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DOC considers the impact of Fast-track projects on public conservation land, waters and wildlife.

DOC has received the Mt Messenger Wildlife Act Authority High Court decision.

We need your help to grow funding for nature. By donating to these DOC nature projects you can help protect endangered species and habitats.

The 2025 Pureora Hunting Competition is a free annual competition for wild deer taken from the Pureora Forest Park during the competition period. It's open until 27 April.

A new and improved hunting permit system will make it easier for New Zealanders to go hunting on public conservation land Minister for Hunting and Fishing James Meager says.

DOC has intensified trapping at a wild takahē site in the Greenstone Valley near Queenstown after four recent takahē deaths pointed to stoat predation.

Prompt improvements to the Wildlife Act will ensure infrastructure developments and important conservation work can continue supporting our growing economy while protecting our precious wildlife, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says.

Two geckos living on a predator free island off the North Canterbury coast are thought to be the oldest in the world at around 60 and 64 years.