Seventeen jobs have been lost in Otago and Southland through the latest restructure of the Department of Conservation.
Doc's new structure, announced in May, takes effect on Monday with about 110 people nationally leaving Doc as a result.
It will also be divided in two - one team concentrating on field work and the other developing conservation ''initiatives in partnership with other organisations''.
The restructure means the Otago conservancy no longer exists, as it had been divided up into the Eastern South Island, which also covers Canterbury, and Southern South Island, which includes Southland.
As a result, six people in Otago and 11 in Southland had lost their jobs, mostly through voluntary redundancy, a Doc spokesman said.
Among those to go were Otago area managers Robin Thomas (coastal) and Paul Hellebrekers (Wanaka).
Dunedin, once the Otago head office, will be home to South and Eastern South Island Partnership Region director Barry Hanson.
The new role, that of Dunedin-based regional integration co-ordinator, has been filled by Annie Wallace, previously Te Anau visitor assets programme manager. The other new role of conservation partnerships manager was still to be filled.
The conservation services arm will be managed in coastal Otago by David Agnew, who was the biodiversity programme manager in Dunedin.
Acting conservator Ken Stewart has moved to a role in Dunedin-based shared services alongside Bruce McKinlay, who continues his role as technical adviser, ecology, ecosystems and species.
The remaining staff had been confirmed into new roles based in Dunedin. Inland, the area managers of Alexandra and Wakatipu, Mike Tubbs and Greg Lind, have been appointed conservation partnership managers in those areas.
A conservation services manager for the Wakatipu was still to be appointed.
In Wanaka, Phil Tisch, of Te Anau, had been appointed conservation partnership manager while Chris Sydney, the area's visitor assets programme manager, had become its conservation services manager.
Doc director-general Al Morrison said nationally most had taken voluntary redundancy, but 39 staff lost their jobs because they were unable to move to new locations or could not find a suitable position in the new structure.
There were about 180 vacancies going into the restructuring process and the organisation still had about 250 new permanent positions to fill.
''Some vacancies are currently filled by temporary staff and they will now have the chance to apply for full-time work. We will also be looking for new staff.''
The cost of the restructuring process, including redundancies, was expected to be about $13 million which it expected to recover through savings made during the next three years.
''The new structure is an important step forward, and will see Doc working more in partnership with others to protect the special places and wildlife that New Zealanders value.''
