The NZCA / Te Pou Atawhai Taiao O Aotearoa is a national statutory body that provides strategic policy advice to DOC and the Minister.

No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. This gently graded walk with some impressively large rimu trees is suitable for walking children - it's not suitable for strollers or wheelchairs. It ...

This flat, easy walk or mountain bike ride, suitable for children, follows an old logging tramline and passes beautiful Lake Māhinapua. This track is part of the West Coast Wilderness Trail (Ngā ...

The Ngā Whenua Rāhui Fund is open from 1 March 2026 - 30 April 2026. For more than 30 years we have worked with kaipupuri whenua through reviewable 25 year Kawenata that centre mātauranga, ...

Kōhanga Atawhai – Manson Nicholls Hut sits on the edge of Lake Daniell. You can swim in the shallow lake in the summer or fish for trout. The original hut on this site, Manson-Nicholls Memorial Hut, ...

This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Hawke's Bay region. This site also offers plenty of camping space. The first Hapi Daze Hut was built by Stacker Johnston in January 1958. For this hut, he used ...

The Government has made key policy decisions following consultation on two discussion documents. On 15 November 2024, the Government released two discussion documents that include proposals to: ...

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 ...

A karakia and blessing by Ngāti Ruanui has marked the formal opening of the suspension bridge over the Manganui Gorge, one of the most striking features of the Taranaki Crossing project on Taranaki ...

The Government is delivering on its campaign promise to add feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 target species list to protect our precious native wildlife, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says.

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.

The next steps in an ambitious plan to eliminate all pests from Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park will begin later this month. Led by Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP), on behalf of Te Manahuna Aoraki ...