DOC ranger Jen Schori couldn’t believe her eyes as colleagues called her over during an annual grasshopper survey near Lake Tekapo/Takapō in the Mackenzie basin.

Predator control is planned in Mt Aspiring National Park – October to December 2025. DOC's Tititea/Mt Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre in Wānaka runs an annual ballot system for hunters wishing ...

The management measures established by the Kaikōura (Te Tai o Marokura) Marine Management Act 2014 are being reviewed. This legislation recognises the unique coastal and marine environment and ...

Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules. This track follows old farm tracks and logging roads through a mixture of vegetation ...

The Government has made key policy decisions following consultation on two discussion documents. On 15 November 2024, the Government released two discussion documents that include proposals to: ...

In an open letter to the world and on digital billboards, which went live overnight in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, DOC revealed it has “counted” all of nature and the total is 695 billion.

The two key threats to these island groups are from biosecurity breaches and oil spills. However, the offshore islands are so remote and in such rough seas that a response to either type of event will ...

DOC has intensified trapping at a wild takahē site in the Greenstone Valley near Queenstown after four recent takahē deaths pointed to stoat predation. Ngāi Tahu and DOC first released takahē on Ngāi ...

DOC plans to increase predator control in South Island beech forests as forecast mass seeding this summer puts vulnerable native wildlife at high risk from introduced predators. The predicted beech ...

A karakia and blessing by Ngāti Ruanui has marked the formal opening of the suspension bridge over the Manganui Gorge, one of the most striking features of the Taranaki Crossing project on Taranaki ...

Beginning at the up-river end, the track climbs steeply from the River Road to a height of 260 m through fine lowland forest. Following an old, gently graded roadline for around 3 km the track follows ...