Last summer ranger Sam Fisher got to spend a week as hut warden at Rotomairewhenua / Blue Lake. It’s the site of the clearest freshwater in the world, but it’s at risk from an invisible threat.
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A DOC and iwi initiative in Nelson Lakes National Park is helping protect an alpine lake from a new environmental challenge.
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Wildlife crime is the fourth largest illegal trade in the world, and more common in New Zealand than you might think.
Our wildlife crime team have done some recent work to help decrease the illegal importing and exporting, of protected wildlife.
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Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland is a hotspot, where humid microclimates provide ideal conditions for the microscopic spores of myrtle rust to flourish and spread. Find out what is being done to protect our taonga myrtle plant species and how you can help with the fight against myrtle rust disease.
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One of the world’s most invasive pests, the Argentine Ant, has a foothold on Great Mercury Island. We’re working together with the island’s owners, councils, volunteers and conservation dogs to eradicate them but face a difficult battle.
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