Showing love for longfins
New Zealand's longfin eels or tuna are the most ancient species of eel and the largest freshwater eel in the world. They're also as endangered as a blue penguin. Why then, do we catch them to sell...
View ArticleThe man who brought us the call of the wild
Perhaps the dawn chorus will hold a moment's silence this week for the loss of the man who dedicated his life to bringing us their voices.
View ArticleFreaky Friday Fauna
Today's post is just about CRAZY looking and acting animals - what's your favourite freaky fauna?
View ArticleOn a wing and a prayer
This is a remarkable story of conservation coincidences, strokes of luck and dogged determination that saw a real life comeback for a bird thought to be extinct for over a century.
View ArticleCook's scurvy grass discovery
While we all wrap up warm for winter and tuck into our cabbage, broccoli and brussels sprouts, I thought it timely to mention a native "green" that's woven into our history books.
View ArticleOnce were whalers...
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the annual Cook Strait whale survey, a wildlife monitoring event with a bit of a twist. The reason this programme is unique is that some of the whale-spotters...
View ArticleSaving the 'sea hobbit' (and our reputation)
A week ago, New Zealand and Australia began their case against Japan's "scientific whaling" programme at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
View ArticleNational Parks are not theme parks
"We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there." Edward Abbey, "Water".
View ArticleMore seal shootings highlight our ignorance
New Zealand is known as the marine mammal capital of the world. Despite our seal hunting history, we are lucky to have seals and sea lions in this country, so why are our seals such targets for hooligans?
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Do Kiwi kids get enough vitamin Nature?
Is helicopter-parenting and too much "screen time" for our kids creating a generation of sissies? Does nature deficit disorder exist in New Zealand?
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Why 1080 is a dirty word
The term 1080 has long been a bit of a dirty word among a subset of New Zealanders. I've often wondered whether if it had a nicer name, people would be so quick to react to it. What if it was called...
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When a weka comes calling
Today's post is by guest blogger Moata of Blog Idle. Normal Nicola transmission will resume next week.
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Dreaming of sleep...
When it comes to sleep, currently I'm somewhere between a giraffe and an elephant - but truth be told, I'd rather be a bat.
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Resolution Island's drive against predators
The attempt to remove stoats from Resolution Island in Fiordland is a gargantuan effort, but it's a great example of the work going towards a predator-free New Zealand.
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The commotion in the ocean
Oil giant Anadarko, best known for its part in the Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, is about to embark on seismic surveying in New Zealand, potentially threatening our world-renowned marine...
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Question time with In Our Nature...
Today's blog is to let you know that next week will be the last of the In Our Nature blogs - a bit of a bugger, but as they say, "All good things must come to an end". I'm sure I'll be able to find...
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Nature on the silver screen
Following in the footsteps of Sir Peter Jackson, two Kiwi nature films have been scoring some big hits at film festivals around the world. Yet what sets these films apart from our big-budget...
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Finding your Nature Space
Heaps of people in New Zealand are keen to do "nature stuff" in their neck of their woods, but often it's tricky trying to work out what things are happening and where. Today's blog is about helping...
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The cost of losing nature
Our blase behaviour to our natural environment is going to cost us in the long run. In this, the last In Our Nature blog post, I'd like everyone to start thinking about the nature inequality gap and...
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