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The Department of Conservation has spent more than $1 million protecting staff against anti-1080 protesters. Staff have dealt with threats violence and death as well as abuse.  Audio

The security bill to protect Department of Conservation staff from death threats and abuse has reached $1 million, but DOC says even that doesn't reflect the full cost of what they're dealing with… Audio

It was cold, dark, and Liz Carlson was alone, desperately trying to re-float more than 100 whales that stranded on a remote Stewart Island bay. She spoke with Lisa Owen about the worst experience of… Video, Audio

Claims the Department of Conservation is allowing tourism operators to flout their own rules by allowing tourists to fly into restricted areas of Fiordland. Federated Mountain Clubs says several… Audio

A protected weevil sent to Mana Island to help it survive is thriving, but at the peril of other rare native species. Science reporter Charlie Dreaver hitched a ride with the Department of… Video, Audio

Former parliamentary commissioner for the environment, Dr Jan Wright, is involved in a new conservation project. It aims to have the whole of Mt Cook/Aoraki National Park pest and predator-free in the… Audio

Department of Conservation head Lou Sanson was at Mount Cook when the alert sounded for the fatal avalanche on Mount Hicks. He told Lisa Owen how he spent the morning comforting sole survivor Jo… Video, Audio

Jonathan Wallis has this afternoon paid an emotional tribute to his brother Nick describing his death and the death of brother Matthew in July in a similar accident as a cruel reality. Video, Audio

Department of Conservation (DOC) staff were on board a helicopter that crashed near Wanaka on Thursday morning, leaving no survivors. The Wallis family has been linked with conservation for decades… Audio

3.7 million tourists visited NZ last year, many heading to National Parks and camping grounds. South Island Bureau Chief, Belinda McCammon, explores whether DOC can manage growing tourist numbers and… Audio

The Department of Conservation's proposal to allow dogs into Westland Tai Poutini National Park has triggered an uproar from environmentalists. Audio

The Department of Conservation and the Defence Force have teamed up to build a nest site for New Zealand's critically endangered fairy tern ahead of the breeding season. This week the Defence Force… Audio

DOC's Director General Lou Sanson says Hunter Valley Station leasee, American millionaire Matt Lauer, is being open and encouraging about access and the application for an easement should be put on… Audio

The Ministry of Business and Innovation is defending its decision to open up two vast new areas for prospecting in the South Island after a three-year moratorium. The areas - one in Otago covering… Audio, Gallery