Date: 21 December 2023
A baby Māui dolphin has been found dead on an isolated south Auckland beach.

Date: 20 December 2023
Okura Bush walkway will remain closed for an extended period due to extensive slip damage caused by severe weather events earlier this year.

Date: 11 September 2023
Post mortem and tissue study results, provided by Auckland Zoo, show a North Island brown kiwi found at Omaha in Tāmaki/Auckland died with both severe injury trauma and underlying diseases.

Date: 05 September 2023
The body of a juvenile pygmy blue whale was discovered on Red Beach on Saturday 2 September.

Date: 29 August 2023
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation and the Mininster of Oceans and Fisheries
The Labour Government will ban bottom fishing from the vast bulk of the Hauraki Gulf as part of its plan to better protect the 1.2-million-hectare marine park for future generations, with public consultation opening tomorrow.

Date: 18 August 2023
DOC staff visited the Kennedy Point Marina site on Waiheke Island yesterday to confirm no kororā/little penguins were trapped under newly placed rocks.

Date: 14 August 2023
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
The importance of working together for the environment was highlighted today as Minister of Conservation Minister Willow-Jean Prime kicked off Conservation Week 2023 at a South Auckland stream restoration project.

Date: 23 June 2023
This June marks 10 years since a small group of dedicated Aucklanders started tending the heritage gardens surrounding Mansion House on Kawau Island.

Date: 22 June 2023
A rare matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern was released following a successful rehabilitation at Auckland Zoo.

Date: 20 June 2023
As the road cordon to Muriwai in west Auckland is lifted, DOC and Auckland Council are warning the public that many tracks remain closed in and around the Waitākere Ranges.

Date: 08 June 2023
DOC’s ‘Lead the Way’ programme furthers its ‘wildlife-wise’ dog ownership cause.

Date: 26 May 2023
Two certified rodent detection dogs are traversing the Mokohinau Islands and Rakitū this week to ensure not a single rodent is present.

Date: 23 March 2023
The body of a Māui or Hector’s dolphin has been found washed up on an Auckland beach.

Date: 17 February 2023
People are being urged to check tracks, huts and campsites are open before attempting to visit conservation land in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Date: 12 February 2023
DOC facilities throughout Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and the Hawke’s Bay have been closed to the public as Cyclone Gabrielle heads toward the country.