Marine reserves are special places to be enjoyed by everyone. They offer the chance to see rare and abundant sea creatures and environments. Walking, sailing, kayaking, snorkelling and diving are just ...

The Shirt Tail Track starts at the Te Kere Haka reserve carpark. It follows the Shirt Tail Stream up to the bushline for a spectacular view of Lake Wakatipu and Kingston township. The track up to the ...

Spend a day walking to a picturesque lake, or 4 days tramping over a sub-alpine saddle between distinctly different valleys. Fish for rainbow and brown trout, or hunt deer and chamois. Acess this area ...

DOC Operations Manager Whakatipu, David Butt, says the temporary site will be convenient and closer to most of the district's extensive visitor network. “These two weeks are some of the busiest we get ...

A permit is required to hunt on public conservation land. This hunting area is covered by a 'restricted area permit'. Contact the DOC office managing the hunting area. Before lighting a fire on public ...

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. A concerned member of the ...

After more than 40 years weathering storms, snow, sun, and gale-force winds, it’s time to renew much-loved Pouākai Hut. One of the oldest huts in Te Papa-Kura o Taranaki, Pouākai Hut sits just below ...

The juvenile/subadult dolphin, which is travelling with a fully grown dolphin, was first reported to DOC’s hotline on 29 December. It was observed entangled in a fishing net in the Western Waitemata ...

The juvenile/subadult dolphin, which was travelling with a fully grown dolphin, was first reported to DOC’s hotline on 29 December. DOC Operations Manager, Kirsty Prior, says the team located the ...

A North Canterbury man has been fined $6,000 for driving a digger through a large black-billed gulls/tarāpuka colony, destroying their nests. Clive Gordon repeatedly drove a utility vehicle and a ...

A 3.5 km self-guided loop walk to the lake and back is an easy way to enjoy the tranquility and natural history of this stunning landscape. This track is not wheelchair accessible. Sutton Salt Lake ...

Kingfishers have a wide range of unmusical calls, the most distinctive of which is the staccato ‘kek-kek-kek’ territorial call. Their status is 'Native, Not Threatened'. Nest sites are in cavities in ...