The Department of Conservation has confirmed it will have 72 fewer full-time roles across the country as a result of restructuring.
The department announced the final decisions to its 1800 staff today.
Last month the department announced a proposal to cut up to 118 management and administration roles and 22 operational roles to meet budget targets.
DOC director-general Al Morrison said the restructure would save the department $6.6 million a year.
Today, deputy director-general Doris Johnston said the loss of 72 full-time roles was largely the result of changes to local management structures where two management layers were replaced by one, supported by senior rangers.
In the coming months the department would work with affected staff on options such as redeployment, relocation and redundancy.
However, Ms Johnston said additional funding had enabled DOC to build more than 60 additional frontline roles into the new structure.
She said the simpler regional structure and strengthened field teams would enable DOC to continue with its own work and also develop new conservation partnerships with others.
The new structure would decrease the department's 11 conservancy districts into six new conservation delivery regions, Ms Johnston said.
It would also create two distinct teams across the country: one focused on delivering DOC's recreation, historic and biodiversity field work, and another working to develop new conservation initiatives in partnership with other organisations.
Budget funding announced last week had also enabled an extra 41 field-based ranger roles and 22 visitor information and support positions to be added to local offices, Ms Johnston said.
The changes would come into effect by September.
