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Young people running and jumping on grass.
Haere mai

This year Whio Awareness Week is 23 to 29 March. Find out how you can get naturing for whio, and be in to win.

A group of locals are mobilising 800 kilometres east of mainland Aotearoa, New Zealand, to protect hundreds of endangered species through Predator Free Chathams.

Kiwis everywhere are helping nature bounce back – in our backyards, communities and even from our couches. Join the Always Be Naturing movement and be part of the change.

Watch Rakiura, a female kākāpō, live from her nest on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, a small, predator free island in southern New Zealand.

Get involved in volunteer activities around the country.

Discover small ways you can make a big difference for nature.

The first three kiwi were transferred back to the Hauraki-Coromandel region as part of a 10-day muster.

The 2025/26 summer visitor season has wrapped up, with more New Zealanders exploring a wider range of conservation areas despite storm disruptions.

The fire-charred ground at Tongariro has revealed some unexpected good news, with DOC ecologists discovering an abundance of a threatened plant species.

Final necropsy results for a deceased Māui or Hector's dolphin that washed up on a remote Port Waikato coastline could not determine the cause of death.