Department of Conservation

The Government’s increased spending now takes in a stronger war on predator pests.

A major mouse-eradication problem on Antipodes Island will allow help bird life to thrive again on this remote New Zealand dependency.

How do you create new mining jobs on the West Coast? Perhaps it’s a good idea to find ways to bypass the anti-mining Conservation and Lands Minister.

Yet another attempt is being made to spike a much-needed coal project on the West Coast by Forest and Bird and this time the organisation may have at least a sympathetic ear through its new Conservation Minister.

It’s good to hear a political voice questioning the social media alarm currently swamping New Zealand by the anti-oil exploration brigades.

Cape Foulwind was an aptly named location on the West Coast and it is now getting a conservation grant to advance and protect the wildlife and fauna.

The sins of yesteryear when mining company’s quit areas decades ago has led to a major remediation job on two contaminated sites on the South Island.

In this new world of cut-and-paste journalism a picture has been created overseas that Karangahake is a sacred mountain that would be devastated by mining. A balanced report would tell another story.

The vermin war to protect native birds in New Zealand is being stepped up, with a specific focus on stoats and rats.

A remote island in Southland is now environmentally sound and devoid of feral animals.