With the face of a Muppet and the physique of a Furby, the Kākāpō is an all-around preposterous creature. It’s nocturnal, ...

The general public and visitors naturing in the forest park can help by reporting deer sightings in the southern area of the Coromandel Forest Park to 0800 DOC HOT. The work starting this month will ...

The Department of Conservation (DOC) has floated a whale back out to sea after it stranded on Auckland's St Heliers Beach.

A whale has stranded on St Heliers Beach in Auckland. Project Jonah, alongside the (DoC), responded after a Shepherd’s beaked ...

A shuttle operator has been banned from taking visitors to and from Tongariro Alpine Crossing for two weeks after it ...

Applications for Auckland Council’s 2026 Waterway Protection Fund and Making Space for Rural Water Fund have opened and close 15 March 2026. The funds support rural landowners and catchment groups ...

A Tauranga local has captured stunning close-up images of five rare leatherback turtles in the waters close to Mount ...

The South Island draws the alpine crowd, but more people should realise that Ruapehu is well worth the journey.

We don’t have the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids, but we do have kakapo," says New Zealand Department of Conservation’s Deidre ...

Te Pokohiwi o Kupe - or the Boulder Bank Site Historic Reserve - includes the Wairau Bar, where Wairau River meets the sea at ...

In our cover story last issue, we outlined the many threats facing our fur seal colonies. While most populations are stable or growing—for now—a new paper shows that all along the West Coast, birth ...

A new study challenges a common assumption that deeper marine ecosystems act as refuges which could reseed damaged shallower ...