Learn your first ten forest birds. The birds in this first course are ones that are most frequently recorded in forest bird surveys using the five minute bird count method. Work through each section ...

The Auckland Conservation Board has an advisory and community liaison role in the conservation of the Auckland region.

Kōhanga Atawhai – Manson Nicholls Hut sits on the edge of Lake Daniell. You can swim in the shallow lake in the summer or fish for trout. The original hut on this site, Manson-Nicholls Memorial Hut, ...

You need a game bird licence from Fish & Game New Zealand and a game bird hunting permit from DOC to hunt game birds on public conservation land. Waterfowl, including paradise shelduck, mallard, grey ...

Remote high-country lakes, beech-clad mountains, wide rivers and hot springs complete this picturesque landscape, a tramper’s mecca and a safe haven for endangered species.

Biosecurity helps prevent damage by animal pests, weeds, didymo, and diseases like kauri dieback. The conservation status of our species is assessed according to their risk of extinction.

Animal pests and threats have a major detrimental effect on our environment. Controlling them is essential for the survival of our native plants and animals. New Zealand has been geographically ...

Call our emergency hotline 0800 DOC HOT (0800 362 468) immediately if you see anyone catching, harming or killing native wildlife.

Explore the outdoors with DOC maps, offering detailed insights into various locations, tracks, and recreational opportunities in New Zealand.

Eels are long-lived fish that spend some of their lives in freshwater and some of it in the ocean. They live in most of Aotearoa New Zealand’s rivers and lakes. They start out as tiny leaf-shaped ...

Cook and du Fresne noted settlement on the islands to the west but did not visit Urupukapuka. Urupukapuka was occupied by Ngare Raumati before and after European settlement and was taken over by ...

New Zealand has many unique native fish, insects, birds, lizards and frogs. Our only native mammals are bats and marine mammals.