DoC will develop new Great Walks, including short ones, with part of a $76m funding boost.

The government has allocated $60m in new funds for tourist infrastructure.

A 45cm long stoat has been trapped in a conservation area.

Workers protected from prosecution if seals die during rebuilding of quake-damaged SH1.

Native songbirds will sing at Whangarei Heads for the first time in 140 years.

Kiwi, Maui dolphin and great white sharks feature on a list of 150 species prioritised.

Biosecurity officials say the myrtle rust incursion's implications for NZ remain unclear.

Lab tests come back negative for a second nursery as a third possible case is found

A survey of 148 DOC staff suggests room for improvement in genetics-based conservation.

NZ's safety and natural beauty mean overseas tourists are flocking to our parks.

Biosecurity teams in Kerikeri are trying to contain the fungal plant disease myrtle rust.

Waitomo has a population of 9600 but more than 500,000 visitors flood in every year.

Many native plant species are under threat after myrtle rust disease is detected in NZ.

Making it an offence to feed kea was just one of the many ideas put forward.

The Department of Conservation is investigating charging overseas visitors higher fees.

Visitors will have to pay more for huts on DoC's popular Great Walks tracks

The Tongariro Alpine Crossing has seen a 10-fold increase in visitor numbers since 1990.

The daily airlift of human waste is hitting DoC's Great Walks budget.

A rare NZ falcon - the bird on the $20 note - has been shot dead at Paraparaumu.

Fishermen looking to tag bronze whaler sharks instead came upon three great whites.

Conservation firm Goodnature is working towards a pest-free country by 2030.

COMMENT: NZ is unlikely to be pest-free by 2050 but rewarding hunters would help.

Barry Head was still grinning hours after helping rescue a stranded pygmy sperm whale.

The New Zealand sea lion - one of just 10,000 remaining - bled to death in the Catlins.

The offensive slogan was one of many to spark a complaint against the company.

Five findings from a new independent stocktake of the state of our lakes and rivers.

Broadcaster Alison Ballance discusses her new book on New Zealand's great white sharks.

COMMENT: I've always suspected NZ's scarcity of environmental enforcement was willful.

The bird was thought extinct until 2013 when sightings prompted it to be reclassified.

A man was winched off the side of Mt Ngauruhoe after he was "skittled" by a rock.