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Conservation

Please - leave our eels alone
Eels are being killed to protect ducklings, and it's bad news for the native species.

Pest fish removed to protect lake water quality and plant life
Auckland Council has removed more than 800 fish from Lake Tomarata to help preserve the delicate ecological health of the lake.

Scuttling of Blue Beard a costly exercise
Breach of Resource Management Act brings hefty penalities

2022 Mayoral Conservation Award finalists announced
Community conservation groups vie for top spots

Hunua pest control operation due to get underway
Hunua pest control operation to get underway

Waterways Protection Fund extended
Aotea / Great Barrier, Papakura, Franklin and Rodney, are all now part of the Regional Waterways Protection Fund.

Nominate an environmental hero
It’s time to nominate an environmental hero, or team of heroes, for their work helping Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s nature to thrive.

Heart of the Waitākere Ranges free of kauri dieback pathogen
Good news for Waitākere Ranges health

First reports reveal reptile and amphibian predicament
Auckland Council has just released its Regional Threat Assessment for reptiles and amphibians, the first two in a series of threat assessments for indigenous species in the Auckland region.

EDWard and his dotterel mates tagged for research
Two pairs of Northern New Zealand dotterels have taken up residence at Wynyard Point on land formerly occupied by the old tank farm, a site they’ve judged a prime nesting habitat.

School groups take out Supreme Award at Mayoral Conservation Awards
Gulf Island schools secure top environmental award

Mayoral Conservation Awards finalists announced
Celebrate the amazing work the conservation community is doing in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Aspiring novice eager to find new role in pest detection
Biosecurity dog team welcome Watson

Jobs for Nature injects funds to support Kawau Island project
A $4.85m project to target the eradication of rats, stoats and possums on Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf has received an injection of $1.3m from the Government’s Jobs for Nature Fund through Predator Free 2050 Ltd.

Injection of funding to fast-track kauri dieback work programme
Auckland Council has been successful in securing $1.9m over two years from the DOC administered Jobs for Nature Fund to support kauri dieback work in the region.