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Mount Aspiring National Park is a wonderful mixture of remote wilderness, high mountains and beautiful river valleys. It is a walker's paradise and a must for mountaineers.

Tongariro is New Zealand's oldest national park and a dual World Heritage area. This status recognises the park's important Māori cultural and spiritual associations as well as its outstanding ...

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 ...

DOC’s North Taranaki Visitor Centre will temporarily close in late April while demolition on the aging visitor centre building begins. DOC’s Acting Taranaki Operations Manager Phil Melgren says the ...

Assessments show walking access can be reopened but visitors need to be prepared, says DOC Operations Manager Nick Kelly. “High tides and storm surges are still present on the beach. Check the weather ...

$9.2 million from DOC’s Community Fund has been awarded to 20 groups protecting threatened species and ecosystems across Aotearoa New Zealand. The DOC Community Fund (DOCCF) is a contestable Crown ...

A free licence, a lasting momento, and bragging rights: all of this is on the table for contenders in this year’s Taupō Fishery photo competition. That’s according to last year’s winner Patrick ...

DOC and Marlborough District Council urge boaties to take care around the district’s colonies of the endangered king shag, especially during the winter breeding season. “Boaties are not allowed to go ...

MetService has issued a Heavy Rain Warning for Coromandel in response to Cyclone Tam. The cyclone is expected to dump up to 250 mm of rain on the peninsula and pack winds of up to 140 kmh – resulting ...

The mural, which celebrates the reserve turning 30 years old in 2023, shows a stunning underwater scene representing the iconic marine reserve that runs along 11 km of the Abel Tasman Coastline.

DOC rangers say dog faeces left behind on Southland’s Foveaux Walkway have reached ‘obscene’ levels and may see dogs being excluded from the track entirely, unless things improve. One of Bluff’s ...