Date: 24 December 2019
DOC welcomes Cardrona Alpine Resort Limited’s decision to halt chairlift construction as it would disturb an extremely significant site for New Zealand’s native lizards.

Date: 11 December 2019
The New Zealand Alpine Club and DOC are celebrating 30 years of managing huts together in the West Matukituki Valley, Mt Aspiring National Park.

Date: 10 December 2019
Millions of bird nerds from around the world will soon have their eyes fixed on coastal Otago’s toroa/northern royal albatross colony, thanks to a new partnership between DOC and New York’s Cornell University/Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Date: 15 November 2019
The popular Diamond Lake Track near Wanaka will reopen this weekend following extensive repair work.

Date: 03 August 2019
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Government, iwi and a community organisation have banded together to turn around the fortunes of the nationally endangered hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin, which recently suffered a series of poor breeding seasons.

Date: 23 July 2019
Northern royal albatross/toroa is back in the spotlight as a new Royal Cam star prepares to take to the skies this summer.

Date: 22 July 2019
Rob Roy Track closed due to a slip that has undercut the track.

Date: 30 April 2019
DOC is urging people to take extra care on walking tracks this weekend after heavy rain in the upper Clutha area.

Date: 11 May 2019
Source: Offices of the Minister of Conservation and Minister of Fisheries
Action is underway to enhance the protection of our precious marine biodiversity in the face of the global biodiversity crisis.

Date: 10 May 2019
DOC Director-General Lou Sanson has welcomed the honouring of Senior Ranger Paul Hondelink and Pilot Nick Wallis with a public service award.

Date: 29 March 2019
DOC is asking people to keep a lookout for a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear seen off the Otago coast yesterday afternoon.

Date: 05 March 2019
DOC’s Himalayan tahr control work, vital to protecting the unique alpine landscapes of the South Island, resumes this week.

Date: 24 January 2019
The newest star of DOC’s internationally renowned Royal Cam live stream has hatched to blustery conditions at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula.