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

DOC's first mainland island in Northland, Trounson Kauri Park is a 586-hectare reserve featuring an impressive stand of kauri trees. Trounson Kauri Park is located in western Northland, 40 km north of ...

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

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 ...

New Zealand's special wildlife is facing serious threats, and more action is needed to save it. The problem is big, so we ...

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

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

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

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