Nicola Toki

Jesse and Nicola Toki from DoC announce the winners of our Brick a Critter Competition! Audio, Gallery

Requested by Jesse, this week is the insect whose name is thought to mean the 'destroyer of ants' - the New Zealand antlion.  Audio

Doc's Nicola Toki introduces us to this week's critter the New Zealand pea crab. This crab lives inside bivalves like the NZ green lipped mussel, pipi and cockles where it steals their food. Audio

This week's critter is the Grays River grass moth which survives drowning in parts of its life-cycle and extreme drought in others. This species is only found in the Mackenzie Basin, which is a… Audio, Gallery

Doc's Nicola Toki tells us about this week's critter is the bar-tailed godwit. A migratory bird that holds the record for the longest non-stop flight from Alaska to NZ. They can be spotted in… Audio, Gallery

This week's critter is the Bryde's Whale. They can be found in the Hauraki Gulf all year round spending most of their time near the ocean's surface. They are they are most commonly sighted large whale… Audio

This week's critter is the NZ Bull Kelp/ Rimurapa. Nicola Toki, Doc's Director Operations, Eastern South Island talks about this special species. Audio, Gallery

We meet our final critter for 2019. Doc's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki introduces us to the NZ rock oyster. Audio

The shining cuckoo is a 'brood parasite' - it puts its eggs in the grey warbler's nest and gets them to bring up their children.  Audio

Adult huhu beetles cannot eat, only live for 2 weeks and in Hamilton a cat ate one and was dead the next day. They're not great at coordinated movement and if you disturb a huhu beetle in the daytime… Audio

There are two New Zealand smelt species - the common smelt, found throughout New Zealand, and Stokell's smelt, only found in Canterbury.  Audio

Nicola Toki, Doc's threatened species ambassador tells us about - the climbing galaxias, a fish that can climb up walls and out of the bucket you put it in. Audio

This week's critter is the desperate-to-be-given-a-pronouncable-name Potamopyrgus Oppidanus, the freshwater snail. Audio

Our critter this week is the Auckland Island rail - NZ's rarest rail only found in subantarctic Auckland Islands group. Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki says it's probably flightless… Audio, Gallery

It was once believed the golden plovers flocked when it was about to rain, but their numbers are now falling dramatically. Audio

We all know this critter, the Kina! While not endangered it has significant impact on biodiversity - it can boom to uncontrolled numbers if left unchecked by predators. Audio

Doc's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki tells us about this week's critter - the Clutha flathead galaxias. Audio

Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki tells us about this weeks' critter the Pygmy goosefoot. A nationally endangered species that was presumed extinct and discovered again three years… Audio

This week's critter is begging to be knitted - it's called the elegant gecko, also known as Auckland green gecko. Doc's threatened Species Amabssador says they're critical for ecosystem processes but… Audio, Gallery