Date: 01 February 2019 The nine orca that were stranded in the Kaipara Harbour have refloated with the rising tide.
Date: 18 December 2018 DOC is proactively releasing material related to the state sector inquiry into the use of external security consultants.
Date: 24 October 2018 We invite you to send us your tributes to Paul, Scott and Nick.
Date: 12 July 2018 DOC has condemned the actions of a contractor who dumped and buried biodegradable 1080 in a swamp on Stewart Island/Rakiura.
Date: 13 July 2018 Latest advice from DOC to Wellington City Council about the rescheduled Matariki fireworks display planned for Wellington Harbour this weekend.
Date: 16 June 2018 The access application to develop and operate an opencast coal mine on Mt Te Kuha near Westport has been declined.
Date: 17 May 2018 Backing nature: Budget 2018 delivers a significant funding boost for DOC, with an additional $181.62m over the next four years.
Date: 12 May 2018 The Government is investing more than $81.2 million over the next four years in predator control, which will result in the largest area ever protected against predators on an ongoing basis.
Date: 05 April 2018 DOC staff are responding to whale stranding near Haast on the West Coast.
Date: 28 March 2018 The aftermath of Cyclone Gita brought severe weather over much of New Zealand. Our staff are assessing damage to tracks and facilities.
Date: 02 February 2018 The aftermath of Cyclone Fehi is bringing severe weather over much of New Zealand. The risk of floods, landslides and falling branches on conservation areas is high.
Date: 13 November 2017 The stranded orca on Marfells Beach was refloated into deeper water at high tide today and is now swimming out to sea. A big thank you to the many people who've helped in the two days the orca was stranded.
Date: 25 May 2017 See how Budget 2017’s significant increase in funding for conservation relates to DOC’s overall budget.
Date: 13 April 2017 Cyclone Cook is bringing severe weather over New Zealand during Easter. High winds and rainfall are expected. There is a risk of floods, landslides and falling branches on conservation areas.
Date: 07 March 2017 One of New Zealand’s largest ever pilot whale strandings took place 10-12 February 2017 near Puponga, the most distant settlement on the Golden Bay side of Farewell Spit.
Date: 07 November 2017 Information about DOC facilities following the Kaikōura earthquake on 14 November 2016.
Date: 05 July 2016 DOC has reviewed how statutory planning documents are interpreted and applied to concession applications, and developed guidance for staff and decision makers.
Date: 14 September 2018 Shark cage diving allows tourists to view sharks underwater at close range from the safety of a submerged cage attached to a boat. In September 2018 the Court of Appeal made a ruling on the activity.
Date: 21 October 2015 Environment Aotearoa 2015 is a new landmark national environmental report, independently compiled by Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand.
Date: 05 October 2015 An application by the Hawke's Bay Regional Investment Company to exchange land required for the Ruataniwha water storage scheme has been approved.
Date: 10 March 2015 The New Zealand Police and wider Government agencies are dealing with an anonymous threat to deliberately contaminate food supplies with 1080 poison.
Date: 20 June 2014 Learn more about the decision to allow recovery of high value native timber blown over in Cyclone Ita on West Coast public conservation land.
Date: 27 May 2014 The Fiordland Link Experience monorail project has been declined by Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith.
Date: 17 September 2013 The decision not to lodge an early draft submission on the wider environmental aspects of the Tukituki Catchment Proposal with the Environmental Protection Authority was made by the Department of Conservation.
Date: 21 August 2013 Learn about the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report into the management and administration of stewardship land.
Date: 17 July 2013 The tunnel project proposed by Milford Dart Limited, through the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks, has been declined by Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith.
Date: 18 June 2014 Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith today announced his approval under the Crown Minerals Act for an access agreement for Bathurst Resources for its escarpment mining project on the Denniston Plateau, near Westport.
Date: 13 May 2013 The Department of Conservation (DOC) has announced its final decisions on changes to its organisation structure.
Date: 17 April 2013 Learn about the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report into the status and management of longfin eel.
Date: 05 March 2013 Read DOC's response to an inaccurate Sunday Star Times article in which DOC was accused of replacing its New Zealand made products with ones made overseas.
Date: 31 January 2013 The well-known businessman and philanthropist, Gareth Morgan, recently launched a public campaign to reduce the impact of cats on native wildlife.
Date: 07 August 2012 Learn about the 2012 volcanic eruptions of Te Maari craters on the northern slopes of Mt Tongariro.
Date: 10 June 2011 DOC firmly rejects recent claims by some anti-1080 critics that 'DOC spends more than $100 million a year on 1080 operations'.
Date: 22 February 2011 Learn about how DOC assisted in the response to the Canterbury earthquake of 22 February 2011.
Date: 13 February 2008 Find out how DOC is meeting the challenge of becoming sustainable.
Date: 28 April 1995 On 28 April 1995, 14 young people lost their lives when a viewing platform above Cave Creek collapsed and fell. Find out more about what has happened within DOC as a result of the tragedy.