30 June, 2009
Acting Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson has thanked the members of the East Coast Hawke's Bay Conservation Board for their hard work, with the board to be disestablished with effect from today due to a reconfiguration of boundaries.
Read full release >>20 June, 2009
As Minister of Conservation I wish to acknowledge the support the FMC has given to conservation over many years. FMC has always had an active involvement on issues that reflect the inseparable elements of outdoor recreation and protecting natural heritage.
Read full speech >>1 May, 2009
Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson will embark on a hands-on inspection of the Kakapo Recovery Programme on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island) this weekend.
Read full release >>22 April, 2009
Conservation Minister Tim Groser today announced changes to the boundary of the Oteake Conservation Park to exclude a 195 hectare area over the Hawkdun lignite deposit - a significant resource of recoverable energy.
Read full release >>21 April, 2009
New Zealanders, tourists and native wildlife are the big winners with the historic addition of the Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park to Canterbury's public land.
Read full release >>27 March, 2009
Conservation Minister Tim Groser today officially opened the upgraded Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre and marked the occasion by releasing a young brown kiwi into the Pukaha forest.
Read full release >>20 March, 2009
Up to ten little spotted kiwi will have a new home in the Hauraki Gulf on Saturday when they are released on Motuihe Island, says Conservation Minister Tim Groser.
Read full release >>11 March, 2009
Conservation Minister Tim Groser says the long running campaign to save the kakapo has reached a new milestone today with confirmation that the population of threatened birds has cracked through the 100 mark.
Read full release >>20 February, 2009
The Department of Conservation needs to ensure a greater degree of transparency in agreements reached over resource consents, Acting Conservation Minister Nick Smith says.
Read full release >>9 January, 2009
The Department of Conservation will review its safety procedures at Fox Glacier after yesterday's tragedy in which two Australian tourists died in an ice fall at the toe of the glacier, says Conservation Minister Tim Groser.
Read full release >>8 December, 2008
Conservation Minister Tim Groser has today released the Briefing for the Incoming Minister of Conservation from the Department of Conservation.
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