Fish and Game says it wants DoC to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways.

Killing off all rats, stoats and possums in New Zealand will require novel methods including genetic engineering, Govt has been told.

Leading architect and designer Chris Moller has slammed the decision to demolish the Aniwaniwa Visitors' Centre at Lake Waikaremoana

Plans to turn Mt Tarawera and the surrounding land and lake area into a world-class tourism venture are on the cards with a new partnership

Rescuers were hard at work in Browns Bay, Auckland on Saturday getting a stranded whale back into the water.

By Shauni Jamesshauni.james@dailypost.co.nz / Circle_see_more_DP.eps / CATS: Katie Hickey, pictured with her cat Bugsy, thinks cats

An investigation has been launched after footage emerged of speedboats driving through a pod of dolphins on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

COMMENT: If the success of the rat-kill on Rakitu Island is anything to go by, NZ is unlikely to be clear of pests by 2050.

A meat-eating parrot, a sucker-faced eel, a bat that pees on itself and a spider that catches fish. Here's our pick for New Zealand's 10 weirdest species.

COMMENT: Misinformation is counterproductive in battling dramatic decline of species in Auckland Islands.

Proponents of eminent Maori architect John Scott have made a last-ditch effort to save one of his revered works on the shores of Lake

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Pavlina Pizova, who survived a month in a remote hut on the Routeburn Track, broke down in tears as she spoke about her fight for survival.

A tramper has told of "pretty bad" conditions including snow up to a metre high near where a Czech woman was rescued after waiting five weeks in a Doc hut after her partner's death.

A Government-led bid to free New Zealand of predators by 2050 was repudiated today by the Ban 1080 Party as "justification for another 34 years of spreading 1080".

Scientists have a few words of warning for Government attempts to clear our islands of pests.

Duck/dog and his canine co-workers are making waves overseas with their oh-so-cute social media presence.

More than $20 million in funding, 720,000ha of land: today is D-Day for the biggest pest control operation in New Zealand's history.

A record breeding season for New Zealand and the world's population of lovable but critically endangered kakapo has seen their numbers shoot up by an amazing 28 per cent to 157 individuals.

Eruptions, lahars, faster and better facilities, a catastrophic diesel spill and a devastating arson - it's been a hectic 30 years

Awaroa Beach has become part of the Abel Tasman National Park after 40,000 Kiwis raised the money to buy it.

A sperm whale has been spotted in the Hauraki Gulf - a rare sighting for boaties. Rob Pine, a wildlife photographer from Auckland

DOC had to shoot a fur seal pup after someone put it on the back of a motorbike while skylarking on the Hokitika beach

Two dramatic videos have been released showing how Northland's forests are collapsing due to chronic underfunding of the Department of Conservation and lack of pest control.

More than 60 per cent of tracks on New Zealand's Great Walks are not up to the Department of Conservation's standards.

Science reporter Jamie Morton discusses the Battle for our Birds campaign with Department of Conservation principal science advisor Dr Graeme Elliott.

The Department of Conservation is seeking those responsible for using a chainsaw to hack out a dead sperm whale's jawbone.

Searchers looking just north of Hokitika for one of the rarest vertebrate animals in the country have struck gold.

When Awaroa beach campaigner Duane Major visited the piece of paradise bought by New Zealanders for the first time since the purchase, he paused in disbelief.

Three kiwi chicks have arrived at their new home as part of an effort to save a rare species of our national bird.