Conservation

A kiwi hatching facility has marked its 200th hatchling in just over two years of operating.

The Jobs for Nature Covid-19 recovery programme has sprouted into more than 5000 jobs and 3.2 million plants, the Conservation Minister says.

The Department of Conservation will fly in a four-person team to assess the damage caused to a Great Walk during recent flooding on the West Coast.

A multimillion-dollar wildlife centre and kiwi viewing house in Inglewood is a step closer, with the community board recommending New Plymouth District Council buy land for it.

Comment - We think of trees and soil as carbon sinks, but the world's oceans hold far larger carbon stocks and are more effective at storing carbon permanently.

The government's unequivocal promise of a ban on mining on conservation land has not eventuated. What happened? 

Feral cats are killing our native birds, but the conversation about getting rid of them just isn't happening. 

Comment: The Conservation Minister says existing conservation legislation is not fit for purpose, and she's right, but public involvement in conservation policy development is still limited to…

An expedition into one of Aotearoa's most remote areas has unlocked some long-hidden secrets, and will give Kiwis a glimpse into an unseen past.

A colony of little blue penguins in North Otago's Ōamaru has gone from being a nuisance to the stars of a show that supports not only their own conservation, but helps to protect their species. Video

Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust chief executive Nicola MacDonald says the rāhui will be put in place on Waitangi Day.

A group of non-governmental organisations are calling for Aoteroa's natural wetlands to be doubled in size by 2050 - only 10 percent, or 249,000 hectares, of Aotearoa's wetlands remain untouched.

Conservationists have found a protected tarāpunga/red-billed gull that was shot with a crossbow bolt in Oamaru.