Nicola Toki
Critter Of The Week
Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, brings us her critter of the week. And it's a great one for the arachnophobes! The nelson cave spider has the largest leg span of all spiders in New… Audio
Critter of the Week: the forest ringlet butterfly
Our Critter of the Week is the forest ringlet butterfly Audio
Critter of the Week: The Giant Dragonfly
New Zealand has two species of giant dragonfly; U. carovei - the Bush Giant dragonfly or Kakapowai which means 'Water snatcher', and U. chiltoni, the Mountain giant dragonfly which is the second… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Cook Strait Click Beetle
Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, tells us all about this flightless beetle. Audio
Critter of the Week: The Duvaucel's Gecko
Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador presents our biggest extant gecko species, the Duvaucel's Gecko. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Otago Skink
DOC's Endangered Species Ambassador Nicola Toki tells us all about the Otago Skink, our largest lizards, growing up to 30 centimetres long. They give birth to live young, and as the head first baby… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: stick insect
DOC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, talks about the world of stick insects. Audio
Critter of the Week: The Feather Louse!
There are approx 180 species of feather louse in New Zealand. They particularly love living on the Albatross. Audio
Critter of the Week: the Short tailed bat
DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki says short tailed bats are one of the world's most ancient species of bat - and are not closely related to our other native species, the long-tailed… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: the Alpine Gecko
DOC's endangered species ambassador, Nicola Toki asks if "Alpine" geckos are true mountaineers, or forest refugees. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week
Our Critter Of The Week has been around long enough to see dinosaurs come and go. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week
DOC's Endangered Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the "kahukura" which means "red cloak"... which most of us know by a different name, the New Zealand Red Admiral Butterfly. Audio
Critter of the Week: the Kakahi
The Kakahi is New Zealand's freshwater mussel. They are threatened and in decline, but are a vital filtering organism for our freshwater lakes and rivers. DOC's endangered species ambassador Nicola… Video, Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week - Cromwell chafer beetle
DOC's Endangered Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki presents a rather uncharismatic critter The Cromwell chafer. Audio
Critter of the Week
DOC's Endangered Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki presents... the cobble skink. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the week
DOC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the New Zealand praying mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae). Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week
DOC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki details her critter of the week Audio
Critter of the Week - the Inanga
Critter Of The Week is when we meet some of the least attractive threatened species. Nicola Toki is DoC's Threatened Species Ambassador and this week she's talking about Inanga.
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Critter of the Week: the tusked weta
Nicola Toki, DoC's threatened species ambassador features the Middle Island (or Mercury Island) tusked weta. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week - Nicola Toki
This week's critically endangered but unfortunately uncharismatic creature is the Shore Plover. It is one of the rarest shorebirds in the world. DOC's endangered species ambassador Nicola Toki… Audio
