This idyllic campsite right by the beach. Explore the island’s walkways, stunning coastline, replanted native bush and ever-increasing wildlife. Fires are not permitted at any time. See fire rules on ...

South Island kākā, Charlie Girl, will remain at the Dunedin Botanic Garden Aviary where she’s being well looked after, for the foreseeable future, following an independent assessment into the parrot’s ...

The future looks set to bloom for 1000 seedlings of Nationally Endangered Gardner’s tree daisy germinated at Tongariro Prison Nursery. The seedlings are the product of a growing partnership between ...

New Zealand is partnering with global conservation charities to raise $137 million to rewild some of Aotearoa’s largest islands so they become safe havens for native wildlife found nowhere else in the ...

The latest report on New Zealand amphibians’ conservation status confirms higher numbers of Archey’s frogs than previously known, although they’re still at risk of extinction. An independent panel of ...

DOC has announced that bookings for the 2025/26 season for New Zealand’s Great Walks and other huts and campsites will open in May. Opening dates are staggered between 13 to 28 May to give people ...

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 ...

DOC is reminding the public of the critical importance of protecting tara iti (fairy tern) nesting sites following an incident at Mangawhai Heads in late December 2024, during the birds’ peak breeding ...

DOC will be holding public hearings on Whakapapa Holdings Limited’s concession application from 17 February to 19 February 2025. Acting Deputy Director-General Policy and Regulatory Services Ewan ...

Efforts to expand a wild population of takahē near Queenstown began yesterday with the release of 18 birds in the Rees Valley. After travelling from Burwood Takahē Centre near Te Anau and Orokonui ...

DOC is exploring alternatives to its management role at Te Anau Bird Sanctuary/Te Punanga Manu following a review into the facility and its operations. There have been some expressions of interest in ...

Starting from bare ground near Arowhenua Marae in Temuka, a Jobs for Nature project to support the Rakitata River Revival project now employs 11 people. Arowhenua Native Nursey was developed in 2021.