Department of Conservation | Te Papa Atawhai
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Introduction
View some of the 2024 Official Information Act (OIA) responses and proactive releases from DOC.Carbon neutral public service targets
Ref: OIAD-4649
Date: 20 December 2024
- Response (PDF, 293K)
- Attachment 1 - Emissions context and reduction plan for Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawai (PDF, 1,789)
- Attachment 2 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Management Report (PDF, 2,709K)
- Attachment 3 - CNGP Emissions Data Template (XLXS, 53K)
- Attachment 4 - CNGP tool - Emissions Target Setting (XLXS, 7,948K)
- Attachment 5 - CNGP - Emissions Reduction Initiatives (XLXS, 28K)
- Attachment 6 - Summary of costs in response to part 2 of the request (XLXS, 13K)
Pest control - Monitoring in Coromandel
Ref: OIAD-4712
Date: 19 December 2024
Fire Control Costs 2023/24
Ref: OIAD-4694
Date: 17 December 2024
Spending on Building Warrants of Fitness
Ref: OIAD-4755
Date: 6 December 2024
Effects of brodifacoum on the marine environment
Ref: OIAD-4645
Date: 4 December 2024
Briefings - Fast Track Approvals Bill; End-of-Year Performance report; Milford Opportunities Project and NZCPS Review Progress
Ref: OIAD-4637
Date: 29 November 2024
Proposal for a predator free Rakiura
Ref: OIAD-4642
Date: 29 November 2024
Fast track Approvals Bill
Ref: OIAD-4568
Date: 26 November 2024
Penguin deaths and serious harm in the last 5 years
Ref: OIAD-4585
Date: 25 November 2024
- Response (PDF, 274K)
- Attachment 1 - Little penguin deaths and serious incidents Auckland Jan 22 - Oct 24 (PDF, 124K)
- Attachment 2 - Summary of penguin calls 0800 DOCHOT business hours Mar 19 - Oct 24 (PDF, 235K)
- Attachment 3 - Summary of penguin calls 0800 DOCHOT outside business hours Jan 19 - Sep 24 (PDF, 231K)
- Attachment 4 - Dog and penguin National Compliance Database report Mar 21 - Oct 24 (PDF, 79K)
- Attachment 5 - Annual report (XLXS, 306K)
- Attachment 6 - Birdcare Aotearoa permissions report (PDF, 82K)
- Attachment 7 - Karen Saunders permissions report 1(PDF, 134K)
- Attachment 8 - Karen Saunders permissions report 2 (PDF, 146K)
Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Bill process
Ref: OIAD-4586
Date: 25 November 2024
- Response (PDF, 221K)
- Attachment 2 - Correspondence with ring net fishers (PDF, 362K)
- Attachment 3 - Ministerial correspondence with Te Ohu Kaimoana (PDF, 1,091K)
- Attachment 4 - Correspondence DOC MOCO (PDF, 4,343K)
- Attachment 5 - Correspondence DOC MPI FNZ (PDF, 3,763K)
Consent for Work on Waoku Coach Road Track (Category 1 Historic Place), Northland
Ref: OIAD-4608
Date: 22 November 2024
Chateau Tongariro – condition reports and future use correspondence
Ref: OIAD-4599
Date: 22 November 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 262K)
- Attachment 1: Chateau Tongariro DSA Peer Review Report (PDF, 2,900K)
- Attachment 2: Chateau Tongariro future use correspondence (DOC to Ministers Office) (PDF, 1,240K)
- Attachment 3: Chateau Tongariro future use correspondence (Ruapehu District Council) (PDF, 262K)
Exploring charging for access to some public conservation land
- Exploring charging for access to some public conservation and: Approval to consult - Cabinet paper and Cabinet committee minute (PDF, 1,130K)
- Growing third-party revenue for conservation - Cabinet paper, Cabinet committee minute and associated advice (PDF, 4,353K)
- Conservation priorities - Cabinet paper and Cabinet committee minute (PDF, 1,781K)
- Financial sustainability review international comparison (Allen & Clarke) (PDF, 23,571K)
Modernising conservation land management
Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Protection Bill
Ref: OIAD-4565
Date: 18 November 2024
- Response (PDF, 224K)
- Attachment 1 - Status Report MOC 16 - week beginning 22 April 2024 (PDF, 1,419K)
- Attachment 2 - Correspondence with ring net fishers (PDF, 362K)
- Attachment 3 - Ministerial correspondence with Te Ohu Kaimoana (PDF, 1,091K)
- Attachment 4 - Correspondence DOC MOCO (PDF, 4,342K)
- Attachment 5 - Correspondence DOC MPI FNZ (PDF, 3,763K)
Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Bill - commercial fishing in High Protection Areas
Ref: OIAD-4581
