Take care of Aotearoa, and always be prepared for your trip.
DOC’s Queenstown visitor centre is temporarily operating from Glenorchy between 13-26 January 2025.
We need your help to grow funding for nature. By donating to these DOC nature projects you can help protect endangered species and habitats.
Avian influenza (also called bird flu) is a contagious viral disease that affects both domestic and wild birds and is caused by avian influenza viruses.
Kākāpō adoptions are a special way to support the conservation of this taonga species. You can adopt a kākāpō for yourself or as a gift.
Have your say on the two discussion documents by 28 February 2025.
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.
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.
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.
DOC’s marine mammal disentanglement team were able to free the entangled dolphin around western Auckland yesterday.