpuka.

Date: 06 November 2015
Several pilot whales/ūpokohue which stranded at Doughboy Bay on Stewart Island/Rakiura this week had to be euthanised by DOC staff to minimise their suffering.

Date: 05 November 2015
DOC staff on Stewart Island/Rakiura hope Ulva Island’s elusive rat is dead.

Date: 15 October 2015
Trapping a rat that has invaded predator free Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara, off the coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura, is a high priority for DOC staff.

Date: 29 September 2015
A 15 metre whale has washed up at the southern end of Oreti Beach, near Invercargill.

Date: 28 August 2015
Kākāpō Recovery has been boosted by almost $70,000 following two successful fundraisers, initiated by supporters of the programme.

Date: 22 July 2015
You can join a DOC and Real Journeys joint expedition to Dusky Sound and get involved in conservation work there.

Date: 25 March 2015
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has learned a lot about using self-setting traps to rid islands of rats from a trial just completed on Native Island, off Stewart Island/ Rakiura.

Date: 29 January 2015
The project had been in planning with winter 2015 as a target date but has been delayed for a year until winter 2016. The eradication must take place in the winter when mice numbers are at their lowest and food resources are scarce.