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Know before you go
Love this place
Love this place
Introduction
Whether you’re a local, or you’re here on holiday, we all have a shared responsibility to look after this awesome place.
Highlights
Show you love this place by protecting and preserving our precious environment.
Take your litter with you
Help keep our natural environment free of litter. Litter harms our environment, soil, waterways and wildlife.
Give wildlife space
Protect our precious native species by keeping your distance and not feeding them.
Stay safe by always being prepared
Five essential steps for staying safe in the outdoors so you can have a great trip.
Get a permit before flying your drone
Arrange a permit to fly a drone over conservation land or near marine mammals.
DOC's response to COVID-19
We have suspended the requirement for people to be fully vaccinated to use DOC accommodation. Make sure to follow COVID-19 public health guidelines.
Poo in a loo
There aren't many toilets in our wild places. Always go before you start your trip and use a loo when you can.
Parks & recreation
Places to go
Things to do
Places to stay
Know before you go
DOC maps: Discover the outdoors
My saved list
Popular
Walking & tramping
Camping
Great Walks
Land Safety Code
Hunting
Stay in a hut
Dogs on conservation land
Visitor centres
Toyota Kiwi Guardians
Nature
Native animals
Native plants
Pests & threats
Habitats
Biodiversity
Conservation status
Identify a species
Popular
Birds A - Z
Kiwi
Tuatara
Predator Free 2050
1080
Kauri dieback
Myrtle rust
Get involved
Teaching resources for learning in nature
Training
Volunteer
Have your say
Run a project
Permits
Funding
Your business can help nature
Popular
Let nature in
Conservation activities
Online courses
Have your say
Volunteer
Conservation Week
Drone use on conservation land
Your business can help nature
Our work
Heritage
Jobs for Nature – Mahi mō te Taiao
Managing threats to nature
Maps and data
Monitoring
Places with projects
Research and development
Species programmes
Popular
National Predator Control Programme
Kākāpō Recovery
Māori sites
Partial reviews of general policies
Icon heritage sites
Takahē Recovery Programme
Bird banding
Biodiversity inventory and monitoring toolbox
Careers
Popular
News & events
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About us
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