More than 150 remote predator traps set to protect native species in Mt Aspiring National Park have been systematically tampered with says DOC. In early January, high trapping lines between Dart ...

A major assessment released by DOC shows many of New Zealand’s native plants and animals are in for a rough time as climate change impacts increase. The assessment looked at 1145 species of birds, ...

A Department of Conservation study is predicting more extreme weather for New Zealand’s southernmost subantarctic island, which is likely to impact the sealions, albatross and other threatened species ...

Hundreds of people a day are visiting Mautohe Cathedral Cove’s famous beach following the reinstatement of walking access to the popular Coromandel location. In December, DOC reopened the main walking ...

Attempting to wriggle from its handler’s grasp, a brown kiwi has eagerly returned home to the wild near the Parapara Road Banana Bridge, following its recovery from being hit by a car. The bird was ...

In a fortunate turn of events, an “insurance” population of 148 cobble skinks has been returned to the wild north of Westport on the South Island’s West Coast. It comes after a DOC ranger surveying ...

“We had a report come in yesterday afternoon of a pod of whales close to shore near Pakawau. Our ranger who lives nearby was tracking them. The pod of whales moved northward and stranded near Taupata ...

DOC rangers and a hut warden were in the right place at the right time to help a hiker in the Nelson Lakes National Park. Two well-equipped and experienced DOC rangers and a hut warden were in the ...

Hoiho appear on our five-dollar note and are one of the rarest penguins in the world with only 143 known nests on mainland New Zealand including Stewart Island/Rakiura. Without a serious turnaround, ...

Luxuriant coastal forest, limestone cliffs and canyons, caves and underground streams, and an absolutely spectacular coastline, are all packed into one national park. The bizarre ‘pancake-stack’ ...

Biosecurity helps prevent damage by animal pests, weeds, didymo, and diseases like kauri dieback. The conservation status of our species is assessed according to their risk of extinction.

New Zealand is precious – everyone who lives and travels here has a responsibility to look after it. Make a commitment to Aotearoa by protecting nature, being prepared, keeping New Zealand clean and ...