An artist is bringing some of our lesser-known endangered animals to the fore.
Seventy percent of our animals are endemic. But four-thousand of them are facing extinction.
Beautifully illustrated book Tiaki comes to us from designer and native-bird enthusiast Jean Donaldson.
In it Jean shifts the focus from kakapo and kiwi to endangered gravel maggots, sea slugs, moths and mudfish.
Jean tells Kathryn it's a conservation call to arms for pre-teens and teenagers.
