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This winter, with introduced predators hungry and lurking, critical action is being taken to help one of the world’s most endangered birds produce a new generation of chicks on Rakiura/Stewart Island.
If you find a New Zealand fur seal it's usually best to leave it alone, however, there are exceptions.
If there is one person who knows all about toilet paper, it’s DOC ranger Daryl Sweeney.
Bookings for Great Walks, huts, campsites and lodges are open for stays up to 30 June 2026.
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West Coast DOC Rangers say they are concerned that gold fossickers breaking rules are potentially threatening the stability of a camp site.
To protect the Auckland icons unique nature, 1,012 wilding pines have been removed from the island in a five-week, ground control operation.
A previously poached West Coast green gecko has been seen alive and well in the wild more than a year after her release, thanks to the power of citizen science.
DOC is reminding people of the need for permits for possession of protected marine mammal parts after a buyer purchased whale baleen on Trade Me.