Learn about operating drones on public conservation land and how to apply for DOC for a drone concession (permit). Drones are aircraft. All aircraft operating on conservation land needs a permit.

Camp on the shores of Lake Tūtira or explore the area on several tracks. Discover a wildlife refuge, native forest and waterfalls. This area is alongside SH2, north of Napier. Lake Tūtira was made a ...

Fires permitted in designated fire places and only if there is no fire ban. Check rules and fire bans before you light. No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. Discover the Outdoors ...

Camp at one of the many coastal campsites, or take in spectacular bays from the numerous tracks. Visit Captain Cook's favourite New Zealand base. Access this area by boat or from Queen Charlotte Drive ...

Complete this form to submit a ballot for hunting in the Greenstone/Caples hunting area. Only one application per party is permitted. Individual hunters should not apply on more than one ballot form – ...

A track leads from the end of Comet Road to the Taruarau River and on to Shutes Hut in the northern Ruahine Forest Park. Shutes Hut is a quaint historic building made of local stone and cement mortar.

Have your say on an application by Whakapapa Holdings 2024 Limited for a license/lease/easement application for the Whakapapa Ski Area, Tongariro National Park. Submissions close 7 February 2025. Have ...

Hoiho appear on our five-dollar note and are one of the rarest penguins in the world with only 143 known nests on mainland New Zealand including Stewart Island/Rakiura. Without a serious turnaround, ...

DOC rangers and a hut warden were in the right place at the right time to help a hiker in the Nelson Lakes National Park. Two well-equipped and experienced DOC rangers and a hut warden were in the ...

Hundreds of people a day are visiting Mautohe Cathedral Cove’s famous beach following the reinstatement of walking access to the popular Coromandel location. In December, DOC reopened the main walking ...

In a fortunate turn of events, an “insurance” population of 148 cobble skinks has been returned to the wild north of Westport on the South Island’s West Coast. It comes after a DOC ranger surveying ...

Attempting to wriggle from its handler’s grasp, a brown kiwi has eagerly returned home to the wild near the Parapara Road Banana Bridge, following its recovery from being hit by a car. The bird was ...