2022 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2022.

Chatham Islands

Date: 12 October 2022
DOC has responded to two mass strandings of pilot whales on the Chatham Islands in the last week and can report that the operations have now concluded.

Date: 17 May 2022
Nine juvenile tūturuatu/tchūriwat’/shore plover were translocated to Portland (Waikawa) Island earlier this month as part of ongoing efforts to preserve this rare and threatened species.

Date: 14 February 2022
Six pilot whales have been euthanised by DOC staff following a stranding on Chatham Island this morning.