Department of Conservation
Nature Nurtures - Snares penguins
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🎥: Tom Goodman
Content warning: dead animals at 4.28 minutes. Viewer discretion advised.
To learn more about the work we're doing to save this taonga species, check out: www.doc.govt.nz/soik
📹: Belle Gwilliam, DOC
#FiordlandKiwiDiaries
Check out the Fiordland Kiwi Diaries series, all about the work of our kiwi rangers in Fiordland. Head over to our channel!
📹: Lucy Holyoake, DOC
📹: DOC
🎵: Which Witch by Dresden, The Flamingo | Soundstripe
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To learn more about the work we're doing to save this taonga species, check out: www.doc.govt.nz/soik
📹: Lucy Holyoake, DOC
#FiordlandKiwiDiaries
Watch episode 2 of the Fiordland Kiwi Diaries, out 21 June!
📹: Lucy Holyoake
#FiordlandKiwiDiaries
📹: Lucy Holyoake | DOC
🎵: Renge, Hola Hola | Soundstripe
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Content warning: dead animals at 8.00 minutes. Viewer discretion advised.
To learn more about the work we're doing to save this taonga species, check out: www.doc.govt.nz/soik
📹: DOC
#FiordlandKiwiDiaries
Come behind the scenes of the work to save tokoeka kiwi in the Fiordland Kiwi Diaries mini-series, out 14 June.
📹: DOC
#FiordlandKiwiDiaries
Monty and Doddy (who's in the background) are in the Fiordland Kiwi Diaries miniseries, coming out June 14.
For the first time, we give you behind the scenes look into the hard work of DOC rangers as they traverse wilderness, track adorable kiwi chicks, and undertake the area’s first effort to control introduced predators.
Episode 1 out June 14 on YouTube.
Footage: DOC
Thumbnail Image: Marie Everth
Laura grew up in the landlocked state of Nebraska and is now one of the preeminent marine biologists in this island nation, so our first question was why? Second was how?
Laura was on the front lines saving marine species in the wake of the Rena oil spill, has recently been working to develop pup shelters, and is extremely passionate about responsible dog ownership in areas with marine wildlife. Plus, she has some top tips for hanging out with kekeno, seals.
This episode is number 23 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Aroha Gilling is an academic specialising in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and an experienced Treaty Ranger. She’s passionate about education, and this episode contains a wealth of expertise about nature and being a good Treaty Partner. Aroha is also a super fan of all creatures great and small in the Rangitahi Molesworth Recreation Reserve. It’s her happy place.
This episode is number 20 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Michelle is in charge of the National Banding Scheme in Aotearoa and brings hands-on banding experience from bird colonies all around the world. If you’re a bird nerd, Michelle has the kind of work stories that’ll make you green with envy.
This episode is number 21 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Hana hails from the beautiful Northland region. In this episode she shares kōrero about her connection to native species and ecosystems through both her whakapapa and her role as a ranger. She covers the experience of discovering pekapeka/bat roosts, fighting to keep spaces pest-free, and of course, her work as kaitiaki kauri, teaching people about the magnificent kauri.
This episode is number 22 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Learn more about our work here: doc.govt.nz/predator-control-programme
Learn more about pekapeka here: doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/bats-pekapeka
Avi has worked with big cats, endangered turtles, and renegade scamps like skunks and racoons. Now he’s here in Aotearoa New Zealand making sure wildlife goods don’t illegally cross the borders.
The most important thing he wants you to know is that before you shop or travel, please check if your item needs a wildlife permit. More info on our CITES page: doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/endangered-species
This episode is number 19 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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We also talk about green-blindness and the importance of looking down. And up. And around – well, you get it. Non-vascular plants are all around!
This episode is number 9 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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In this episode Jack shares stories about powelliphanta, kōkako, Tūturuatu, Canterbury Mudfish, Mana Island flax weevil, Alseuosmia the mimic plant, akeake the giant daisy, ongaonga the serious stinging nettle; as well as diesel grass, Rockhopper penguins, sea lions, kiwi, and parea/Chatham Island pigeon. And more! It’s a chocka block 39 minutes.
