There is no fireplace at Granity Pass Hut. Use the hutsite area and cooking shelter on the deck to help reduce impacts on the mountain.

Adult (18+ years): $10 per night Youth (5–17 years): $5 per night Child/Infant (0–4 years): free Pay online at the time of booking. Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. Bookings are open ...

The Government has made key policy decisions following consultation on two discussion documents. On 15 November 2024, the Government released two discussion documents that include proposals to: ...

After heavy rainfall over Easter weekend, a bridge on the Hooker Valley Track, one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations, has been closed by the Department of Conservation. The second ...

The Government is delivering on its campaign promise to add feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 target species list to protect our precious native wildlife, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says.

A karakia and blessing by Ngāti Ruanui has marked the formal opening of the suspension bridge over the Manganui Gorge, one of the most striking features of the Taranaki Crossing project on Taranaki ...

In an open letter to the world and on digital billboards, which went live overnight in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, DOC revealed it has “counted” all of nature and the total is 695 billion.

The Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) is asking visitors to respect rāhui and track closures and give emergency crews space to respond to the fire in Tongariro National Park. The fire ...

All tracks listed on this website are given one of these six walking track categories. In New Zealand, hiking is commonly known as tramping. Tracks described as tramping tracks can be considered ...

Walk to a viewing structure at possibly the most diverse and extensive entrance and twilight-zone flora of any cave in New Zealand. Just after you leave the carpark you cross Dry River. From here, the ...

Be awestruck, walk in gentle silence or ride through the mists of this primordial place. Feel the breath of life, the song of Tāne, transcend time, walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs, in the shadow of ...