2016 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2016.

Canterbury

Date: 19 December 2016
Stop and enjoy some of the great spots in nature on the long drive between Picton and Christchurch this summer.

Date: 16 December 2016
Twelve new Kiwi Guardian nature discovery sites have been created in family friendly places just in time for Christmas.

Date: 28 September 2016
DOC is opening a new campsite at Awaroa/Godley Head, near Christchurch, this weekend.

Date: 16 September 2016
A ten-year moratorium on new permits to view or swim with marine mammals in Akaroa Harbour starts today, 16 September 2016.

Date: 10 August 2016
MPI and DOC are using innovative technology to assist the recovery of critically endangered kakī/black stilts.

Date: 03 June 2016
Get involved in the review of the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan.

Date: 11 March 2016
A new wasp bait has been used to successfully control wasps around the picnic areas at Woolshed Creek and Sharplin Falls

Date: 11 March 2016
We are seeking information from the public about the possible cause of a fire that recently burnt about 90 hectares of scrubland and forestry at Hanmer Springs.

Date: 01 March 2016
Rare native parakeets were today released into a Canterbury high country valley using a new ‘soft release’ technique that is proving better for the birds.