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After a four-year wait, the Kākāpō Recovery team is thrilled that breeding will return in 2026. Together with our Treaty Partner Ngāi Tahu and National Partner Meridian Energy, we’re preparing for what could be the biggest boom in kākāpō chicks yet!
If you find a New Zealand fur seal it's usually best to leave it alone, however, there are exceptions.
If there is one person who knows all about toilet paper, it’s DOC ranger Daryl Sweeney.
Bookings for Great Walks, huts, campsites and lodges are open for stays up to 30 June 2026.
Get a DOC open hunting permit online.
To protect the Auckland icons unique nature, 1,012 wilding pines have been removed from the island in a five-week, ground control operation.
A previously poached West Coast green gecko has been seen alive and well in the wild more than a year after her release, thanks to the power of citizen science.
DOC is reminding people of the need for permits for possession of protected marine mammal parts after a buyer purchased whale baleen on Trade Me.
A refurbishment of the West Coast’s Slaty Creek Hut has served as a catalyst for rangers to learn about wood working methods used by pioneers.