DOC has reopened more of the popular Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, as work starts on a spectacular new suspension bridge. “We know how much this iconic walk is valued and how ...

A takahē and a tuatara have been filmed engaging in a bush-floor stoush in a new video captured by a quick-thinking DOC Ranger. Filmed on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island, the video shows New Zealand ...

The track, which links Hahei to the Mautohe Cathedral Cove Track, has been closed since early 2023 due to landslide risks and land movement following severe weather events including Cyclone Gabrielle.

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 ...

Two of the Coromandel’s most popular DOC sites are set for upgrades, with work beginning next week on improving Pinnacles Hut and nearby Summit Track. The Pinnacles Hut is an 80-bunk hut, located in ...

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, ...

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 ...

DOC and Marlborough District Council urge boaties to take care around the district’s colonies of the endangered king shag, especially during the winter breeding season. “Boaties are not allowed to go ...