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Counting penguins on Antipodes Island. Photo: Kathryn Pemberton.

Counting penguins on Antipodes Island

Department of Conservation —  18/06/2015

Senior Biodiversity Ranger Jo Hiscock has been down in the Antipodes Islands to check how the penguins populations are doing.

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Urupukapuka Island.

Bev goes camping in the Bay of Islands and finds utopia on Urupukapuka

Department of Conservation —  16/06/2015

DOC’s Beverley Bacon goes camping on Urupukapuka Island, the largest of seven islands in the eastern Bay of Islands on Northland’s east coast.

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Prince Harry photographing a robin on Ulva Island.

Robin charms Prince Harry on Ulva Island

Department of Conservation —  14/05/2015

We loved showing Prince Harry around Ulva Island / Te Wharawhara this week—and he enjoyed the island’s unspoilt rainforest, pristine golden beaches and getting close to some of New Zealand’s rarest birdlife.

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Border collie/labrador cross Maxie is DOC's first weed detection dog.

Doggedly determined to sniff out weeds

Department of Conservation —  30/03/2015

For the first time in over a decade, a dog is back on Raoul Island—this time to help clear the island of noxious weeds.

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Antipodes Island. Photo: Million Dollar Mouse.

Invertebrates on the Antipodes Island

Department of Conservation —  26/03/2015

Research from scientists John Marris and James Russell has confirmed the devastating impact mice have had on the unique invertebrate species on the Antipodes Island.

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