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No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. This gently graded walk with some impressively large rimu trees is suitable for walking children - it's not suitable for strollers or wheelchairs. It ...

Kōhanga Atawhai – Manson Nicholls Hut sits on the edge of Lake Daniell. You can swim in the shallow lake in the summer or fish for trout. The original hut on this site, Manson-Nicholls Memorial Hut, ...

This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Hawke's Bay region. This site also offers plenty of camping space. The first Hapi Daze Hut was built by Stacker Johnston in January 1958. For this hut, he used ...

Kākāpō Yasmine hatched an egg fostered from kākāpō Tīwhiri on Valentine's Day, bringing the total number of kākāpō to 237 – though it won’t be officially added to the population until it fledges. DOC ...

DOC cooperates with others from around the world to protect and restore natural and cultural heritage globally, in the Pacific and in Aotearoa.

Abel Tasman National Park is renowned for its golden beaches, sculptured granite cliffs, and its world-famous coast track.

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is a rugged land of ice and rock, with 19 peaks over 3,000 metres including New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki/Mount Cook.

Mt John is fantastic viewing platform with a 360-degree panorama of the surrounding mountains, lakes and Mackenzie Basin flats. No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. The track rises steadily ...

This flat, easy walk or mountain bike ride, suitable for children, follows an old logging tramline and passes beautiful Lake Māhinapua. This track is part of the West Coast Wilderness Trail (Ngā ...

Find out when and where you can light fires at huts, campsites and in the backcountry on public conservation land. On public conservation land, you must not light any fires: where there is a ...

Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules. This easy loop track follows the Whirinaki River through superb podocarp forest with ...