Date: 15 November 2024
- Response (PDF, 201K)
- Attachment 1 - 24-B-0476 – Ring-net fishing in high protection areas (PDF, 199K)
- Attachment 2 - Ministerial correspondence with ring-net fishers (PDF, 362K)
- Attachment 3 - Correspondence from Seafood New Zealand – proposed amendments (PDF, 892K)
Chateau Tongariro - lease termination costs incurred to date
Ref: OIAD-4468
Date: 11 November 2024
Chateau Tongariro - money spent since closure
Ref: OIAD-4600
Date: 5 November 2024
Chateau Tongariro – Expression of interest update
Ref: OIAD-4509
Date: 31 October 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 239K)
- Attachment 1: Briefing - 24-B-0385 – Chateau Tongariro Expression of interest update and options for next steps (PDF, 3,920K)
Mt Ruapehu - Whakapapa costs for removing infrastructure
Ref: OIAD-4431
Date: 23 October 2024
- Response (PDF, 198K)
- Attachment 1: (items 1-3) (PDF, 1,427K)
- Attachment 2: Documents previously released via response OIAD-4035 (PDF, 11,075K)
Whitebait - monitoring of Taramakau and Hokitika rivers by DOC officers
Ref: OIAD-4540
Date: 21 October 2024
Kaka - Dunedin Wildlife Hospital report & MPI assessment report
Ref: OIAD-4522
Date: 21 October 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 150K)
- Attachment 1: Kākā Charlie Health and Behavioural Assessment (PDf, 1,174K)
Monitoring of effects on indigenous fauna from land use activities
Ref: OIAD-4500
Date: 18 October 2024
Hunting permits issued 2021-2023 - Kaihiku hunting block
Ref: OIAD-4528
Date: 17 October 2024
1080 operation on Rakiura Stewart Island
Ref: OIAD-4493
Date: 17 October 2024
Concessions - Catlins Hunting Permit Numbers for 2022 and 2023
Ref: OIAD-4479
Date: 15 October 2024
Warkworth Cleaning Contract
Ref: OIAD-4526
Date: 15 October 2024
Translocation of kākā
Ref: OIAD-4207
Date: 26 September 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 217K)
- Attachment 4: Captive kaka programme emails (PDF, 30,575K)
- Attachment 5: Biodiversity leadership team emails (PDF, 33,156K)
- Attachment 6: Bird sanctuary staff emails (PDF, 6,060K)
International Visitor Levy (IVL) - Advice to Minister of Conservation
Ref: OIAD-4329
Date: 11 September 2024
Drone flights over Public Conservation Land
Ref: OIAD-4406
Date: 10 September 2024
International visitor levy (IVL) - advice and correspondence
Ref: OIAD-4270
Date: 3 September 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 525K)
- Attachment 1: 24-B-0043 - International Visitor Levy – Proposed Investment projects 2024 (PDF, 1,941K)
- Attachment 2: 24-B-0111 - Final IVL projects and supplementary information (PDF, 1,193)
- Attachment 3: 24-B-0224 - International Visitors Levy - Proposed IVL projects May 2024 (PDF, 561K)
Number of Kiwi Monitored under Wildlife Act Authorities
Ref: OIAD-4292
Date: 02 September 2024
National Biodiversity Projects Database
Ref: OIAD-4197
Date: 27 August 2024
Chateau Tongariro – structural integrity/earthquake performance
Ref: OIAD-4327
Date: 22 August 2024
Great walks - international and NZ visitor data
Ref: OIAD-4317
Date: 21 August 2024
Chateau Tongariro – Status Report Items
Ref: OIAD-4297
Date: 19 August 2024
Avian influenza (HPAI) preparedness - situation reports
Ref: OIAD-4293
Date: 14 August 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 245K)
- Attachment 1: DOC HPAI Preparedness Situation Report #21 (PDF, 245K)
- Attachment 2: Seal records from New Zealand and Antarctica in relation to HPAI (PDF, 2,008K)
- Attachment 3: Time for a southern elephant seal to travel from Antarctica to New Zealand in relation to HPAI (PDF, 2,875K)
Stewardship Land Review – Briefings and progress update
Ref: OIAD-4260
Date: 14 August 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 122K)
- Attachment 1: 24-B-0293 Stewardship Land reclassification – letters to National Panel members (PDF, 3,673K)
- Attachment 2: 24-B-0015 Background and progress update on the reclassification of stewardship land (PDF, 857K)
Partnerships data
Ref: OIAD-4154
Date: 8 August 2024
Conservation covenants - Gold mining at Bendigo
Ref: OIAD-4228
Date: 7 August 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 233K)
- Attachment 1: Monitoring and letter of authority documents (PDF, 30,632K) Note: this is a large file.
