Date: 18 December 2018 DOC is proactively releasing material related to the state sector inquiry into the use of external security consultants.
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 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 March 2017 A new Great Walk through the spectacular limestone landscapes and luxuriant forests of Paparoa National Park will be a memorial to the 29 men who died as a result of the Pike River Mine disaster on 19 November 2010.
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: 17 May 2013 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: 07 August 2012 Learn about the 2012 volcanic eruptions of Te Maari craters on the northern slopes of Mt Tongariro.
Date: 05 September 2006 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.