2020 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2020.

Coromandel

Date: 21 December 2020
DOC is urging tourists and locals of Fletcher Bay to keep water usage low during a tough drought season.

Date: 22 December 2020
DOC and kiwi protection groups are urging dog owners to have their pets trained to avoid kiwi, after a spate of recent deaths of the national icon on the Coromandel.

Date: 23 October 2020
A male kūaka/godwit is the talk of the global ornithological community after setting what appears to be a new world record for a non-stop migration marathon from Alaska to the Firth of Thames.

Date: 05 October 2020
People planning on a forest camping experience in Hauraki’s picturesque Kauaeranga Valley are being urged to book early ahead of what is expected to be a particularly busy summer season.

Date: 09 September 2020
A vision of a “bush to beach” corridor free of weeds and pests is driving the efforts of eastern Coromandel’s Otama Reserves Group (ORG).

Date: 29 July 2020
Coromandel’s “loo with a view” got its quarterly emptying this week.

Date: 09 July 2020
Annemieke Kregting has been described as a fantastic resource and supporter of birds in the Coromandel, saving and rehabilitating over 2000 birds at Kuaotunu Bird Rescue Trust.

Date: 02 July 2020
Conservation groups on the central east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula are marking a major success, with confirmation of a population kiwi in a scenic reserve in the settlements of Matarangi and Kuaotunu.

Date: 25 May 2020
Source: Department of Conservation and Rayonier Matariki Forests
More than 100 homes will be warmer this winter thanks to a new initiative to provide firewood to Hauraki iwi in need.

Date: 02 March 2020
Hot summer temperatures are contributing to a large-scale botulism outbreak, a suspected algal bloom and the death of fish trapped in canals in the lower Piako River and Firth of Thames.

Date: 28 February 2020
Patrick Crowe isn’t quite on first-name basis with Ohinau Island’s flesh-footed shearwater birds – but he does know which ones will give him a peck.

Date: 14 February 2020
A toxic blue green algal bloom is now thought to be the cause of sickness and even death of birds in the Firth of Thames.

Date: 14 February 2020
DOC has begun legal proceedings against a Coromandel dog owner after the discovery of a dead kiwi on private property adjacent to public conservation land.

Date: 11 February 2020
Visitors to three DOC campgrounds in the northern Coromandel can enjoy fresh new shower and toilet facilities over coming weeks.