2020 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2020.

Fiordland

Date: 18 December 2020
The popular Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park’s only major low-altitude track has officially reopened, the DOC announced today.

Date: 07 December 2020
All southern Great Walks are now back up and running with the Routeburn Track officially reopened, the Department of Conservation announced today.

Date: 30 November 2020
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
One of New Zealand’s premier hikes and a cornerstone of the Te Anau community, the Milford Track has officially reopened,

Date: 17 November 2020
A collaboration between the DOC and Ara Poutama Aotearoa/Department of Corrections has resulted in a new boardwalk for an important island in Fiordland.

Date: 11 November 2020
Punanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary is now home to three extra-special residents.

Date: 15 October 2020
Kiwi chicks living in a remote part of Fiordland now have a real chance at surviving to adulthood this year, thanks to an effective aerial 1080 predator control operation this past winter.

Date: 31 July 2020
Get your tramping boots ready – bookings for Fiordland’s Milford and Routeburn Great Walks will open on 18 and 19 August respectively.

Date: 15 June 2020
The Fiordland Wapiti Foundation, Game Animal Council, and DOC are partnering to provide 18,000kg of free-range wild Fiordland venison to New Zealand foodbanks and families in need.

Date: 17 May 2020
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Vital conservation and visitor infrastructure destroyed by a severe flood event in Fiordland earlier this year is being rebuilt through a $13.7 million Budget 2020 investment, announced Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage.

Date: 24 February 2020
After being considered functionally extinct from the South Island since the 1990s, the rarest waterfowl on mainland New Zealand, the pāteke/brown teal, is doing well in the Arthur Valley of Fiordland.

Date: 19 February 2020
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
The Minister of Conservation has announced that the Milford Track will be partially reopened from 26 February.