Mt Aspiring National Park

About Conservation Boards A Voice For Local Communities

By Guest Author| 2020-03-27T13:43:17+13:00 March 26th, 2020

What are Conservation Boards and what purpose do they serve? Bruce Jefferies, Deputy Chairperson from the Central Otago Lakes Branch of the Forest and Bird Protection Society, explains the function of Conservation Boards and the essential role they play in representing public interests in DOC operations and conservation in general.

Photo Essays

Climbing Mt Armstrong, Aspiring National Park

By Peter Laurenson| 2019-08-08T11:19:57+12:00 August 8th, 2019

For North Island townies like me, one of the biggest challenges in any climb in the Southern Alps is just getting there in time for a weather window. So a climb of Mount Armstrong (2,174m), a little over 700 metres above the highly accessible Brewster Hut (12 bunks), is a good option when time is the limiting factor.