"DOC has long suspected that the lush lowland rainforests around Fox and Franz Josef glaciers might be home to pekapeka and have had a few anecdotal sightings over the years, so its fantastic to now have this confirmed."

The Justice Ministry's Deputy Permanent Secretary Pol Colonel Dusadee Arayawuth, on Thursday (February 13) presided over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) and the Department of Corrections (DOC) for the creation of DNA database of inmates, aimed at prevention of recidivism and facilitating police investigation.