The question naturally being asked now, is how can a bird go unrecognised for so long in waters as busy as those of the Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty? In summer, once a breeze gets up, the common ...

Hauraki Gulf to nearby Whatapuke Island. This was possibly the first time the translocation of a species had been successfully carried out. This led the way for the translocation of South Island ...

“They were all abandoned around the same time, within two or three weeks,” says Karen Saunders, Native Bird Rescue’s founder. When penguin parents can’t find enough food, they quit their nests and don ...

It has the largest pōhutukawa forest in the world, and is a safe haven for endangered native birds. Located in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana, Rangitoto is made up of two scenic reserves – Ngā ...

Every summer, the world's largest ray species cruises the waters of the Hauraki ... birds and larger marine animals. There's no ray action, though, and we head further out into the gulf.

Forbes details how these striking birds, aka the South Island takahē ... from intensive biosecurity and pest responses, to planting native species, observing and health management, support the takahē ...