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.

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 ...

No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules. From the DOC carpark at Matiri roadend follow the Lake Matiri Hut Track for 1.5 hr to Lake Matiri Hut. From the fork in the track just beyond Bay Creek ...