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Cycling Central Otago gems
February is Bike Wise month and to celebrate Fiordland Biodiversity Ranger Chrissy Wickes tells us about her recent trip biking the Roxburgh Gorge and Clutha Gold Trail. Chrissy Wickes Having biked the...
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Jobs at DOC: Fiordland Conservation Services Ranger, Chloe Corne
Come behind the scenes and into the jobs, the challenges, the highlights, and the personalities of the people who work at the Department of Conservation (DOC). Today we profile Chloe Corne,...
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A day in the life of a CITES ranger
Today is World Wildlife Day, a unique opportunity to celebrate the rich diversity of our planet’s animal and plant species and remember how their continued survival in the wild is linked to our own....
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Mums on the run to Papatahi Hut
By Angeline Barnes, Outreach and Education Coordinator – Lower North Island Busy mums dream of a weekend away, we need it and deserve it. We long for a window of time away from daily life, away from...
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Photo of the Week: Erect-crested penguin
This week’s photo shows an erect-crested penguin on New Zealand’s subantarctic Bounty Islands. The image celebrates Seaweek 2014 (1–9 March 2014) — a national celebration of our marine environment with...
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A bigger and better Pestival!
By Wendy Sullivan, Partnerships Ranger, Picton Last March I was watching the news on the television when a story came on about a ‘Pestival‘ (a pest festival would you believe!) in the small town of...
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Jobs at DOC: Rotorua Partnership Ranger, Caraline Abbott
Come behind the scenes and into the jobs, the challenges, the highlights, and the personalities of the people who work at the Department of Conservation (DOC). Today we profile Caraline Abbott, a...
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Lake Morgan Hut spruce-up
By Deb Hogan, DOC Partnerships Ranger, Greymouth How’s this for an office view? DOC’s Greymouth visitor assets crew spent four days sprucing up Lake Morgan Hut at the end of January. They installed...
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Feed the penguins: Generous partnerships provide for hungry chicks
Sometimes our native species have it tough out there in the wild. This year large numbers of yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho chicks – natives of coastal Otago – have had a particularly challenging first few...
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Photo of the week: Mōhua/yellowhead
Today’s photo is of a mōhua/yellowhead, a small insectivorous bird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Once abundant in the South Island the population declined dramatically with the...
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Meet Myfie the tiny kiwi chick
Weighing just 173 grams, the smallest kiwi chick ever to have hatched at Rotorua’s Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter has now arrived and is doing well. Myfie the tiny kiwi Of all species in the world,...
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Jobs at DOC: Research Technician, Nic Gorman
Come behind the scenes and into the jobs, the challenges, the highlights, and the personalities of the people who work at the Department of Conservation (DOC). Today we profile Nic Gorman, Research...
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Hatch day for new kākāpō chick
I’ve just come back from spending a week on Codfish Island/Whenua Hou down by Stewart Island helping the Kākāpō Recovery Team with the important work they do to look after those mossy green parrots....
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Wildside: From pixels to paper
If you cast your mind back to August last year, you might remember my blog post asking you to ‘Join me on the Wildside‘ a new social media community run by DOC on Facebook and Twitter. Today, I’m proud...
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Photo of the week: Dusky dolphins
Today’s photo of the week is of a pod of playful dusky dolphins showing off their acrobatic skills near the Kaikoura coast. Plans for a new marine reserve, whale and fur seal sanctuary, five customary...
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The man who shot Mount Sibbald
Today, Sydney-based photographer Tim Donnelly tells us the story behind the epic image he gifted us for our Wildside New Zealand promotion… Tim Donnelly I listen to the rushing sounds of water while...
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Celebrating wetlands at Ōkārito Lagoon
Lizzy Sutcliffe By DOC’s Lizzy Sutcliffe. On the morning of World Wetlands Day this year, I was lucky enough to be in one of the world’s most beautiful wetland habitats, Ōkārito Lagoon on the West...
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A tribute to Tiki the conservation dog
By Trudi Ngawhare, Partnerships Ranger, Gisborne Tiki the conservation dog Recently, we lost a “totara” for conservation. Tiki the conservation dog passed away at the prime age of 11 (human) years....
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News from Taiaroa Head/Pukekura
By Lyndon Perriman, Head Ranger at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura Perfect weather for young albatross chicks Summer in Dunedin didn’t seem to stay around for long this year, but I wasn’t complaining. Unlike...
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Photo of the week: Bealey Spur Track
Today’s photo of the week is from the Bealey Spur Track in Arthur’s Pass. The track climbs gently up through mountain beech forest to the base of Mt Rolleston and it offers a fantastic view of Arthur’s...
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