Number of kaki chicks 'abnormally high'
The perfect Christmas present has arrived for Twizel Department of Conservation staff in the form of 18 kaki/black stilt chicks.
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DOC has no desire to breed kea in captivity
DOC has no desire to breed kea in captivity
Being a protected species, you would think our celebrity bird would be better off bred in captivity.
Doc Community Fund increase
Doc Community Fund increase
Conservation projects will be able to apply for additional Department of Conservation funding following the announcement of a multimillion-dollar cash injection to its Community Fund.
Doc reassessing its structure over shortcomings
Doc reassessing its structure over shortcomings
Following staff criticism, a new pilot programme is about to start to try to address problems with the Department of Conservation's new structure.
Doc restructuring panned by staff
Doc restructuring panned by staff
A survey of Department of Conservation staff has found the overwhelming majority believe the department is now less efficient than before it was restructured.
Opinion awaits Doc response
Opinion awaits Doc response
An ombudsman's opinion criticising the Department of Conservation's approval of a concession application ''raises some interesting questions'', Doc deputy director-general, policy, Doris Johnston says.
Ombudsman slates Doc park decision
Ombudsman slates Doc park decision
A decision by Doc to allow a 66% increase in overnight guided walkers daily on the Routeburn Track ''drives a horse and carriage through'' the Mt Aspiring National Park Plan.
Assurance over signs
Assurance over signs
The Department of Conservation says trampers using the Cascade Saddle route in the Mount Aspiring National Park can be assured upgraded warning signs will be positioned at the most treacherous section of the crossing.
Adult sea lions key to lifting numbers
Adult sea lions key to lifting numbers
If New Zealand sea lion numbers are to increase, effort needs to be put into helping adults survive, biologist Stefan Meyer says.
High demand for new Doc fund sees many miss out
High demand for new Doc fund sees many miss out
More than half the Otago and Southland groups that applied for funding from the Department of Conservation's new partnerships fund failed in their bid.
New approach taking time to bed in
New approach taking time to bed in
An admission the Department of Conservation had ''not been on its game'' for some time did not surprise Otago's Fish and Game Council.
Doc withholds fire report
Doc withholds fire report
The Department of Conservation has declined to release a fire investigation report to the Otago Daily Times requested under the Official Information Act.
Relief and celebration after two-year battle
Relief and celebration after two-year battle
With the odds overcome, Manapouri's Ruth Shaw was overjoyed at yesterday's Government decision to refuse the Fiordland monorail.
'It's over' - monorail rejected
'It's over' - monorail rejected
Te Anau people should be crying - not cheering - over yesterday's government decision rejecting the idea of a $240 million Fiordland monorail, its backer says.
Doc may buy Contact land
Doc may buy Contact land
The Department of Conservation plans to buy several parcels of Contact Energy land in the Upper Clutha if a funding application is successful.
Three new southern Doc managers
Three new southern Doc managers
A new team of managers has been appointed to run the biodiversity, recreation and historic conservation arm of the Department of Conservation's southern region.
Need for new tools to control pests in NZ
Need for new tools to control pests in NZ
Urgent action is needed to develop new approaches and improve tools to protect New Zealand's environment and economy from pests as some older approaches to pest management become ''obsolete'', a new Royal Society of New Zealand report says.
Predators and plagues
Predators and plagues
Predator-free New Zealand is a wild dream gaining a popular voice. But what animals would we get rid of. And how? First, however, we have a looming rat and stoat plague with which to contend, writes Bruce Munro.
One man's predator is another man's companion
One man's predator is another man's companion
Predator-free is a fraught phrase with some hidden fish-hooks.
Island complex to be Blake Station
Island complex to be Blake Station
The new research station to be built on the environmentally protected Auckland Islands, 465km south of Bluff, will be named after the late Sir Peter Blake.