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 ...

A new meat bait to target feral cats is showing great promise in recent field trials and could be a game changer in work to save nature. Feral cats are widespread in New Zealand and have a major ...

Improvements to the Wildlife Act passed through Parliament today ensure important development projects, such as building new solar and wind farms, continue supporting our growing economy while ...

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 ...

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 ...

$9.2 million from DOC’s Community Fund has been awarded to 20 groups protecting threatened species and ecosystems across Aotearoa New Zealand. The DOC Community Fund (DOCCF) is a contestable Crown ...

Two geckos living on a predator free island off the North Canterbury coast are thought to be the oldest in the world at around 60 and 64 years. The two Waitaha geckos were first discovered and marked ...

The Government is investing $30 million from the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy to fund more than a dozen projects to boost biodiversity and the tourist economy, Conservation ...

Hoiho appear on our five-dollar note and are one of the rarest penguins in the world with only 143 known nests on mainland New Zealand including Stewart Island/Rakiura. Without a serious turnaround, ...

A keen naturalist out clearing traps has discovered a new population of critically endangered Canterbury knobbled weevils, giving new hope for the species’ long-term survival. John Evans found three ...

With another busy summer in full swing at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, there are some simple steps visitors can take so to respect the park and ensure everyone has a great trip. More than 100,000 ...