Love heading out on the water? Play your part and check the new marine protection rules which are helping to support the special sea life and ecosystems in this area.
Peaks and pits from a six-week trip working on various aspects of the Maukahuka / Auckland Island Restoration project.
The 2026 Royal Cam chick needs a name. Submit your name to be in to win great prizes.
Dust off the tramping boots and warm up those clicking fingers - bookings for DOC's Great Walks, huts and campsites for the 2026/27 season open from 12 May.
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.
A popular gateway to Kahurangi National Park should be reopened by Spring with repairs to a damaged road now underway, and tramping tracks have been upgraded for when people can get back out naturing.
A recent dip in mohua/yellowhead numbers in a remote South Westland forest shows how closely its fortunes are tied to predator control.
A weka on a walkabout around Wānaka likely self-introduced itself to the area by swimming from an island in Lake Wānaka.
Waihohonu and Mangatepopo huts in Tongariro National Park can now be booked for winter adventures, with each operating as a serviced hut until the next Great Walk season begins.