A new collaborative approach to managing wild deer in Ruahine Forest Park aims to reduce pressure on native forests while recognising the important role hunters and local communities play in caring ...
DOC will prioritise investment in Coromandel’s iconic Mautohe Cathedral Cove as part of a proposal to remove two weather-damaged adjacent tracks. Globally renowned for its picturesque rock arch, ...
A lucky humpback whale that freed itself from entanglement with a crayfish pot line is a reminder for fishers to set up their pots and lines carefully. The whale became entangled in the line in South ...
Parts of the old suspension bridge up the Hooker Valley at Aoraki/Mount Cook are being offered for sale as the spectacular replacement structure nears completion. The old bridge, which was closed in ...
Faster decisions, more jobs, and stronger protection for nature are at the centre of a landmark overhaul of New Zealand’s conservation system, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says. The Government ...
An intense week of musters in the Waiouru Military Training area has seen 58 wild Kaimanawa horses rehomed and nearly 100 mares given contraceptive treatment – but there's still more to do this year.
If you’re out naturing on Northland or Auckland’s beaches, spotting a tara iti (NZ fairy tern) is like finding a needle in a haystack. Our rarest endemic breeding bird faces many threats and pressures ...
The massive new suspension bridge being built up the Hooker Valley at Aoraki/Mount Cook will open in late July/early August this year. The bridge which will span 189 metres across the Hooker River on ...
People out naturing in Southern Fiordland this long weekend should be aware of the ongoing closure of three historic structures. Percy Burn and Edwin Burn viaducts, on the Hump Ridge Track, and ...
The iconic Mueller Hut in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park has had a spruce up, which is no easy feat. The hut sits at 1850 m and looks out over New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki/Mount Cook. It ...
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara is set to become New Zealand’s first predator-free city, as the Government steps up the next phase of Predator Free 2050, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says. As part ...
An ambitious plan to reduce rabbits and hares inside a DOC scientific reserve near Christchurch to protect rare native plants begins today with a targeted bait laying operation using helicopters. It's ...