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

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

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

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 ...

DOC is asking the public for sightings of the pygmy blue whale successfully freed from a wharf on Kawau Island on Monday.

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 ...

The Board’s governance role is to control and manage the Kaiteriteri Recreation Reserve and Kākā Point Historic Reserve, near Motueka, under the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977. The Board is ...