See Molesworth Recreation Reserve hunting to book restricted hunting blocks outside of roar dates. Roar dates: To be confirmed. Information will be published on the website closer to October. Roar ...

The classic Mt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit is a 2 to 3 day tramp involving a climb through beech-podocarp forest to some of the best alpine tops travel in the Tararua Forest Park. One of the four ...

Note on GPS coordinates: These are guidelines only. They based on estimates from DOC staff and coordinates from The Lord of the Rings Location Guide Extended Edition by Ian Brodie (HarperCollins, ISBN ...

Note, toilet can be inaccessible in winter. There is a daily radio check-in and weather update to all the alpine huts in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. This is at 6:45 pm. There are instructions in the ...

Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules. This track leads from the end of Mt Fyffe Road, initially following poles across ...

Pick up the track on the left hand side of SH6 south of the Bella Vista Motel. The track enters the forest and follows SH6 for 400 m before turning east and heading into the Fox Glacier Valley. Along ...

The newly built Pouākai Hut opened August 2025. From the dining room and front deck the hut offers stunning views out to the North Taranaki coastline. An outdoor deck and toilets are available for day ...

See a variety of native birds on the walks on this pest-free island, as well as views of the surrounding islands. This track provides one of the best opportunities to see Tiritiri Matangi’s birdlife ...

Kākāpō Yasmine hatched an egg fostered from kākāpō Tīwhiri on Valentine's Day, bringing the total number of kākāpō to 237 – though it won’t be officially added to the population until it fledges. DOC ...

The Government is delivering on its campaign promise to add feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 target species list to protect our precious native wildlife, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says.

DOC has intensified trapping at a wild takahē site in the Greenstone Valley near Queenstown after four recent takahē deaths pointed to stoat predation. Ngāi Tahu and DOC first released takahē on Ngāi ...

The Government has made key policy decisions following consultation on two discussion documents. On 15 November 2024, the Government released two discussion documents that include proposals to: ...