Date: 22 December 2021
DOC is urging people to contact them before intervening with nature after receiving a report a little blue penguin/kororā was uplifted from a beach in Auckland near its nest and taken to the Auckland Zoo.

Date: 21 December 2021
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki have announced today a rāhui placed on Motutapu since the 30 May 2021 has been lifted.

Date: 16 December 2021
DOC, local iwi and volunteers from several organisations have joined forces to clean up and restore historic military bunkers on Motutapu.

Date: 01 December 2021
DOC is investigating the injury and death of a kororā/little blue penguin in Putiki Bay, Waiheke on the 11 November, which appears to have died from a dog bite.

Date: 30 November 2021
DOC is urging people to come forward with information after a great white shark was found dead at Omaha beach, North of Auckland, earlier this month.

Date: 26 November 2021
One hundred special skinks now have a safe new home with the establishment of DOC’s predator free Kapitia Scientific Reserve near Hokitika.

Date: 11 November 2021
Following Auckland’s latest shift to Alert Level 3 – Step 2, DOC is expecting a high number of visitors to the Hauraki Gulf islands and they are reminding people to follow the rules and be extra cautious.

Date: 09 November 2021
An innovative new trap lure has led to a breakthrough in the Rangitoto-Motutapu stoat hunt, with DOC confirming that one of the dangerous pests has been killed on the island.

Date: 14 October 2021
The Remuera Golf Club is seeing nature come to life on their course as they, and the community, come together to trap predators and pests and create nesting boxes for native species.

Date: 07 October 2021
Auckland’s boaties are being urged to adhere to rules around marine reserves and keep off the pest-free islands of the Hauraki Gulf, as city residents take to the water following changes to COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions.

Date: 15 September 2021
DOC is asking for information from the public after receiving reports of a mutilated dolphin carcass.

Date: 14 September 2021
Source: Office of the Minister for Conservation
The Government is pitching in to help vital work to protect nationally significant kauri forests in Auckland, Minister of Conservation Kiri Allan says.

Date: 10 September 2021
When Nigel Zhang arrived at Auckland Airport feeling overwhelmed, he remembered the words of Wendell Berry: “You don’t know who you are until you know where you are.”

Date: 20 August 2021
DOC is reminding people DOC facilities are closed following reports of breaches of the Government’s COVID-19 Level 4 rules on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf Islands.

Date: 28 June 2021
A native parrot has been shot and killed in the latest in a series of incidents in Auckland involving protected wildlife.

Date: 22 June 2021
New marine protection areas and restrictions on fishing are among a raft of changes being put in place to protect the Hauraki Gulf for future generations.

Date: 18 June 2021
The rāhui laid by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki on Motutapu Island will remain in place until further notice to aid in the capture of a stoat on the island.

Date: 09 June 2021
People who live near or visit the west coast of the Auckland region are being urged to report sightings of the rare Māui dolphin.

Date: 08 June 2021
Source: The Office of the Acting Minister of Conservation
A Jobs for Nature project to raise 480,000 native plants in nurseries across South Auckland will provide work for communities disproportionately affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19, Acting Conservation Minister Ayesha Verrall says.

Date: 24 May 2021
The Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust will lift the rāhui placed between Motururu Okakari Point Marine Reserve Cape Rodney to Te Ārai ō Tāhuhu Te Arai Point at 3pm today.

Date: 18 May 2021
Pest free sanctuary Motutapu Island is having a tough run with four stoat invasions in one year. Evidence shows that all stoats swam from the city, adjacent to the island.

Date: 14 May 2021
Te Papa Atawhai/Department of Conservation and the Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust have laid to rest a dead minke whale discovered ashore on Te Hāwere-a-maki Goat Island on Monday 10 May.

Date: 06 April 2021
There are two new infected sites – one near the Tramline Track above Kaitoke swamp and another remote site in the Awana catchment.

Date: 26 March 2021
New management techniques for Aotearoa’s rarest endemic bird, the tara iti / New Zealand fairy tern offers a hope for the future of the species, with a chick hatched and reared at Auckland Zoo and transferred to an offsite aviary before being released into the wild.

Date: 11 March 2021
America’s Cup spectators and island getaway seekers visiting the Hauraki Gulf’s popular Motuihe Island are being urged to abide by “island etiquette” to protect threatened species and ensure the island’s biosecurity.

Date: 03 March 2021
Ten critically threatened tūturuatu/shore plover have been evacuated from Motutapu Island and relocated to captive facilities while DOC hunts a stoat.

Date: 24 February 2021
DOC and Auckland Council are urging the public to report sightings of dogs on Hauraki Gulf’s pest-free islands after a recent spike of potentially illegal incidents.

Date: 24 February 2021
DOC is set to re-open a popular South Auckland walking track, Mount William Walkway.

Date: 16 February 2021
DOC is investigating after a 120-metre long fishing net was found in Motu Manawa-Pollen Island Marine Reserve on 2 February by a DOC ranger.

Date: 03 February 2021
Protecting Hauraki Gulf's 47 pest-free islands will be tackled by conservation dogs from DOC and Auckland Council with the support of Kiwibank during the America’s Cup.

Date: 26 January 2021
DOC is urging boaties to give animals plenty of space and always ‘watch where you are going’.

Date: 19 January 2021
DOC, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki kaitiaki and Kiwis for kiwi are working together to catch a stoat on pest-free Motutapu Island.