This episode is number 16 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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The alliance will see members collaborate towards significant conservation goals across the region, from east coast to west coast.
This episode is number 14 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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This episode is number 13 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Sharks have a little bit of a PR problem. They’re fascinating, intelligent creatures, and most of them mind their own business. But they are predators, and the more you know, the better prepared you are.
This episode has it all. Sharks that walk on land (we’re not making this up), a run through of shark reproduction which is so amazing and varied it could have come from a sci-fi writer’s brain, and an update on our work to monitor shark species in an area as complex and vast as the ocean. All this, and Clinton shares some of his shark encounter stories with us.
This episode is number 17 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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With the help of the Jobs for Nature programme, Hiking New Zealand has switched from outdoor guiding to predator control helping protect kākāriki karaka and other threatened species in Arthur’s Pass National Park, Canterbury.
Check out more information on kākāriki karaka here: bit.ly/2K5j6TB
Learn more about the Jobs for Nature programme here: bit.ly/2Qr8QY9
Check out more information on hoiho here: doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/penguins/yellow-eyed-penguin-hoiho
Learn more about the jobs for nature programme here: doc.govt.nz/our-work/jobs-for-nature--mahi-mo-te-taiao
Jess knows that the Fab Five—in this case we mean kākāpō, kiwi, whio, takahē, and kererū—are easy to love, but she wants to light your spark for the hard to see, hard to hear, or hard to find critters too: like pekapeka/bats, wētā, pepeketua/frogs, and even the peripatus/velvet worm which fires a sticky substance when it feels threatened. How iconic.
This episode is number 18 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Find out more on doc.govt.nz/whanganui-river
This work is part of DOC’s Ngā Awa river restoration programme.
Thanks to Kevin Belcher for sharing the awesome underwater whitebait footage. Check out his channel here: youtube.com/c/KevinBelcher
Find out more on doc.govt.nz/whanganui-river
This work is part of DOC’s Ngā Awa river restoration programme.
Thanks to Kevin Belcher for sharing the awesome underwater whitebait footage. Check out his channel here: youtube.com/c/KevinBelcher
Banks Peninsula-based Black Cat Cruises supports the Hector's dolphin through conservation events and species monitoring. They also advocate strongly for better protection for Hector’s dolphins, one of the rarest marine dolphins in the world.
As an eco-tourism operator, making a visible difference to the species’ population is a great source of pride and motivation to Black Cat Cruises staff, and part of their business identity: “Protecting our special dolphins is just part of who we are.”
How might your business’s capabilities or connections help local conservation challenges?
Find out more at: www.doc.govt.nz/business
The Department of Conservation, Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand would like to acknowledge Manawhenua Ki Mohua, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa Te Tau Ihu Iwi as the kaitiaki of the area of filming throughout the Abel Tasman and Golden Bay region. We would also like to acknowledge mana whenua Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae and Poutini Ngāi Tahu as the kaitiaki of the area of filming on the Heaphy Track.
Learn more at doc.govt.nz/get-to-greatness
Read more at www.doc.govt.nz/haurakigulfmarinepark
Pacificvet Limited donates vaccines and technical expertise to species recovery programmes for kiwi, kākāpō, takahē and Campbell Island teal. This support is enabling the successful increase of these endangered species’ populations.
The Pacificvet team is proud to give back to the community through nature and motivated to be helping these birds survive.
Could your business’s products, knowledge or networks help biodiversity?
Find out more: www.doc.govt.nz/business
Find out more here: www.doc.govt.nz/marine
The sounds you hear have been collected over an 80 year period, all over New Zealand, by some of our employees and sound designer, Daniel Fraser.
If you’re importing traditional medicines or food into Aotearoa, they might contain plants and animals protected by CITES.
If your goods don’t have the correct CITES permits, they could be seized and you could be fined or prosecuted.
Visit our CITES website and help us fight the illegal wildlife trade.


