DOC is adding more huts and campsites to its booking system this summer to help manage crowding, give visitors more certainty for their trips, and support the ongoing care of these special places. A ...

The Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) is asking visitors to respect rāhui and track closures and give emergency crews space to respond to the fire in Tongariro National Park. The fire ...

Learn your first ten forest birds. The birds in this first course are ones that are most frequently recorded in forest bird surveys using the five minute bird count method. Work through each section ...

New research released by DOC today reveals New Zealanders care deeply about nature and want to help but aren’t aware of the scale of challenges nature is up against. The research was commissioned to ...

In an open letter to the world and on digital billboards, which went live overnight in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, DOC revealed it has “counted” all of nature and the total is 695 billion.

Situated in the middle of Ōkārito village, the School House was built in 1901 and restored in 1990. Nearby you'll find easy access to Ōkārito Lagoon, rugged coastlines and stunning walks in Westland ...

Great Walk ‘tasters’ are on offer this summer while the Tongariro Northern Circuit as a multi-day Great Walk loop is out of action to make way for construction of a new Oturere Hut. The Department of ...

After heavy rainfall over Easter weekend, a bridge on the Hooker Valley Track, one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations, has been closed by the Department of Conservation. The second ...

DOC has intensified trapping at a wild takahē site in the Greenstone Valley near Queenstown after four recent takahē deaths pointed to stoat predation. Ngāi Tahu and DOC first released takahē on Ngāi ...

Rakiura National Park is located on Stewart Island/Rakiura, 30 km south west of Bluff between latitudes 46 and 47 degrees south. Explore pristine beaches, sheltered inlets, and coastal forest, and see ...

Contact a DOC visitor centre for advice on your visit to New Zealand's conservation areas. We have DOC visitor centres nationwide, staffed by DOC rangers with local knowledge about conservation places ...