2023 media releases
View DOC media releases from 2023.

Taranaki

Date: 13 December 2023
DOC staff in Taranaki are concerned for vulnerable native wildlife after another case of domestic cat has been brought into the region’s national park emerged.

Date: 02 November 2023
Karakia rang out over the Manganui River on 1 November to mark the start of an important new phase of the Taranaki Crossing project.

Date: 15 September 2023
The curious story of Manaia’s wayward weka is wrapping up as the birds fly to a new home at a South Island wildlife reserve.

Date: 04 July 2023
Native species in an isolated and rugged part of Taranaki are being protected through hard physical work and the smart use of modern digital technology.

Date: 20 April 2023
Taranaki Maunga’s Around the Mountain Circuit has been closed until further notice due to severe storm damage and constant erosion. Sections of track have been wiped out in recent weeks.

Date: 19 April 2023
The mystery of Manaia’s wayward weka has deepened with the capture of a second weka discovered in the South Taranaki township.

Date: 22 March 2023
DOC rangers are calling on the public’s help to report sightings of the pest fish koi carp, gambusia and rudd in Taranaki waterways.

Date: 14 March 2023
DOC and Taranaki Iwi are asking for information after a native tākapu/Australasian gannet was found shot at Tuiraho (Stent Road), a popular surfing beach in Taranaki.

Date: 24 January 2023
Manaia man Pete Andreoli did a double take when he saw a weka wandering around a back yard in the little South Taranaki township.