The Conservation Minister says a new partnership should help protect native birds and threatened wetlands in one of NZ's most famous national parks.

Trying to identify which deerstalkers fired the fatal shots and dragging them off for a show trial is hardly the point, writes Brian Rudman. DoC was entrusted with the safety of the critically endangered birds, and it was DoC who invited the shooters in.

Four Kiwi fishermen have been singled out for their efforts to stop seabirds being killed as bycatch while out on the water.

A major 1080 poison offensive succeeded in wiping out 95 per cent of rats and 85 per cent of stoats in targeted forests around the country.

It's the ultimate tool for the very laziest of armchair travellers of New Zealand - a 3D-view of some of the country's most famous tramping tracks.

2300 possums have been culled this year on the Otago Peninsula.

Forest and Bird said drone footage released today showed dead and dying native trees across Northland.

The critically-endangered Maui dolphin has topped a list of New Zealand's 10 "rarest of the rare" endangered species.

More than 20 hectares of conservation land will be swallowed up by the controversial Ruataniwha dam project, but DoC says a land-swap deal will mean a net gain for conservation.

Anti-1080 campaigners are accusing DOC of putting busloads of young military trainees at risk by allowing them into Coromandel parkland during a pest-eradication operation.

Two of New Zealand's most renowned marine scientists have argued for more "no-take" marine reserves, where fishing of any kind is banned.

A DOC investigation is underway following allegations of kea being shot at a forestry site in Nelson.

Since 2009 DoC staffing has been slashed by 323. Funding cuts continue, writes Brian Rudman. In the last Budget, operational funding was cut by $8.7 million and natural heritage management by $7 million.

Volunteers who spent decades restoring Motutapu are devastated and angry that hunters mistakenly shot four of their takahe "friends" on the island.

The people involved in the shooting of four critically endangered takahe are "very, very upset", the president of the Deerstalkers' Association says.

DOC has put an immediate halt to pukeko culling operations near threatened takahe populations after four takahe were shot in a cull on Motutapu Island.

Another slice of Kiwi coastal paradise could be headed for the open market after the Department of Conservation turned down the chance to buy it.

The person who threatened to contaminate infant formula with 1080 poison doesn’t exist, says Westport anti-1080 activist Pete Lusk.

New Zealand's humpback whale population has jumped to its highest level in 12 years, a new survey has found.

Department of Conservation bosses are employing "secret shoppers" to track controversial great white shark dive experiences.

The survival chances of Northland's endangered kiwi populations have been dealt a severe blow with at least seven kiwi killed by a dog, or dogs, near Kerikeri.

A cute takahe chick stole the show today as Motutapu island celebrated 21 years of volunteer conservation work.

A baby humpback whale spotted in the Cook Strait yesterday is only the second calf reported in New Zealand waters.

There are signs that the humpback spotted in Cook Strait is the famed Migaloo.

Kiwi scientists are confident of cracking one of conservation's biggest riddles - cryopreservation.

Conservation Minister Maggie Barry said the Department of Conservation was giving priority to the investigation, now in its third week, but it was "complex."

The same team that recently captured two male kiwi having a testosterone-fuelled scrap have now caught this chance encounter between a tagged kiwi and a feline.

A year after 1080 poison rained from the sky as Reefton sisters were enjoying a picnic near Kokiri, both are still experiencing ill health.

A decade-long project to save endangered giant snails from a West Coast coal mine will finish next year.