The Minister for Conservation is seeking nominations for 2 public vacancies for the New Zealand Conservation Authority in 2025. We are seeking nominations from those with knowledge and experience ...

Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) is the country’s biggest land manager and regulates how economic activity takes place on conservation land by issuing concessions, to ensure ...

South Island kākā, Charlie Girl, will remain at the Dunedin Botanic Garden Aviary where she’s being well looked after, for the foreseeable future, following an independent assessment into the parrot’s ...

The future looks set to bloom for 1000 seedlings of Nationally Endangered Gardner’s tree daisy germinated at Tongariro Prison Nursery. The seedlings are the product of a growing partnership between ...

New Zealand is partnering with global conservation charities to raise $137 million to rewild some of Aotearoa’s largest islands so they become safe havens for native wildlife found nowhere else in the ...

The latest report on New Zealand amphibians’ conservation status confirms higher numbers of Archey’s frogs than previously known, although they’re still at risk of extinction. An independent panel of ...

DOC has announced that bookings for the 2025/26 season for New Zealand’s Great Walks and other huts and campsites will open in May. Opening dates are staggered between 13 to 28 May to give people ...

The Government is investing $30 million from the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy to fund more than a dozen projects to boost biodiversity and the tourist economy, Conservation ...

DOC is reminding the public of the critical importance of protecting tara iti (fairy tern) nesting sites following an incident at Mangawhai Heads in late December 2024, during the birds’ peak breeding ...

DOC is exploring alternatives to its management role at Te Anau Bird Sanctuary/Te Punanga Manu following a review into the facility and its operations. There have been some expressions of interest in ...

The first release of seven juvenile whio in the Moeraki valley, north of Haast, is a milestone for West Coast whio conservation efforts. The young birds were released on January 30 by representatives ...

Biosecurity helps prevent damage by animal pests, weeds, didymo, and diseases like kauri dieback. The conservation status of our species is assessed according to their risk of extinction.