Press Release – Department of Conservation The Department of Conservation and leading civil engineering company Fulton Hogan are continuing their partnership for another five years and will progress the gains being made in returning more takah to the wild. Fulton Hogan signed a partnership … The Department of Conservation and leading civil engineering company Fulton Hogan are continuing their partnership for another five years and will progress the gains being made in returning more takahē to the wild. Fulton Hogan signed a partnership agreement with DOC in 2016 to support the Takahē Recovery Programme and it has seen DOC and Ngāi Tahu grow the overall takahē population from around 280 to around 450.