Nicola Toki
Critter of the Week: Nudibranchs
DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the Nudibranch - which means naked gill. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Bluff Weta
Bluff weta Deinacrida elegans is one of the three species of giant Weta found in Kaikoura. They are found only in the Kaikoura ranges and on Mt Somers (South Canterbury). Audio
Critter of the Week: Fred the Thread
Today Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, presents a mystery moth that grows from what is thought to be the world's skinniest caterpillar. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week
As Kermit once said "It ain't easy being green", or brown with black markings for that matter, which is the colour of our wee Maud Island frogs. Hopefully things just got a tiny bit easier as this… Audio
Critter of the Week: The NZ Mistletoe
DoC's endangered species ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the New Zealand Mistletoe Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Coxella Weevil
Hadramphus Spinipennis or Coxella Weevil is not only native to New Zealand, it is only found on The Chatham Islands. Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador tells us all about this nationally… Audio, Gallery
Critter of The Week
Today's critter is the elusive and enigmatic snipe, or tutukiwi. Snipe are found worldwide, but here, our three remaining species prefer the bush, to the wetlands and shorelines, of the rest of the… Audio, Gallery
Critter Of The Week - Pimelea actea
Pimelea actea is a tiny, unloved shrubby plant that has a very narrow tolerance range. It can only live in the tiny dune-related swales or 'slacks', little depressions behind sand-dunes in the… Audio
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
