More than 130,000 long-spined sea urchins have been removed during a trial operation to protect one of New Zealand’s most iconic underwater ecosystems - Tawhiti Rahi/Poor Knights Islands Marine ...

Remote, rugged, immense, Te Urewera is the home of the Tūhoe people and is famous for its lakes and forested beauty. Te Urewera is recognised in New Zealand law as a living person. Te Urewera is ...

This well-graded forest path follows a section of the old Bridle Track, the first link between Otago and Westland. We recommend walkers use two vehicles (one at each end) or walk back the same way.

Check which access roads into Mt Richmond Forest Park are open or closed. Check for alerts about temporary changes that may affect the safety or enjoyment of your trip into Mount Richmond Forest Park.

Date: 19 July 2023. The Department of Conservation in partnership with Ngāi Tahu is moving four male kākāpō from Whenua Hou/Codfish Island near Rakiura Stewart Island to Sanctuary Mountain ...

A whale so rare only six specimens have ever been known to science has washed ashore on an Otago beach. On Thursday 4 July, Department of Conservation (DOC) staff were notified a type of beaked whale ...

Date: 07 May 2025. In the video, a small egg, resembling a tiny hen’s egg, emerges from the neck of the unique land snail.. DOC has been managing a captive population of the threatened snails in ...

Conservation value reports were prepared by DOC technical teams, with information about Ngāi Tahu values and interests provided directly by the Mana Whenua Panel. The reports have information about ...

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 ...

Date: 17 December 2024. A rat eradication operation took place on the atoll’s Home and Cooks islets over August and September 2023. Monitoring to confirm the atoll’s rat-free status was recently ...

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 ...

Date: 20 December 2024. John Evans found three of the distinctive looking weevils on a speargrass plant in Ōtuwharekai/Ashburton Lakes in November, posting pictures to citizen science network ...