The Auckland Conservation Board has an advisory and community liaison role in the conservation of the Auckland region.

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.

A licence is required to fish in the Lake Taupō district or Lake Rotoaira. 2025/26 fishing season licences are available now. You are a resident if you have the right to permanently live in New ...

Access to the Kahurangi National Park from the Tasman District has been cut off by recent storm damage, while part of Abel Tasman Coast Track is temporarily closed. DOC Northern South Island ...

Hakatere Conservation Park, in mid-Canterbury, is centred around the Ashburton Lakes District between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers. It covers nearly 60,000 hectares of rugged mountain country, ...

Arthur’s Pass National Park is in the heart of the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana. Its high mountains with large scree slopes, steep gorges and wide braided rivers straddle the main divide, and ...

The Milford Opportunities Project (2017 to 2024) explored ways to do tourism differently at Piopiotahi and along the Milford Road corridor for the benefit of people and place. Breathtaking Milford ...

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 ...

Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules. The track climbs steadily up through beech forest and above the bush line to the Urchin ...

No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. After taking in the sights of the two craters on the Crater Lake Walk, continue north and upwards through regenerating native vegetation and past the ...

Abel Tasman National Park is renowned for its golden beaches, sculptured granite cliffs, and its world-famous coast track.

The park extends from the highest peaks of the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, to the rugged and remote beaches of the wild West Coast. It is an area of magnificent primeval vistas – snow-capped ...