Southland Conservation

Southland — A new monitoring programme by the Southland Coastal Heritage Inventory Project, which involves the voluntary recording of cultural heritage sites along the Southland/Murihiku coastline, was launched at the Bluff Marae last Friday, 20 July.

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Southland — The Te Anau community is uniting together to battle against the major development proposals that threaten the protection of conservation land in Fiordland.

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Southland — Southland District Council Mayor Frana Cardno is very disappointed at today's decision by the Department of Conservation to move one step closer, subject to conditions and public process, to a private tunnel through New Zealand's internationally acclaimed World Heritage Fiordland and Aspiring National Parks.

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Milford — A pair of breeding Kiwi introduced eight months ago to a remote valley overlooking Milford Sound are plump, happy and thriving, thanks to a joint project to establish a sanctuary for native species alongside New Zealand’s most photographed mountain.

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Southland — Southland District Council and the Department of Conservation have launched a pilot scheme in the Te Anau and Manapouri areas to encourage responsible camping this summer.

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Southland — Dipton's Castle Rock natural limestone outcrop will be officially protected by covenant thanks to the local community, Ravensdown and the Southland District Council.

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Te Anau — Guided walkers on the Milford Track have a greater chance of spotting the rare Pateke or Brown Teal Duck as they’re also known, following the release of eighty birds into Fiordland National Park last week (Thursday 24 February).

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Southland — Up to 40 threatened mohua, or yellowhead, have been transferred to pest-free Pomona Island in Lake Manapouri in an exercise involving local volunteers, the Department of Conservation and Meridian Energy.

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Southland — New Zealand native wildlife is about to get wilder with the introduction of a breeding pair of Kiwis to Sinbad Gully in Fiordland as part of the Sinbad Sanctuary Project which is an initiative funded by Southern Discoveries in partnership with the Fiordland Conservation Trust and Department of Conservation (DOC).

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Stewart Island — A legendary kākāpō which played a vital role in the recovery of the species has been found dead.

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Southland — The Wilding Conifers are overtaking the landscape in the Wakatipu Basin! This means that in 10 years time our next generation will not enjoy the view we currently have of the Wakatipu from this view point.

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Southland — Southland District Council is using a mixture of traditional and green engineering to fix the series of landslips on Stewart Island.

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Milford — Queenstown may not be beside the sea, but that hasn't stopped some of the resort's leading tourism operators teaming up to help support a charity focused on protecting Aotearoa's coastlines.

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Invercargill — Premier New Zealand tourism company Southern Discoveries has been nominated for a prestigious Department of Conservation (DOC) award.

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Southland — The Forest Hill Foundation is taking concerns over its investigations into making the Forest Hill reserve a fenced predator-free zone seriously and is keen to work with all parties to resolve them.

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Milford — An ambitious major conservation project to protect some of New Zealand’s most endangered species in a remote valley in Milford Sound is proving an outstanding success -- with help from an unusual source.

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Southland — Camping at Curio Bay in the South Catlins, one of New Zealand’s rugged and wildlife-rich coastal regions, attracts a variety of visitors but not all appear to be taking notice of the local signs.

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Southland — Five rare Kakapo chicks - the last from the 2009 breeding season - have been released from their temporary outdoor pens, and are now roaming free on an island sanctuary in New Zealands deep south.

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Southland — Southern Discoveries has announced a sponsorship project that will see the valley of New Zealand’s most photographed mountain become a sanctuary for native species.

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Southland — Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick today congratulated Southland’s local communities for their commitment to maintaining the internationally recognised Awarua wetland.

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Southland — A 19th century conservationist will soon have his dream realised when work starts on the removal of all stoats from Resolution Island in Fiordland National Park, Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick said today.

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