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Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick is encouraging New Zealanders to get out and about to take advantage of the many new conservation highlights that are open for their first summer season.

Minister of Conservation Steve Chadwick has welcomed the decision by Japan to suspend plans to catch humpbacks as part of its whaling programme in the Southern Ocean this year.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick says more information is needed to find out what happened to 15 fur seals found dead on the Marlborough coast.
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Steve Chadwick says our worst fear is that the seals may have been deliberately killed. Some of them show signs of being shot, and the circumstances in which they were found also suggest they did not die of natural causes.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick congratulates the winner of New Zealand’s top conservation award, the

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has opened a new campsite on the banks of the Ngaruroro River in Kaweka Forest Park.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has released the details of plans to create the largest pest-free island territory in the Hauraki Gulf, by removing all pests from Rangitoto and Motutapu Island

The Department of Conservation has six new projects going out to tender this week, which will help reduce New Zealand’s carbon footprint by restoring native land and reducing pests.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has today launched a new conservation trust for Abel Tasman National Park made up of tourism operators, local businesses and the community.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick would like to commend all who contributed to bringing a fire under control on Department of Conservation (DOC) land in the Chatham Islands.

A huge number of submissions raising complex issues means final decisions on the Hector’s Dolphin Threat Management Plan will not be made until early next year, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton and Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick announced today.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust have together purchased farmland on the Catlins Coast that is home to 10 per cent of yellow-eyed penguins on mainland New Zealand.

Opening of Department of Conservation campsites

Kiwi Encounter at Rainbow Springs hatches its 500th kiwi chick

Snow-capped mountains, crystal clear lakes and a popular skifield are included in the largest public park created in more than twenty years

Funding grants for community groups working in conservation

New Zealand's Conservation Minister expresses concern over live exports of dolphins from Solomon Islands

The epic journey of three northern royal albatross is well underway, with satellite tracking showing one of the young birds has already travelled more than 700km.

Important ecological investment for threatened flora and fauna

field guide to native orchids of the lower North Island launched

New deed of settlement between the Crown and Tuwharetoa

draft plan released for consultation on options to protect Hector's and Maui's dolphin

Iceland stops whale hunt due to lack of demand for whale meat and no licence to export meat to Japan

Purchase of land a boost for kiwi conservation