Lower Selwyn Huts and Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre
Ref: OIAD-4225
Date: 19 July 2024
Budget 2024 Initiatives
Ref: OIAD-4118
Date: 17 July 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 286K)
- Attachment 1: 23-B-0458 - Vote Conservation Overview and Budget 2024 (PDF, 5,986K)
- Attachment 2: Savings table for feedback from MOC (PDF, 540K)
- Attachment 3: 24-B-0047 - Proposed Initiatives for Budget 2024 (PDF, 2,082K)
- Attachment 4: MOC B24 letter to MOF (PDF, 316K)
- Attachment 5: 24-M-0022 - Budget 2024 bilateral with the Minister of Finance (PDF, 1,639K)
- Attachment 6: Portfolio Savings Summary (PDF, 186K)
- Attachment 7: 24-B-0150 Options to reduce the impact of savings on frontline staff (PDF, 217K)
- Attachment 8: Summary of Proposed DOC Changes - factsheet and key messages v.2 (PDF, 273K)
- Attachment 9: Updated cost pressure forecasts and impact on proposed reduction to DOCs Baseline Reduction Target (PDF, 112K)
- Attachment 10: Budget 2024 -Vote Conservation key messages and budget factsheets (PDF, 2,165K)
Chateau Tongariro - communications to the Minister of Conservation
Ref: OIAD-4115
Date: 26 June 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 202K)
- Attachment 1: Email Correspondence with the Ministers Office (PDF, 1,601K)
Wet Jacket – Pest management
Ref: OIAD-4097
Date: 24 June 2024
Te Paki Track – part 2
Ref: OIAD-4050
Date: 24 June
- Response letter (PDF, 198K)
- Attachment 1: Te Paki Track - DOC 010121 to 010524 (PDF, 622K)
- Attachment 2: Te Paki Track storm damage 010123 to 010524 (PDF, 13,744K)
- Attachment 3: Te Paki Track biosecurity area 010121 010524 documents (PDF, 15,753K)
- Attachment 4: Feral dogs 010121 to 010524 (PDF, 12,952K)
- Attachment 5: Te Paki Track signs 010123 to 010524 (PDF, 1,633K)
- Attachment 6: Te Paki Track e-mails and letters 010124 to 080524 (PDF, 7,765K)
Pest control - eradication of stoat on Chalky Island
Ref: OIAD-4072
Date: 18 June 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 253K)
- Attachment 1: Incident summary (PDF, 961K)
- Attachment 2: Surveillance reports (PDF, 10,288K)
- Attachment 3: Pest images (caution – contains images of dead pests) (PDF, 13,597K)
Poor Knights Marine Reserve – Illegal fishing
Ref: OIAD-4068
Date: 18 June 2024
Tongariro Alpine Crossing – number of daily walkers and associated reviews
Ref: OIAD-4081
Date: 17 June 2024
Ecology of Tairua River catchment – Coromandel
Ref: OIAD-4059
Date: 11 June 2024
Te Paki Track – part 1
Ref: OIAD-4048
Date: 4 June 2024
Artificial intelligence policy
Ref: OIAD-4004
Date: 2 May 2024
Financial appropriation and Human Resource support
Ref: OIAD-3946
Date: 2 May 2024
Helicopter landings, Mt Aspiring National Park
Ref: OIAD-3945
Date: 26 April 2024
Chateau Tongariro – Maintenance and condition correspondence
Ref: OIAD-3907
Date: 22 April 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 218K)
- Attachment 1: Chateau Tongariro Correspondence – Minister Potaka (PDF, 4,434K)
- Attachment 2: Chateau Tongariro Correspondence – Ruapehu District Council (PDF, 1,507K)
Living water catchments - water quality
Ref: OIAD-3945
Date: 19 April 2024
Motutapu Island – Weed control
Ref: OIAD-3915
Date: 19 April 2024
Protocols for handling dead native animals in captivity
Ref: OIAD-3866
Date: 19 April 2024
Chateau Tongariro – options analysis update
Ref: OIAD-3933
Date: 18 April 2024
Hunting permits issued (2008 – 2024)
