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2017 media releases

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View DOC media releases from 2017.

Nelson/Tasman

Forestry company praised for protecting kea nest

Forestry company praised for protecting kea nest

Date: 12 December 2017
DOC is praising a Nelson forestry company for temporarily halting operations around a kea nest to protect the kea.

Kahurangi Battle for our Birds pest control completed

Kahurangi Battle for our Birds pest control completed

Date: 20 November 2017
DOC's Battle for our Birds aerial 1080 pest control in western Kahurangi National Park has been completed, making the area’s at-risk native wildlife safer from predators.

Stranded orca in Marlborough returned to the sea

Stranded orca in Marlborough returned to the sea

Date: 13 November 2017
An orca stranded on Marfells Beach in Marlborough since yesterday has been successfully refloated this afternoon and was swimming out to sea.

Show your Nelson backyard some love this Conservation Week

Show your Nelson backyard some love this Conservation Week

Date: 16 October 2017
People are invited to an Our Place: Our Nature family event with fun activities in Nelson on Saturday 28 October, being held to celebrate Conservation Week.

Nelson man sentenced for shooting kea

Nelson man sentenced for shooting kea

Date: 20 September 2017
DOC welcomes the conviction of a Nelson man for shooting at kea, killing one.

Help keep Abel Tasman National Park islands predator-free

Help keep Abel Tasman National Park islands predator-free

Date: 24 August 2017
DOC is calling for public help to prevent pests reaching Abel Tasman National Park islands.

Bad weather and broody birds postpone takahē translocation

Bad weather and broody birds postpone takahē translocation

Date: 23 August 2017
A historic translocation of takahē to the first new wild site outside of Fiordland has been thwarted by bad weather and early breeding.

Farewell Spit eco-sanctuary to be a wondrous nature experience

Farewell Spit eco-sanctuary to be a wondrous nature experience

Date: 23 August 2017
DOC and HealthPost will collaborate to establish an eco-sanctuary at Farewell Spit and adjoining public conservation land in Golden Bay.

Angelus Hut booking season extended to long weekends

Angelus Hut booking season extended to long weekends

Date: 03 August 2017
Bookings for Angelus Hut for will now be required for Labour weekend and Queen's Birthday weekend.

Predator protection boosts black-fronted tern breeding

Predator protection boosts black-fronted tern breeding

Date: 28 June 2017
Black-fronted tern/tarapirohe breeding in Molesworth Station has taken a turn for the better.

Wilding pines on the way out of the Sounds

Wilding pines on the way out of the Sounds

Date: 20 June 2017
Funds from the DOC Community Fund are helping eliminate wilding pines from the outer Marlborough Sounds.

Pāteke released into Abel Tasman

Pāteke released into Abel Tasman

Date: 30 May 2017
Twenty pāteke/brown teal have been released into the Abel Tasman National Park, the second mainland South Island site where the rare native ducks can be found.

Invasive estuary weed close to eradication

Invasive estuary weed close to eradication

Date: 24 March 2017
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
DOC is eradicating spartina in the Marlborough Sounds and Golden Bay.

Community cleans Tasman Bay beaches

Community cleans Tasman Bay beaches

Date: 06 March 2017
Almost 300 km of Tasman Bay beaches are cleaner after 4.77 tonnes of rubbish were removed on Saturday.

Minister welcomes campaign to wipe out wasps

Minister welcomes campaign to wipe out wasps

Date: 03 March 2017
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Conservation Minister Maggie Barry today praised a new eradication campaign, ‘Wasp Wipeout’, which is removing pest wasps from the Nelson-Tasman region this summer.

Whale rescue effort continues

Whale rescue effort continues

Date: 11 February 2017
The whale rescue to refloat stranded whales at Farewell Spit continued on Saturday 11 February.

Mass whale stranding on Farewell Spit

Mass whale stranding on Farewell Spit

Date: 10 February 2017
Around 416 pilot stranded near the base of Farewell Spit overnight, with around 250 to 300 already dead.

Norovirus cleared from Travers-Sabine Circuit

Norovirus cleared from Travers-Sabine Circuit

Date: 17 January 2017
Source: Department of Conservation and Nelson Marlborough Health
DOC and Nelson Marlborough Health have confirmed that the norovirus outbreak on the track appears to be over.

Mohua breeding on Blumine Island

Mohua breeding on Blumine Island

Date: 09 January 2017
We are delighted by a first sign of mohua breeding on Blumine Island/Oruawairua indicating the endangered native birds are establishing a foothold on the Marlborough Sounds' island sanctuary.

Monitoring upper South Island national parks

Monitoring upper South Island national parks

Date: 06 January 2017
DOC is urging people who have been on the Travers-Sabine Circuit to avoid other national parks if they're feeling unwell.

People asked to stay away from Travers-Sabine Circuit following gastro bug outbreak

People asked to stay away from Travers-Sabine Circuit following gastro bug outbreak

Date: 04 January 2017
DOC is warning trampers to avoid the Travers-Sabine Circuit in the Nelson Lakes National Park because of a suspected norovirus outbreak.