Nicola Toki

Our critter of the week is Paryphanta busby, the Kauri Snail, Pupu Rangi. Video, Audio

After making its debut last year a webcam at an Otago albatross colony is a global hit. Audio, Gallery

The Castle Hill buttercup, also known as Kura Tawhiti (Ranunculus paucifolius) is confined to an area of 6 hectares of limestone debris in a gently sloping basin surrounded by limestone cliffs, tors… Audio

Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered Species Ambassador tells us all about the NZ ground beetle. New Zealand has about 430 known species of Ground Beetle, all species of endemic NZ ground beetle are… Audio

DOC's threatened species ambassdor, Nicola Toki tells us all about this very small and threatened plant which is only known from the canopy twigs of Rata Moehau. Audio

DoC's threatened species Ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about this carnivorous native plant that gets its nutrients not from the ground but by eating passing insects. Audio

In the depths of the rainforests of New Zealand's rugged Southwest breeds one of the world's rarest penguin species - the Fiordland crested penguin. Audio

The harlequin gecko is a small colourful gecko measuring up to 150mm long. They have a distinctive and variable herring-bone skin colour pattern of olive, brown, grey, maroon and white. Nicola Toki… Audio

The torrentfish is one of five freshwater fish species featuring on NZ Post's latest stamp release of 1 March 2017. Torrentfish or Cheimarrichthys fosteri is an endemic New Zealand freshwater fish… Audio

There are 16 species of grasshopper in NZ, this one likes open, sparsely vegetated, stony slopes. Audio

DoC's endangered species ambassador, Nicola Toki tells us about Orange Fronted Parakeets or karaka kakariki - one of five parakeets native to NZ. Audio

Our critter this week is only found in one location in the world and the total population size is unknown. One catastrophic event - a fire or effects of climate change, could as good as exterminate… Audio

DOC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, talks fairy terns. Audio

A Royal Albatross developed fly strike, but is now recovering after being looked after by staff, says the Department of Conservation's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki. Video, Audio

DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, talks scale insects and wasps. Audio

 Of the more than 1500 different moths in New Zealand, the biggest and most spectacular is the Puriri or ghost moth of the North Island. Its pale velvety green markings give it a very ghost-like… Audio

The critically endangered Chesterfield skink is found in just one place... on a tiny narrow strip of beach that is weedy and full of marram and rank grass, just north of Hokitika. Audio

Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, introduces us to Gastrodia Cooperae AKA Cooper's black potato orchid. It's name is in recognition of Dorothy 'Dot' A. Cooper who established the New… Audio

We're focusing on fungi, in today's look at Critter Of The Week. Entoloma hochstetteri, or werewere-kokako, has the highest profile, featuring on the 50 dollar New Zealand bank note. And we take a… Audio