Ref: OIAD-3897
Date: 15 April 2024
Backcountry huts - costs and expenditures, and annual revenue
Ref: OIAD-3880
Date: 09 April 2024
List of huts and commercial properties owned by DOC
Ref: OIAD-3877
Date: 8 April 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 736K)
- Attachment 1: List of huts recorded in DOC’s Asset Management system with condition ratings (PDF, 1,036K)
- Attachment 2: List of DOC’s commercial properties with condition ratings (PDF, 412K)
Chateau Tongariro - earthquake strengthening status
Ref: OIAD-3881
Date: 8 April 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 167K)
- Attachment 1: Email correspondence (PDF, 875K)
- Attachment 2: Initial Seismic Assessment Report (PDF, 3,904K)
Spartina grass spraying - Aotea Harbour
Ref: OIAD-3847
Date: 28 March 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 126K)
- Attachment 1: Spreadsheet – Aotea Harbour Spartina Control 2017 - 2021 (PDF, 165K)
Fast Track Approvals Bill
Date: 24 May 2024
Contents:
- Briefing: 23-B-0523 - Background on fast-track consenting regime - 19 December 2023
- Letter: From Minister Potaka to Ministers Bishop and Jones - 21 December 2023
- Memo: 24-B-0003 Fast-track Consenting cabinet paper - 15 Jan 2024
- Email chain: Re memo 24-B-0003: Fast-track Consenting cabinet paper - 17 Jan 2024
- Talking Points 24-K-0001: On Cab Paper: A permanent Fast-track consenting regime for regional and national projects of significance - 23 Jan 2024
- Memo 24-B-0033: DOC advice on Fast-track Legislation Delegated Decisions Paper #1 - 7 Feb 2024
- Memo DOC-2613390: Update on Fast Track Bill One Stop Shop – Conservation Approvals - 11 Feb 2024
- Memo attachment: One Stop Shop: Conservation authorisations (Policy options and advice) - 11 Feb 2024
- Memo: 24-B-0080 Fast Track Consents – additional Treaty settlement information - 14 Feb 2024
- Briefing: 24-B-0087 Options for exchange or disposal of land to support Fast Track - 20 Feb 2024
- Decision note: Decisions on conservation land swaps etc from briefing 24- B-0087 - 25 Feb 2024
- Briefing: 24-B-0089 Engagement on the conservation aspects of Fast-track Consenting - 18 Feb 2024
- Briefing: 24-B-0091: Fast-track Consenting Bill – Policy decisions related to conservation approvals - 19 Feb 2024
- Memo: 24-B-0116 Fast-track Consenting Bill – delegated decisions meeting 27 February - 27 Feb 2024
- Talking Points 24-K-0002: For Cab paper: Fast Track Approvals Bill – Approval for Introduction - 4 Mar 2024
- Briefing: 24-B-0133 Status of ecological areas in Fast-track Approvals Bill - 5 Mar 2024
- Maps: PCL status in relation to fast-track processes - 5 Mar 2024
Chateau Tongariro – Carl Kahler painting
Ref: OIAD-3699
Date: 13 March 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 235K)
- Attachment 1: Email Correspondence (Carl Kahler Painting) (PDF, 4,867K)
- Attachment 2: Internal Documents (Carl Kahler Painting) (PDF, 3,753K)
- Attachment 3: External Assessment Reports (Carl Kahler Painting) (PDF, 2,552K)
Aerial 1080 shapefiles – 2019-2021
Ref: OIAD-3790
Date: 8 March 2024
Great walks – booking system
Ref: OIAD-3753
Date: 6 March 2024
Southeast marine protection (SEMP)
Ref: OIAD-3745
Date: 5 March 2024
Dolphin incident database
Ref: OIAD-3818
Date: 4 March 2024
Chateau Tongariro – building management costs
Ref: OIAD-3778
Date: 1 March 2024
Stewardship land review – associated costs
Ref: OIAD-3752
Date: 27 February 2024
