2nd November 2023 National Parks / OpinionThe new management of one of the country’s most popular visitor experiences could provide a way forward for other iconic tourism areas.
16th December 2022 National Parks / NRDAAbel Tasman operators have teamed up to create a bus service linking Abel Tasman with Nelson and Motueka.
10th November 2022 DOC / National ParksOne of New Zealand’s rarest kiwi species, rowi, are under threat from pigs illegally released in Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
9th August 2022 Incident / National ParksA rāhui has been lifted from Mt Ngāuruhoe following the death of a climber who fell into a gully on the mountain on Saturday.
4th August 2022 DOC / National ParksKeep cats, dogs and animal friends at home and out of national parks – that is the message from the Department of Conservation after trampers brought their cats up Mt Taranaki this week.
6th August 2020 National ParksIslands near Auckland such as Rangitoto should be made into a National Park, says Rewild Aotearoa.
22nd July 2020 DOC / National ParksThe CMS needed to respond to changes in recreational use such as the increasing popularity of mountain biking.
2nd June 2020 DOC / National ParksSouthern operators face further delays to national park project plans.
28th May 2020 National Parks / PoliceThe two missing trampers in the Kahurangi National Park have been found alive after 18 days.
26th May 2020 National Parks / PoliceThe search for missing trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O’Connor in Kahurangi National Park was suspended Monday due to weather.
20th May 2020 National Parks / PoliceThe search continues this morning for two missing trampers who failed to return from the Kahurangi National Park.
7th August 2019 National ParksOperators will be unaffected by a new review but projects involving Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini national parks remain in limbo.
7th August 2019 DOC / National ParksOperators planning products in some national parks may have a long wait ahead following a new order from the conservation minister.
24th July 2019 National ParksThe Bay of Plenty has signed the National Park Cities charter in London this week.
31st May 2019 DOC / National ParksCommercial operators using the West Coast Te Tai o Poutini and hoping to access Paparoa Track when it opens in December have been thrown a curve-ball as a result of the Department of Conservation running into legal issues.
22nd May 2019 DOC / National ParksOperators weigh in after Eugenie Sage pours cold water on “high intensity” activities on the conservation estate.
21st May 2019 DOC / National ParksThe minister on Skyline’s glacier gondola, accommodation proposals and “tranquility mapping” the national parks.
14th March 2019 DOC / National ParksNew recreational activities will also be considered in a review of the park’s management plan.
13th March 2019 DOC / National ParksThe expansion of Kahurangi National Park will help protect the added land for generations of visitors to come, say operators in the region.
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30th October 2018 National Parks / Skyline EnterprisesSkyline Enterprises is encouraging feedback on its proposal for a multi-million dollar gondola to be built at Franz Josef Glacier ahead of consultation on the draft management plan for Westland Tai Poutini National Park closing next week.
25th September 2018 DOC / National ParksAn opponent of the plan says that if it is approved it will become “a substantial test case in court”.
28th June 2018 National ParksHutchins on returning to her tourism roots, mixing business with family, and what her proposed Fiordland experience, Path, is really about.
27th June 2018 National ParksThe granddaughter of Les Hutchins is planning new high-end accommodation in Fiordland National Park.
21st February 2017 National ParksNational parks are by law the ‘people’s parks” and New Zealanders should have free entry with tourists charged a national park levy on entering the country.
