Latest from Department of Conservation

How to ensure you leave no trace this sunny season

These principles should guide your adventures through the outdoors this season.

Kiwi chicks produced by the hundreds at Taupō sanctuary

Gallagher Kiwi Burrow at Wairakei Golf + Sanctuary is celebrating a big milestone.

Coromandel campsites reopen but reduced numbers in some popular areas

Campsites at Fletcher Bay, Port Jackson, Stony Bay, Fantail Bay and Waikawau Bay are open.

Rogue kākāpō could have been on the run for more than a week

A critically endangered parrot has survived up to 10 days outside the wire.

Group files judicial review over DoC decision allowing for deaths during Mt Messenger project

DoC has allowed for 46 species, including kiwi, to be killed as part of the project.

Caution advised after sperm whales die after stranding on Ninety Mile Beach

Public asked to maintain caution while using Ninety Mile Beach after whale stranding.

National, Labour, Act, Greens, Te Pāti Māori and NZ First environment policies compared

Where do parties stand on freshwater and conservation? We compare the policies.

Iwi lifts rāhui at Cathedral Cove, walking tracks remain closed

Visitors are urged to see the tourist destination from the sea.

Labour lays down Budget challenge to National

Labour has produced its own version of National's fiscal plan.

Chateau Tongariro’s tangled web of cost traps taxpayers

What, we must ask ourselves, is the grande dame worth?

Great Walk number 12: North Canterbury gets vote of confidence

A new Great Walk is one of the proposals from the campaign trail.

'Barbaric': Shark dragged behind car, head worn as trophy

A group dragged a shark along a beach behind a 4WD, one person riding the carcass.

Watch: Pest Patrol – dogs enlisted for pest-free Banks Peninsula success

Pest Free Banks Peninsula wants to eradicate all animal pests by 2050.

‘Upsetting and horrific’: Young sea lion shot and killed

DoC investigating attack on female sea lion in "nationally vulnerable" population.

'Retired weed-buster' who poisoned 50 trees at heritage site to cost DoC dearly

The poisoning came to light when a man was seen in the reserve drilling holes in trees.

'Doubt they would have survived the night': Men rescued from Mt Ngāuruhoe by chopper

The pair were wearing street shoes, jeans, cotton T-shirts and sweatshirts.

Taranaki Maunga now a legal entity, Te Kāhui Tupua will effectively own itself

The Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi in relation to Taranaki Maunga.

Pike River memorial developments being 'scaled' due to cost increases

The new memorial track should be open by Christmas or shortly after.