Date: 22 December 2025
New Zealanders are gearing up for another summer of naturing, based on a newly released DOC report – and the central North Island is high on many lists.

Date: 09 December 2025
Visitors can safely return to tracks and huts in Tongariro National Park on Wednesday 10 December, but caution is advised around traffic-controlled areas of State Highway 47.

Date: 09 December 2025
Threatened black-billed gulls are again nesting on the rooftops in Tūrangi town centre, but the town shouldn't see a return of previous disruptions.

Date: 08 December 2025
Source: Department of Conservation and Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro
Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro and the Department of Conservation share a deep sense of concern and sadness at seeing another fire flare up within Tongariro National Park today.

Date: 01 December 2025
From art auction to overnight jetboat hikoi – a Central North Island summer programme will connect people to nature in January 2026.

Date: 16 November 2025
The iconic and beloved Tongariro Alpine Crossing will reopen at 9 am on Monday 17 November after a devastating fire ripped through the Tongariro National Park.

Date: 14 November 2025
The Department of Conservation (DOC) continues to lead the response to the fire in Tongariro National Park, with Fire and Emergency New Zealand in support.

Date: 13 November 2025
Rain overnight (12/13 November) has continued to dampen down the fire impacted land with more rain predicted for Thursday and Friday.

Date: 12 November 2025
DOC is now leading the continued response to the fire in Tongariro National Park, with Fire and Emergency New Zealand in support.

Date: 12 November 2025
Source: Department of Conservation and Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro
Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro and the Department of Conservation are clarifying the purpose of the two restorative rāhui placed over parts of Tongariro National Park in response to recent fires.

Date: 11 November 2025
The Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) is asking visitors to respect rāhui and track closures and give emergency crews space to respond to the fire in Tongariro National Park.

Date: 01 November 2025
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation and Office of the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
Two destination-making cycle trails will deliver more visitors to the Ruapehu region and boost the Central North Island economy.

Date: 19 August 2025
Visitors can now book the iconic Waihohonu and Mangatepopo huts and experience a summer taster of the Tongariro Northern Circuit while Oturere Hut is rebuilt.

Date: 06 August 2025
A woman who took photographs of herself illegally taking several dogs into Tongariro National Park has been given a $400 infringement notice for her “blatant disregard” of the law.

Date: 10 July 2025
As winter sets in, the 42 Traverse remains off-limits to four-wheel drives to protect track condition and maintain access for conservation work.

Date: 23 June 2025
Purchasing fishing licences for the Taupō Trout Fishery will be easier under a new licence sales system going live on 24 June – a week before the season begins.

Date: 05 June 2025
Great Walk ‘tasters’ are on offer this summer while the Tongariro Northern Circuit as a multi-day Great Walk loop is out of action to make way for construction of a new Oturere Hut.

Date: 30 April 2025
DOC's Director-General, Penny Nelson, has granted Whakapapa Holdings Limited (WHL) a 10-year concession to operate Whakapapa ski field.

Date: 17 April 2025
A free licence, a lasting momento, and bragging rights: all of this is on the table for contenders in this year’s Taupō Fishery photo competition.

Date: 27 March 2025
Good homes are urgently needed for more than 250 Kaimanawa horses due to be mustered from the Waiouru Military Training area in late April 2025.

Date: 22 March 2025
It is with great sadness that Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro acknowledge a recent death in Tongariro National Park.

Date: 24 February 2025
The future looks set to bloom for 1000 seedlings of Nationally Endangered Gardner’s tree daisy germinated at Tongariro Prison Nursery.

Date: 13 February 2025
DOC will be holding public hearings on Whakapapa Holdings Limited’s concession application from 17 February to 19 February 2025.