Fires permitted in designated fire places and only if there is no fire ban. Check rules and fire bans before you light. No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. Discover the Outdoors ...
Camp at one of the many coastal campsites, or take in spectacular bays from the numerous tracks. Visit Captain Cook's favourite New Zealand base. Access this area by boat or from Queen Charlotte Drive ...
In a fortunate turn of events, an “insurance” population of 148 cobble skinks has been returned to the wild north of Westport on the South Island’s West Coast. It comes after a DOC ranger surveying ...
“We had a report come in yesterday afternoon of a pod of whales close to shore near Pakawau. Our ranger who lives nearby was tracking them. The pod of whales moved northward and stranded near Taupata ...
DOC rangers and a hut warden were in the right place at the right time to help a hiker in the Nelson Lakes National Park. Two well-equipped and experienced DOC rangers and a hut warden were in the ...
Hoiho appear on our five-dollar note and are one of the rarest penguins in the world with only 143 known nests on mainland New Zealand including Stewart Island/Rakiura. Without a serious turnaround, ...
The juvenile/subadult dolphin, which was travelling with a fully grown dolphin, was first reported to DOC’s hotline on 29 December. DOC Operations Manager, Kirsty Prior, says the team located the ...
DOC is seeking information from the public, following reports of seabirds being captured in fishing nets and drowned from a boat near Slipper Island/Whakahau, Coromandel. A concerned member of the ...
The juvenile/subadult dolphin, which is travelling with a fully grown dolphin, was first reported to DOC’s hotline on 29 December. It was observed entangled in a fishing net in the Western Waitemata ...
A North Canterbury man has been fined $6,000 for driving a digger through a large black-billed gulls/tarāpuka colony, destroying their nests. Clive Gordon repeatedly drove a utility vehicle and a ...
After more than 40 years weathering storms, snow, sun, and gale-force winds, it’s time to renew much-loved Pouākai Hut. One of the oldest huts in Te Papa-Kura o Taranaki, Pouākai Hut sits just below ...
Visit Ship Creek area - the ancient kahikatea swamp forest provides a glimpse back in time to what much of the West Coast may have looked like prior to human settlement. Access this area from SH6 ...