DOC is reminding people to be prepared as the first 2025/26 bookings open from 9:30 am today, starting with backcountry huts, cabins, lodges and cottages. Bookings open today for popular shared huts ...

More pāteke/brown teal in Fiordland National Park have survived this year than ever before, and rangers involved are celebrating the success of predator control. The small brown ducks found only in ...

A DOC ranger caring for a population of Powelliphanta augusta snails has for the first time caught a snail laying an egg on video. In the video, a small egg, resembling a tiny hen’s egg, emerges from ...

New research into the kākā population in Pureora Forest shows a 50:50 sex ratio for the first time – a result credited to successful predator control. Kākā are rowdy and sociable parrots found in New ...

Donations from people all over New Zealand are helping efforts to keep pukunui/southern New Zealand dotterel on the planet. Pukunui are the world’s rarest wading bird. A year ago, there were just 101 ...

DOC is encouraging people to prepare to grab their spot when bookings open for popular huts, campsites and Great Walks later this month. “The most-loved experiences during peak times such as the ...

A West Coast weka that hitched a ride to Christchurch after sneaking into a vehicle has been returned home by DOC no worse for wear. DOC says the incident is a reminder for people to check their gear ...

Kākāpō at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari have completed their first season of booming – something that has not been heard on the North Island of mainland Aotearoa for more than a century.

DOC's Director-General, Penny Nelson, has granted Whakapapa Holdings Limited (WHL) a 10-year concession to operate Whakapapa ski field. The concession gives WHL the ability to operate the ski field, ...

Tiny green leaves are the first signs of success from last year’s mistletoe translocation to Mt Pirongia in Waikato. Long-term restoration efforts began at Pirongia in the early 2000s, and DOC’s ...

DOC is warning the public to keep away from sand dunes at the southern end of Omaha Beach, north of Auckland after a member of the public spotted a live native yellow-bellied sea snake resting there.

After heavy rainfall over Easter weekend, a bridge on the Hooker Valley Track, one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations, has been closed by the Department of Conservation. The second ...