2016 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2016.

East Coast

Date: 23 December 2016
Source: Contact
DOC Director-General Lou Sanson became one of the ‘first to see the sun’ on the sacred Mount Hikurangi (Te Ara ki Hikurangi) north of Gisborne.

Date: 07 December 2016
DOC is concerned that members of the public are still attempting to cross a closed section of the Pakihi Track of the Motu Trails National Cycleway.

Date: 13 October 2016
Two months in to the season, a high number of nets have already been confiscated from East Coast whitebaiters not following regulations.

Date: 05 September 2016
DOC has started dismantling and removing the old Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre.

Date: 02 September 2016
The old Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre in Te Urewera will start being dismantled and removed next week.

Date: 15 August 2016
DOC is reminding whitebaiters to be aware of whitebait regulations as the 2016 season begins today.

Date: 10 August 2016
Mr Anaru Rihari was sentenced to one month imprisonment for taking marine life from Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve in October last year.