No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. This track is part of Te Araroa Trail. Jetboat transport is required to access the beginning of the track. From the Mangapurua Landing on the Whanganui ...

Explore the outdoors with DOC maps, offering detailed insights into various locations, tracks, and recreational opportunities in New Zealand.

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.

19 new marine protected areas are now in place in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana. These areas will contribute to a healthier Gulf for future generations. Find boundaries and maps on this website and ...

DOC plans to increase predator control in South Island beech forests as forecast mass seeding this summer puts vulnerable native wildlife at high risk from introduced predators. The predicted beech ...

Learn your first ten forest birds. The birds in this first course are ones that are most frequently recorded in forest bird surveys using the five minute bird count method. Work through each section ...

We're losing what makes us different. 28,000 of New Zealand’s known species are found nowhere else on Earth. Over 4,000 of them are threatened with extinction, or at risk of becoming threatened. Once ...

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is a rugged land of ice and rock, with 19 peaks over 3,000 metres including New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki/Mount Cook.

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 ...

Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules. The track climbs steadily up through beech forest and above the bush line to the Urchin ...

DOC cooperates with others from around the world to protect and restore natural and cultural heritage globally, in the Pacific and in Aotearoa.

DOC has intensified trapping at a wild takahē site in the Greenstone Valley near Queenstown after four recent takahē deaths pointed to stoat predation. Ngāi Tahu and DOC first released takahē on Ngāi ...