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TUT Chief Executive, Kirsti Luke, and Deputy Director-General Conservation Services Mike Slater signing of a new agreement outlining the partnership relationship between Te Uru Taumatua and the Department.

D-G Direct: An update from Lou Sanson

Department of Conservation —  06/08/2015

Our Director-General has been busy. He tells us about the Kākāpō Ball; a generous donor with a deep love of nature; a 21st birthday and more…

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Luke and Mary Jane Smith take a turn at working the microscope.

Pop-up laboratory puts invertebrates under the microscope

Department of Conservation —  28/07/2015

The Open Lab – a free mobile laboratory run by DOC volunteers – made one of its first appearances in Wellington recently. Both children and adults alike enjoyed working with scientists to find and examine live invertebrates with real lab equipment.

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Brown kiwi.

D-G Direct: An update from Lou Sanson

Department of Conservation —  08/06/2015

Lou discusses new Senior Leadership appointments, Queen’s Birthday Honours, a fresh approach to saving the kiwi and more…

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