This year Whio Awareness Week is 23 to 29 March. Find out how you can get naturing for whio, and be in to win.
I have been dreaming of working on this island for years, driven by the chance to contribute to the Maukahuka Auckland Island Restoration programme — an ambitious effort to remove feral pigs, feral cats, and mice from this wild subantarctic island, so that the multitude of endemic flora and fauna can once again thrive. Now I’m finally here.
Kiwis everywhere are helping nature bounce back – in our backyards, communities and even from our couches. Join the Always Be Naturing movement and be part of the change.
Watch Rakiura, a female kākāpō, live from her nest on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, a small, predator free island in southern New Zealand.
Get involved in volunteer activities around the country.
Discover small ways you can make a big difference for nature.
The application period for potential operators wanting to run commercial farming in Molesworth Recreation Reserve has closed.
The popular Mangakara Nature Walk in Pirongia Forest Park has reopened today as DOC continues clean-up, repair and assessment work after the wild storm that swept across Waikato in February.
Ka tipare a Taranaki ki te raukawakawa, he tohu aroha nui ki te iwi kua ngaro.
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.