Lower Selwyn Huts
Ref: OIAD-3688
Date: 26 February 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 444K)
- Attachment 1: Concession document - Concession document (PDF, 4,858K)
- Attachment 2: Management planning advice 2020 (PDF, 799K)
- Attachment 3: Management planning advice 2021 (PDF, 714K)
- Attachment 4: Conservation Board Report 2021 (PDF, 2,120K)
- Attachment 5: National principles for private accommodation on PCL (PDF, 1,127K)
- Attachment 6: Climate Science Advice (PDF, 2,343K)
- Attachment 7: Explore Response Report (PDF, 1,034K)
- Attachment 8: Letter to Ngāi Tahu (PDF, 913K)
West Coast stewardship land review and conservation management strategy
Ref: OIAD-3784
Date: 24 February 2024
Nitrate levels - Ararira/LII River catchment management
Ref: OIAD-3750
Date: 22 February 2024
- Response letter (PDF, sizeK)
- Attachment 1: Raw data_CAREX_Ararira Catchment Monitoring Data (PDF, sizeK)
- Attachment 2: Raw data _CAREX samples & Bioreactor_ Tool-Scoping Data (PDF, sizeK)
- Attachment 3: Raw Data_CAREX_Powells Road Restoration Sampling (PDF, sizeK)
- Attachment 4: Memo _Instream_ raw data and commentary (PDF, sizeK)
Kea deaths – numbers and listed cause
Ref: OIAD-3739
Date: 20 February 2024
Te Urewera Huts – update
Ref: OIAD-3762
Date: 19 February 2024
Chateau Tongariro – Lease agreement and negotiations
Ref: OIAD-3678
Date: 15 January 2024
DOC branding and webpages – associated costs
Ref: OIAD-3729
Date: 15 February 2024
DOC tracks – determination of walking times
Ref: OIAD-3717
Date: 14 February 2024
Timber construction assets and assessment practices
Ref: OIAD-3719
Date: 14 February 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 194K)
- Attachment 1: List of wooden walking tracks, bridges, handrails and structures (PDF, 1,606K)
SailGP Race - Ministerial Memo
Ref: OIAD-3667
Date: 13 February 2024
SailGP Race - impact on dolphins (Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour)
Ref: OIAD-3709
Date: 13 February 2024
- Response letter (PDF, 360K)
- Attachment 1: Meeting Memo discussing Hector’s Dolphins (PDF, 715K)
- Attachment 2: DOC SailGP Operations Plan (PDF, 1,236K)
- Attachment 3: DOC/Ngāti Wheke joint marine mammal recovery plan for SailGP event (PDF, 12,039K)
- Attachment 4: Andy Thompson Official Statement (PDF, 2,463K)
- Attachment 5: Marine Mammal Spotter Statement (PDF, 1,680K)
- Attachment 6: Extract from Status Report (PDF, 770K)
- Attachment 7: DOC Comms plan for SailGP (PDF, 418K)
- Attachment 8: SailGP Communication logs (PDF, 1,601K)
- Attachment 9: DOC Compliance Strategy - SailGP (PDF, 2,501K)
- Attachment 10: DOC Status Report (PDF, 2,211K)
- Attachment 11: Compliance Investigation Report - SailGP (PDF, 1,923K)
- Attachment 12: Investigation memorandum and endorsement (PDF, 1,523K)
- Attachment 13: Sail GP Race Data (PDF, 1,136K)
- Attachment 14: Hot Topics - SailGP (PDF, 737K)
- Attachment 15: 23-B-0500 Departmental Memo SailGP (PDF, 775K)
Disturbance of Marine Mammals – complaints and enforcement action
Ref: OIAD-3692
Date: 1 February 2024
Christmas functions and holiday office closures – associated costs
Ref: OIAD-3642
Date: 26 January 2024
Transmission Gully motorway and environmental impact monitoring
Ref: OIAD-3646
Date: 26 January 2024
Installation of smoke alarms in Backcounty huts
Ref: OIAD-3527
Date: 19 January 2024
Goldie Bush - notification of closure
Ref: OIAD-3653
Date: 10 January 2024