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A step-by-step guide to the Mueller Hut Route
On a fine summer’s day, the route up to Mueller Hut in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, is a fantastic way to experience New Zealand’s mountains without needing to be a mountaineer. Enjoying the alpine...
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The curse of Karangahake Gorge
By Rebecca Nuttall, Historic Intern The best thing about researching historic places are the strange stories that seem to crop up out of nowhere. Case in point, my recent dive into the history of...
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Photo of the week: The Great Fiordland Whio Race
And they’re off! Today’s photo shows DOC Ranger, Andrew Smart, releasing 150 rubber whio/blue ducks on to the Upukerora River, in Te Anau, for the Great Fiordland Whio Race last weekend. The race was...
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Invertebrates on the Antipodes Island
By Chrissy Wickes, Services Ranger (Biodiversity) Scientists, John Marris and James Russell, have completed several research trips to the Antipodes Islands. They have found a number of unique species...
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Jobs at DOC: Heather Morison, Biodiversity Ranger
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 Heather Morison,...
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Doggedly determined to sniff out weeds
For the first time in over a decade, a dog is back on Raoul Island—this time to help clear the island of noxious weeds. DOC’s Geoff Woodhouse explains… DOC ranger, Dianna Makotter and Maxie Border...
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Makeover for West Coast’s Poet Hut
By Jose Watson, Partnerships Ranger, Hokitika This is Poet Hut. It was built in 1959, and it’s located on the banks of the Mungo River, on the Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track. Poet Hut (before...
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Photo of the week: Ohau Point seal pup
Today’s photo of the week is of a New Zealand fur seal pup at Ohau Point. During the winter months a group of young playful seal pups can often be seen swimming in the waterfall pool along Ohau Stream....
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Tolaga Bay BioBlitz
Photographer Mark Coote recently went to Tolaga Bay,55 km north of Gisborne, to document the Uawanui Bioblitz. He shares with us today… I had the very good fortune to photograph a BioBlitz in Tolaga...
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World’s top mountain bikers tackle top New Zealand trails
DOC’s Nydia Bay, Wakamarina and Mount Robertson tracks in Marlborough recently hosted 120 mountain bikers, including 25 of the world’s best, as they competed in the first ever New Zealand Enduro....
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Forty tīeke released in the Bay of Islands
By Richard Robbins, Project Coordinator for Project Island Song Forty tīeke/North Island saddleback were recently welcomed to Ipipiri in the Eastern Bay of Islands by around 90 tāngata whenua and...
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Photo of the week: Hamilton’s frog
Today’s photo shows New Zealand’s Hamilton’s frog—one of the world’s most endangered frogs—on Takapourewa / Stephens Island, at the top of the Marlborough Sounds. Takapourewa / Stephens Island is...
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Rediscovering ‘extinct’ native plants
By Trish Grant, Communications Advisor, Nelson Finding pygmy goosefoot at Molesworth Station Over the summer DOC rangers have made exciting rediscoveries of a native herb thought to be extinct and...
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Jobs at DOC: Chris Rendall, RMA Senior National Advisor
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 Chris Rendall, Resource...
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Volunteers help protect marine reserve
A group of volunteers worked with DOC staff to patrol Taputeranga Marine Reserve this summer, enforcing reserve restrictions and promoting conservation awareness. DOC ranger, Matt Barnett, tells us...
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A big day in the Matukituki Valley
Ranger, Don Herron, heads south to tackle Otago’s Cascade Saddle Route, in the Te Wahipounamu—South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. After an early start, and some impressive morning views of the...
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Photo of the week: Great Barrier Island Aotea
Our photo of the week shows off the spectacular view from Hirakimata / Mt Hobson on Great Barrier Island Aotea. Aotea Conservation Park was opened on Great Barrier Island Aotea on Friday, the first...
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Wairarapa – from the forest to the sea
By Nina Mercer, Partnerships Ranger Good weather over the Easter weekend gave us the opportunity to explore more of New Zealand’s beautiful outdoors, so away we headed with the caravan. A spacious...
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Jobs at DOC: Emma Erickson, Biodiversity Ranger
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 Emma Erickson,...
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Kindara the ginger kiwi
By Emma Bean, Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter Being a red head myself, I immediately took a shine to the ginger kiwi chick, Kindara, who came into my care at Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter as an...
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