A karakia and blessing by Ngāti Ruanui has marked the formal opening of the suspension bridge over the Manganui Gorge, one of ...

The Department of Conservation is calling for information after the jawbone of dead sperm whale was illegally removed last week.

The largest and most ambitious marine fieldwork season ever undertaken in the New Zealand subantarctic is providing valuable ...

Here’s what you can do to help keep your dog and wildlife safe around beaches. Some of the wildlife on our beaches can be quite camouflaged. That sleeping fur seal/kekeno, or sea lion/pakake can look ...

A decade-long plan to remove all wild deer from Northland, an area of over 13,000 square kilometres and one of New Zealand’s most biodiverse regions, is being launched jointly by the Northland ...

Two of Northland’s most popular short walks - Mangawhai Cliffs Walkway and Mt Manaia - will be closed temporarily as part of ongoing efforts to repair and enhance infrastructure damaged by Cyclone ...

A summary of a survey to re-assess the current distributions of kanakana (Geotria australis, piharau, pouched lamprey) in the Taiari River catchment using environmental DNA sampling and kanakana ...

For the 2023/24 season Royalcam is viewing LGK and LGL on the left at Top Flat and WYL and BOK on the right at Top Flat Track. Top Flat chick hatched on 23 January 2024 and Top Flat Track chick ...

DOC has announced bookings for New Zealand’s Great Walks will open from 28 May to 6 June for the next season. How to hunt safely, rules for hunting on public conservation land, hunting with dogs, ...

In winter the Rees-Dart tracks are impassable to all but experienced mountaineers, due to heavy snow, especially in the Upper Rees and Snowy Creek area. There are multiple avalanche paths that are ...

a Fish & Game New Zealand game bird licence obtainable from sports shops, Fish & Game New Zealand or go to the Fish & Game website a DOC game bird hunting permit. How to get a DOC game bird hunting ...

DOC has recently completed an annual flock count for the critically endangered southern New Zealand dotterel/tūturiwhatu and ...