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Department of Conservation (DOC)
Government Administration
Conserving New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage for all to enjoy now and in the future. 🌿
About us
The Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai is a great place to work for anyone who is passionate about nature and the environment. As the government agency charged with conserving Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage, we are responsible for caring for the land, water and our native species. We have team members spread throughout the country who work hard to ensure that Papatūānuku can thrive. They perform a huge range of tasks, from specialists undertaking ground-breaking projects through to support staff who enable our mahi; and rangers operating at the forefront of conservation. The work we do impacts the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and our many visitors and will have continued and far-reaching effects for generations to come. Our commitment to being an honourable Treaty Partner and collaboration with local iwi, community groups and businesses is critical to setting the foundations for future conservation success. We support flexible working, and a transparent and collaborative culture, as well as career development and training opportunities. If you are interested in joining a team of people who love what they do, find out more about a career with the Department of Conservation.
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http://www.doc.govt.nz
External link for Department of Conservation (DOC)
- Industry
- Government Administration
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Wellington
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1987
- Specialties
- Conservation, Ecology, Recreation, Historic Heritage, Science, and Community Engagement
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Conservation House
18 - 32 Manners Street
Wellington, 6011, NZ
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Employees at Department of Conservation (DOC)
Updates
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We’ve been named in the Randstad New Zealand Research 2024 as New Zealand’s second most attractive place to work. 🥈 Our Director-General, Penny Nelson, said “we are humbled by this and think it’s a reflection of the importance and value New Zealanders place on nature and caring for our special places and native species.” 🌿 “Working to protect native wildlife and restore habitats can be rewarding, however we recognise we still have challenges in making DOC a great place to work for and work with. We are making good progress to ensure this happens.” Read more: https://bit.ly/4cDyoKm
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It’s been a huge pleasure and a win for us to have NIWA’s Gregor Macara working with us over the last four and half years. There’s nothing quite like collaboration to advance our conservation mahi!
For the past few years NIWA climate scientist Gregor Macara has spent three days a week at NIWA and two seconded to the Department of Conservation (DOC), helping the department to access and interpret climate information. His experience has made Gregor a strong advocate for secondment opportunities. “Essentially I was facilitating the flow of climate change information and data – whether historic weather and climate data or projections – from NIWA to DOC, and helping DOC understand what it might mean for their activities.” The arrangement has been great for NIWA too. “Seeing how the information we generate at NIWA was being used and interpreted has helped me adapt my way of thinking, in terms of how I might communicate a piece of technical information, and better understand what type of information is actually useful for our stakeholders,” says Gregor. Some of Gregor’s time at DOC has been spent on event-based responses. “For instance, after Cyclone Gabrielle I was able to provide insights around the likelihood of observed rainfall totals to give people at DOC a feel for how extreme the event was and to put context around the damage they saw.” Another part of the work involved embedding climate change projections into DOC’s systems so staff could readily access them. These data have informed several adaptation plans across species and infrastructure, and a climate change vulnerability assessment for hundreds of New Zealand birds. “Almost all of DOC’s work is potentially impacted by climate change in some way. So there was a lot of demand for climate change projections and how to interpret them – things like understanding impacts on huts and tracks, or species being managed,” he says. 🖼️ Gregor during fieldwork in Mt Aspiring National Park, 📸 Rebekah Parsons-King
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1) science 2) try iNaturalist? 3) it's literally a marine reserve Friday's a good day to tip your hat to all the #CommunityManagers out there. There are lots of different ways to work for nature! 📷: Kōtuku and three chicks (c) John Reid; text added
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Have you listened to the DOC Sounds of Science podcast? Each episode is a one-on-one with a conservation expert. Topics we have covered so far: 🐋 Whale strandings 🦈 Shark species 💉 Native species veterinary needs 🦎 At-risk lizards 🔬 Inventions that save species 🙈 Bittern behaviour 🐛 Learning from invertebrates 🦇 Finding bats 🍃 Noticing non-vascular plants 🌏 Climate change and ecosystems 🐀 The Predator Free 2050 goal and need 💚 Saving kākāriki karaka/ orange-fronted parakeet 🏞️ How to not die in the bush 🥓 Cryptic critters like peripatus/velvet worms ⚠️ Illegal wildlife import and export 💕 Culture and conservation 🦅 The art of bird banding 🌳 Protecting kauri 🙃 Managing seals (who are lowkey ungovernable) 🥝 Saving tokoeka kiwi 🛶 Tracking galaxiid 🌋 Learning about volcanoes 🤪 Weird stuff kākāpō do 🐦 Parrots in general being cool Any requests?
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Has Rakiura/Stewart Island been on your bucket list? Now is your opportunity to live, work, and play in this truly untouched part of Aotearoa. We are recruiting for a supervisor to join our Rakiura Operations team. Follow this link to apply: https://bit.ly/4bMYfiu Applications close at 5 pm on Sunday, 16 June 2024.
