DOC is urging people to check their home’s eaves and attics to ensure there are no feathery squatters like kākā this breeding ...

Some of our most precious plants are in serious trouble due to browsing animals, weeds, climate change and other threats, but active management can turn decline into recovery.

Takahē have had their best breeding season on Te Motutapu a Taikehu (Motutapu) since breeding pairs were established at the ...

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

A hawksbill sea turtle found alive on Ōkupe beach, Aotea/Great Barrier Island, has been urgently flown to Auckland Zoo for ...

William Hartree was a local conservationist, and the reserve and lodge were created in his memory. The lodge itself was built ...

DOC is asking people to watch out for invasive red-eared slider turtles in and around ponds, wetland and rivers in and around ...

DOC staff are horrified by the apparent shooting and painful death of a juvenile sea lion/pakake in the Catlins and are ...

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

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

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 ...

Explore our nature with interactive mapping tools and free downloadable data. Geospatial (location-aware) information is key to DOC as well as our many visitors. Explore our nature with web maps and ...