Date: 14 December 2021
As pressures on the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve increase, the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Waikanae Estuary Care Group (Care Group) are asking the community to help protect this local taonga (treasure).

Date: 22 September 2021
DOC has proactively released documents about the 12-day operation to care for an orca calf that stranded on rocks near Wellington in July 2021.

Date: 31 August 2021
DOC, Ngāti Toa iwi and Project Jonah are today using five boats to try to gently shepherd a pod of orca in Pāuatahanui Inlet out to sea.

Date: 10 August 2021
DOC asks people to respect and keep their distance from the leopard seal that was spotted lounging on Lyall Bay beach today.

Date: 24 July 2021
Amid karakia and waiata, the orca calf known as Toa was farewelled by around 70 people at Plimmerton Boating Club at dawn this morning before being taken for burial by Ngāti Toa Rangatira.

Date: 23 July 2021
Despite a massive community effort to save the orca calf known as Toa, he has tonight died in the sea pen at Plimmerton Boating Club.

Date: 23 July 2021
A reported sighting of an orca pod on the Kāpiti Coast is being investigated by air and sea, while the orca calf remains stable at the Plimmerton Boating Club.

Date: 23 July 2021
The orca calf at Plimmerton Boating Club is responding well to being back in the sea pen, while efforts to find the stranded calf’s pod will ramp up through a fine weather window.

Date: 22 July 2021
A decision has been made to move the orca calf being held at a temporary pool at Plimmerton Boating Club back into the sea pen.

Date: 22 July 2021
There was no change overnight for the orca calf at Plimmerton Boating Club, with the next steps to be determined by the weather forecast.

Date: 21 July 2021
The predicted persistence of poor weather has meant that there will be no change for the orca calf being cared for at Plimmerton Boating Club and it is likely to remain in the temporary pool for at least another day.

Date: 21 July 2021
The stranded orca calf remains in a stable condition but onsite veterinarians are continuing to monitor some health concerns.

Date: 20 July 2021
Sightings of orca in the Wellington region made earlier today have been investigated, but searches by boat and air have not been able to locate a pod.

Date: 20 July 2021
With favourable weather conditions and credible sightings reported, the focus of today is the search for the juvenile orca’s pod in and around Wellington.

Date: 19 July 2021
An investigation is underway into a pod that has been sighted in the Marlborough Sounds.

Date: 19 July 2021
The Porirua site where a stranded juvenile orca is being cared for in a temporary pool remains closed to the public today for safety reasons.

Date: 18 July 2021
Current weather and marine conditions are too rough to investigate yesterday’s orca pod sighting further, but will be reassessed throughout the day.

Date: 17 July 2021
A credible sighting of a pod of orca has been reported off the Kapiti Coast, near where the juvenile orca stranded last Sunday, but weather conditions in the area make it unsafe for further investigation.

Date: 16 July 2021
The Porirua site where a stranded juvenile orca is being cared for in a temporary pool remains closed to the public for safety reasons as weather conditions worsen.

Date: 16 July 2021
The Porirua site where a stranded orca calf is being cared for has been cleared and closed to the public for safety reasons and to ensure the welfare of the calf as weather conditions worsen.

Date: 15 July 2021
A portable pool will be brought on site as contingency planning continues for bad weather at the location north of Wellington where a stranded orca calf is being cared for.

Date: 15 July 2021
Preparation for deteriorating weather and sea conditions is the focus of efforts at the site north of Wellington today (15 July), where a stranded orca calf is being kept in a temporary pen and cared for by rescuers.

Date: 14 July 2021
Efforts to reunite a stranded orca calf with its pod have continued today (14 July), with a new reported sighting of an orca pod off the coast of Taranaki.

Date: 14 July 2021
The search for a pod of orca off the Wellington coast has resumed today (14 July) as work continues to reunite a stranded orca calf with its family.

Date: 13 July 2021
The orca calf at the centre of a rescue effort in Plimmerton near Wellington remains stable tonight (Tuesday, 13 July) after specialist veterinary treatment.

Date: 13 July 2021
Efforts to save the orca calf stranded at Plimmerton are continuing today (13 July), with DOC working alongside Whale Rescue and volunteers.

Date: 12 July 2021
Efforts to save a juvenile orca stranded in Porirua near Wellington have continued today, with the animal returned to the water near where it was found.

Date: 07 July 2021
The iconic island of Kāpiti has welcomed the first translocation of threatened kōkako in nearly two decades.

Date: 21 January 2021
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Upscaling work already underway to restore two iconic ecosystems will deliver jobs and a lasting legacy, Conservation Minister Kiri Allan says.