DOC eDNA public records 2025

Occurrence
Latest version published by Department of Conservation on Dec 9, 2025 Department of Conservation
Publication date:
9 December 2025
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Data as a DwC-A file download 167,330 records in English (6 MB) - Update frequency: as needed
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Description

This dataset contains information on the occurrences of organisms from various projects and locations across Aotearoa. It is a representative dataset for DOC public records.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 167,330 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
167330
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
450324

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Conservation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 87bb9a46-777f-4258-bd45-63e16664c802.  Department of Conservation publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF New Zealand.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

James Muir
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Principal Advisor Conservation Technology
Department of Conservation

Geographic Coverage

Across Aotearoa

Bounding Coordinates South West [-52.591, 166.718], North East [-36.321, 177.53]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2025-01-06 / 2025-11-14

Project Data

No Description available

Title Understanding Aotearoa aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity using eDNA

The personnel involved in the project:

Dave West
  • Point Of Contact

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. Samples were collected by Department staff. Submitted samples were then sequenced by Wilderlab using the comprehensive or basic assay panel.

Additional Metadata

Maintenance Description Maintenance as needed
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.gbif.org.nz/resource?r=doc_edna_public_records_2025