With zero sign of predators and already three hatched chicks, this breeding season is looking positive for kea in ...

William Hartree was a local conservationist, and the reserve and lodge were created in his memory. The lodge itself was built ...

A hawksbill sea turtle found alive on Ōkupe beach, Aotea/Great Barrier Island, has been urgently flown to Auckland Zoo for ...

DOC staff are horrified by the apparent shooting and painful death of a juvenile sea lion/pakake in the Catlins and are ...

DOC is asking people to watch out for invasive red-eared slider turtles in and around ponds, wetland and rivers in and around ...

DOC is asking the public for sightings of the pygmy blue whale successfully freed from a wharf on Kawau Island on Monday.

Work is about to begin on the first phase of a long-term, transformative project to protect Tāne Mahuta and preserve Waipoua ...

DOC is aware of a juvenile pygmy blue whale, approximately 14-15 meters in length, stranded under the Schoolhouse Bay Wharf ...

Rākau Rangatira is a partnership project between DOC and Te Iwi O Te Roroa to upgrade both the visitor infrastructure and the ...

New data shows numbers of rock wren/pīwauwau/tuke, Aotearoa New Zealand’s only true alpine bird, are increasing where ...

Explore our nature with interactive mapping tools and free downloadable data. Geospatial (location-aware) information is key to DOC as well as our many visitors. Explore our nature with web maps and ...

The Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track opened as a multi-day hike in November 2001 and is managed by the Tuatapere Hump Track Charitable Trust. In 2019 the track was chosen from a number of proposed tracks to ...