New ZealandOutdoors: Be alert to DoC changesIf you've trekked the great outdoors in the past decade or so, chances are you've had a Department of Conservation brochure in your backpack.24 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandHistoric bach ready to rentRestored cottage on Rangitoto will soon take paying holidaymakers back to 1930s.09 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandDeadly alpine track unlikely to get safety structuresHand-rails or other safety structures are unlikely to be installed on a hazardous section of Mt Aspiring National Park's Cascade Saddle route.03 Apr 10:18 PM
LifestyleCitizen scienceIn the parks, beaches, back gardens and forests of the country, non-scientists can help with with a raft of research projects.28 Mar 11:00 PM
New ZealandNZ under 'intense pressure' from pestsNew Zealand remains under "intense pressure" from pests, which are costing our economy billions of dollars each year.27 Mar 03:30 AM
New ZealandDoC accord will fund new projectsAn accord committing the Department of Conservation to maintaining the gains made by a privately backed environmental group has been signed in Nelson today.22 Mar 01:42 AM
New ZealandC02-powered pest trap impresses officialsOfficials have been impressed at new results of a C02-powered pest trap, which has matched 1080 poison in wiping out entire rat populations.05 Mar 10:52 PM
New Zealand1080 to rain down on native forestsIn South Island beech forests, rangers are collecting branches from the canopy of native forests to see how much food is around for native wildlife - and pests.28 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandEfforts to curb threat of kauri dieback diseaseThe threat of kauri dieback disease is rearing its ugly head in Northland but it's not the native tree's only enemy this summer.09 Feb 07:11 PM
New ZealandDoC plan to give kea tummy achesThe Department of Conservation is planning to upset the stomachs of kea that scavenge for food from tourists - a move designed to save the birds' lives.09 Feb 07:02 PM
New ZealandSuspicious fire burns near Tane MahutaA suspicious fire is burning about 10km south of the country's largest Kauri, Tane Mahuta.02 Feb 07:15 PM
New ZealandDebate flares over more 1080 dropsOpponents of the controversial poison 1080 are furious at a planned bombardment and say the Conservation Minister is misleading the public.30 Jan 02:21 AM
New ZealandRat boom: 1080 to be usedPest poison 1080 will be used to deal with an expected 30 million extra rats this year which threatens to "annihilate" the country's native endangered birds.29 Jan 07:00 AM
New ZealandThe Golden Strand"Last night," ranger Mike Ogle said, "things went better". By better, he meant just one pilot whale out of 49 that volunteers had nudged back into the rising Golden Bay tide had returned to shore to die.25 Jan 12:11 AM
New ZealandMissing DoC worker likely drownedA Romanian man who disappeared while volunteering with the Department of Conservation on a remote island likely drowned, a coroner has found.22 Jan 05:53 AM
New ZealandGull deaths no cause for concern: DoCHundreds of dead red-billed gulls at Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula are no cause for concern, the Department of Conservation says.13 Jan 07:48 PM
New ZealandPublic warned to avoid island after devastating fireMotuariki Island at Lake Tekapo is still smouldering following a devastating fire three days ago, and people should stay away, the Department of Conservation says.13 Jan 07:28 PM
New ZealandTwelve Questions: Mike DouglassMike Douglass is a 21-year-old Department of Conservation worker based in Kerikeri who is keeping the campers happy on Urupukapuka Island.13 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandFears cage diving increases shark risk"I can't see this behaviour of having sharks associate food with boats coming to anything good." Shark-cage diving isn't appreciated by some Stewart Is boaties.12 Jan 10:52 PM
New ZealandFishers following rules over the holiday periodNorthland fisheries officers say they have seen little illegal fishing over the holiday period.12 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandIgnorance harming endangered birdsSelfish or ignorant holidaymakers are threatening one of the world's most critically endangered birds by letting their dogs roam free within metres of nesting chicks.11 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSmith wants more sea sanctuariesConservation Minister Nick Smith says he aims to establish a record number of marine reserves around the coast this year as protecting the offshore environment becomes his top priority.08 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSailors get close look at a sea giantAn Auckland man and his friends thought they had spotted a whale when they glimpsed what turned out to be a giant manta ray.06 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandStranded whales euthanisedTwenty-seven pilot whales beached at the top of the South Island overnight have been euthanised.06 Jan 02:48 AM
WorldBudgeting for survival of speciesAustralia is following a scheme introduced in NZ to decide which wildlife should be allowed to die off29 Dec 08:40 PM
New ZealandPeople crowd penguinsThe Department of Conservation has put volunteers on a remote South Westland beach after crowds started turning up to view the penguins.28 Dec 01:50 AM
New ZealandKiwi savaged by small dog diesA kiwi which was savaged by a dog near Coromandel has been euthanised at Auckland Zoo.23 Dec 01:36 AM
New ZealandAnother govt IT project failureYet another Government IT project has gone off the rails with a new DoC land management system costing taxpayers millions in budget overruns.18 Dec 02:40 AM
