Image: Jaime Apolonio | Creative Commons
Track through historic goldmining site.
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Take care of Aotearoa, and always be prepared for your trip.

If you’re after epic adventures, you can’t look past the story of Carlos Zavalaga, who followed Northern Buller’s albatross all the way from Peru to the tiny island of Motuhara in the Chathams and back again!

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 staff in Coromandel are shocked and angered by a report of two boaties taking their pet dogs ashore one of the district’s pest-free conservation islands.

DOC will be holding public hearings on Whakapapa Holdings Limited’s concession application from 17 February to 19 February 2025.

Efforts to expand a wild population of takahē near Queenstown began yesterday with the release of 18 birds in the Rees Valley.

Starting from bare ground near Arowhenua Marae in Temuka, a Jobs for Nature project to support the Rakitata River Revival project now employs 11 people.