Conservation

"DOC won't have the capacity to deliver on species conservation programmes," an academic says. Audio

An internal proposal document noted the new positions could be filled through the redeployment of impacted staff.

New Zealand once led the world in marine protection. Now it looks like we will fail to meet our international promise to protect 30 percent of our ocean estate by 2030. Why is stopping fishing so…

Environment and recreation groups are warning the proposed cuts could have long-term consequences and losses of flora and fauna as well as backcountry huts. Audio

Efforts to remove wilding conifers from the Queenstown Lakes have hit a major milestone, shifting from management to maintenance only.

Ikamatua landowners ordered to remove pest pampas grass by the West Coast Regional Council are upset at a "bolshie approach".

Snow season is fast approaching but the North Island's only commercial skiing mountain has an uncertain future

The Bounty Islands are tiny in terms of area – just some bits of granite jutting out of the ocean. But they are huge in terms of seabirds. James Frankham joins a team researching the erect-crested…

Kiingi Tuheitia and a Cook Islands leader are inviting other Polynesian countries to get behind the proposal.

It took eight months to capture the critter, documents show.

A hunt will soon get under way in Christchurch's red zone for a pair of invasive myna birds.

Freshwater gold clams are prolific breeders, able to produce 400 juveniles a day and up to 70,000 juveniles a year.