2022 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2022.

Manawatu/Whanganui

Date: 25 May 2022
A Palmerston North man who removed a venomous sea snake from a North Island beach and then shared videos of the incident to the TikTok social media platform has been ordered to pay $500 to Save the Kiwi.

Date: 08 March 2022
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Whanganui, the first river in the world to be given status as a living being is to undergo restoration work with new funding from the Government’s Jobs for Nature - Mahi mō te Taiao programme.

Date: 02 March 2022
As agreed with iwi, DOC yesterday morning closed the Whanganui Journey Great Walk due to confirmed cases of COVID-19 among a group of paddlers.

Date: 04 January 2022
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
The Government is throwing its support behind projects aimed at restoring a cluster of eco-islands and habitats in the Manawatū which were once home to kiwi and whio.