The surprise arrival of a seal had workers off the Taranaki coast dialling DOCHOT for urgent wildlife advice last Thursday.

The Government is consulting on proposals to modernise New Zealand’s conservation management system, aiming to protect ...

Te Maruia Waka Huia is a stronghold for native and endemic species. Tomtit, rifleman, robin, tūi, fernbird, silvereye, grey ...

DOC has established a new conservation grant funding programme for Hawke’s Bay, opening the door for the community to ...

Work to reinstate access to Mautohe Cathedral Cove has reached a critical stage. DOC is warning reopening in the next few ...

Aotearoa New Zealand is renowned for its scenic coastlines and protected wildlife. But coastal species such as little blue ...

DOC's trapping guidance offer easy steps to trap mustelids (stoats, ferrets, weasels), rats and possums in any environment.

DOC manages around 10,000 Māori sites, ranging from sites of earliest Polynesian settlement to nineteenth-century Māori ...

DOC intends to pilot paid parking at three South Island visitor hotspots to help manage visitor pressure and support ...

A rowi, New Zealand’s rarest kiwi, has been found in new territory, marking an important milestone for the South Westland ...

The Department of Conservation and New Zealand Nature Fund are partnering to save endangered species by matching investment to projects. The partnership creates opportunities for donors and ...

Walk to some excellent swimming holes on a track that follows an old tramline. The track follows the line of a tramline that operated between the early 1880s and 1905, and was used to take timber from ...