Interpretation New Zealand

Naumai

So what’s new the Department of Conservation is restructuring….yet again.

This seems to be a reoccurring event, at least every few years. Combine this with distinct shift to off load many of the Department’s responsibilities onto community groups and you have to shake your head.

In our case we are effectively doing the Department’s job. With a paltry budget of over $ 1.5 million we struggle to protect what we have. Yet we are investing in and creating a new future for much of New Zealand’s endangered wildlife and taonga. Go figure how that works!

I don’t blame the Department for the current situation. Political masters are at work here and DOC has always been an easy target for politicians.

The once proud mission cry of “restoring the dawn chorus” once struck a chord with many New Zealanders.

Perhaps it should be now reworded to say “restoring the DOC”.

Ka kite ano

Malcolm

keeping the bad things out and our taonga safe