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When you’re working towards a big, audacious goal, it’s important to look back as well as forward. Progress isn’t always linear, but today we're publishing our Predator Free 2050 Biennial Progress Report (2021 – 2023) and want to reflect on some of the wins that mana whenua, organisations, community groups, partners, volunteers, and individuals have accomplished. Highlights include: 🔬 Enjoying cool new tools and technology like AI detecting cameras, scent lures, and self-resetting traps. 🙌 Launching 4 iwi-led Predator Free 2050 projects across the motu including Predator Free Rakiura, Tū Mai Taonga, Te Uri o Hau and Korehāhā Whakahau. 🏙️ Celebrating Predator Free Wellington successfully eradicating predators from Te Motu Kairangi Miramar Peninsula, which is huge news. 🏞️ Growing predator free areas in the backcountry like #PredatorFreeSouthWestland which has eliminated predators from 43,500ha and is on track to more than double that by 2025. 🥾 Cheering people across the country are trapping in their backyards, starting community groups, donating, and volunteering with a local group. There’s work still to do, but today we’re #OneStepCloserPF2050 If ✨reading reports✨ is your thing, you can find it in full here: https://lnkd.in/gcewwmWv 📷 Captions: 1. Predator Free Wellington. 2019 Ian Robertson Photography Ltd. 2. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Predator Free Rakiura is co-led by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and the community. 3. Predator Free New Zealand Trust. Building wooden trap boxes. 4. Chad Cottle. Zero Invasive Predators development and implementation team talk through a prototype of remote reporting node tool that can be used in elimination projects like Predator Free South Westland. 5. Robyn Janes. Zero Invasive Predators field staff monitor the results of their elimination efforts in South Westland.
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We've just wrapped up a bumper summer field season where for the first time, rangers, scientists, independent researchers and other staff were stationed on all five of the remote New Zealand subantarctic island groups – Bounty Island, Antipodes Island, Snares Island, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. New Zealand’s subantarctic islands represent one of the last great wildernesses anywhere in the world. They are home to a range of rare species, such as Antipodean and Gibson’s albatross, which breed nowhere else on earth, and the research and monitoring programme will help us to further understand the health of these vulnerable native species. Read more about this season's work on the New Zealand subantarctic islands here: https://bit.ly/44DWSzN 📷 A southern royal albatross sitting on its nest in a field of mega-herbs (Pleurophyllum speciosum) | Theo Thompson, DOC.
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Great news! Fiordland Kiwi Diaries has been officially selected for NZ Web Fest, New Zealand’s most prestigious festival for web based content. WOOHOO! This labour of love was done almost entirely in house with support from a few external contributors. The aim was to show what it takes to do work only DOC can do, and what’s at stake if we don’t. It’s an emotional rollercoaster of a series, as it was for our staff involved. If you like an action packed tear jerker of an adventure you’ll love this. We are over the moon to be recognised next to some incredible moving work. Special mention to The Turning Point which focuses on a subject close to our hearts. Go watch Fiordland Kiwi Diaries now on U-Tube. What an honour! Cheers NZ Web Fest. Special thanks to the crew: Fiordland Kiwi Diaries Director: Belle Gwilliam Producers: Belle Gwilliam, Jayne Ramage Story: Belle Gwilliam, Jayne Ramage, Monique Thorpe (external) Editors: Belle Gwilliam, with assistance from Monique Thorpe (external) and Ana Caicedo Macia (external) Supplementary content: Lucy Holyoake, Flying Saucer, James Reardon, Jodie Gibson Music: Rameka Tamaki Launch campaign: Jayne Ramage, Rose Scully, Lucy Holyoake, Myron Manickum, Finn Ranger, Bridget Railton, Janel Hull, Kurt Sharpe Stars: Tim Raemaekers, Chris Dodd, Monty Williams, Jenny Rickett, Patrik Eschenmoser, Chris Birmingham, Jamie McAulay and of course, the tokoeka kiwi Photos: 📷 Belle Gwilliam, DOC 📷 Barry Slaven 📷 James Reardon, DOC
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A Canterbury conservation project has achieved total eradication for feral goats from a 45,000-hectare area of Banks Peninsula. This community-led initiative by Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust , over 300 private landowners, Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury, with support from us has potentially achieved New Zealand's largest feral goat eradication ever. Wild goats pose significant threats to both natural habitats and farmlands. Since 2016, they've worked tirelessly towards a goat-free Banks Peninsula, reaching their goal last year with support from Government's Budget 22 funding. A win for conservation and a testament to the impact of collaborative efforts. Read more: https://bit.ly/4awsJEc
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