DOC ranger Jen Schori couldn’t believe her eyes as colleagues called her over during an annual grasshopper survey near Lake Tekapo/Takapō in the Mackenzie basin.

Wetlands improve water quality. As water moves into a wetland, the flow rate decreases, allowing particles to settle out. The many plant surfaces act as filters, absorbing solids and adding oxygen to ...

Washpool Hut is the nearest hut to the Putangirua Pinnacles. The hut was built in 1962 by the New Zealand Forest Service for pest animal control work in the area. It had to be re-built soon after when ...