Enter the 2025 National Wild Goat Hunting Competition. With over $70,000 in prizes to be won across multiple categories, there's something for everyone.
It’s World Ranger Day! Time to celebrate our team doing their best to protect nature in Aotearoa. This is a window into conservation field work: selfie-style.
Conservation Week runs from 1 to 7 September 2025. It’s a great opportunity to do something good for nature, and show others how they can too.
An international report, led by a DOC scientist, warns the world is on track to lose even more of its wetlands – but solutions exist.
DOC’s Customer Service Centre has revealed the top wildlife-related queries flooding its inbox and phone lines this year.
Kiwis heading for warmer destinations for their mid-winter breaks are being urged to check the CITES rules if they plan to return to New Zealand with tropical trinkets.
New Zealand’s wild kakī/black stilt population has been boosted with the release of 148 young birds in Te Manahuna/Mackenzie Basin this month.
DOC is urging people to come forward with any information about three New Zealand sea lions/pakake deliberately killed near Oamaru over the weekend.
The removal of pest plants across the reserve surrounding Waimata Gemstone Bay marks the start of work to reinstate the track to the picturesque beach.
After receiving over 150 submissions, DOC has released a pricing proposal for paid car parking at two busy tourism sites in Te Waipounamu/South Island today.