Springtime means longer days and warmer weather, making the long weekend a great opportunity to discover DOC campgrounds and ...

Conservation Minister Tama Potaka joined tangata whenua from Ngāi Tahu and local community members today to celebrate the ...

This is a 20-bunk hut located on the Tongariro Northern Circuit in Ruapehu. Set in the Mangatepopo Valley with sunset views to Taranaki Maunga on clear evenings, the Lockwood Mangatepopo Hut was built ...

This day or overnight trip, along the eastern side of the Kaweka Range, passes through a variety of manuka, beech and sub alpine forest, and rewards trampers with good views of the mountain tops. The ...

The Roaring Meg Pack Track can be completed in a day or as an overnight tramp staying at Meg Hut. It goes up and over the Pisa Range from Cardrona valley to Kawarau Gorge. From Tuohys Gully carpark, ...

This track takes you to the Manganui Gorge suspension bridge then on to the ski field. On a clear day this walk provides great views of North Taranaki and up the coastline. This track begins at the ...

From the road end, the route passes through thick rainforest until it reaches Camp Creek. It then continues up the creek bed before climbing steeply up a side creek. It then follows a ridge, before ...

The loop covers a range of track types including multiple river crossing. This makes it an ideal introduction to backcountry tramping. Day one is on a well-formed track of a high standard. However, ...

The route to Jacko Flat Hut follows the Crooked River and is very rough and steep in places. It passes spectacular gorges and rapids, intermingled with deep, blue pools of still water. Several slips ...

Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules. The track follows the Waihāhā River through shrubland into dense podocarp forest. The ...

No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. From Waiorongomai Saddle, follow Waipapa Track north-east along the ridge (this section is also known as the Crimson Thread Track). The track then ...

The Red Hills Route is a challenging backcountry adventure from Mid Wairoa Hut, Wairoa River to Red Hills Hut, Red Hills area. A trip highlight is the unusual geology and plants of the Red Hills area.