Date Added
November 9, 2019
10:09 AM AEST
Description
The first time I had ever seen this, i videoed the entire event as well from entry to exit. It was as if this species swims all the time. I sent it to a frogmouth expert and she had never seen that before. The bird chose to swim and flew away very easily after its swim. There appeared to be no explanation for the bird swimming as it was not particularly hot or anything unusual.
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October 9, 2019
07:32 PM NZDT
Description
Solitary plant growing near roadside. I've not seen this species in this location previously.
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October 10, 2019
03:36 AM UTC
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October 10, 2019
10:16 PM NZDT
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October 10, 2019
08:37 AM EDT
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October 11, 2019
10:48 AM NZDT
Description
At least 10 running around on a deck in a residential garden near native bush.
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October 11, 2019
01:56 PM NZDT
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October 11, 2019
02:55 PM NZDT
Description
Just below low tide among rocks and sand.
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October 11, 2019
11:15 PM NZDT
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October 11, 2019
12:50 AM UTC
What
Kea
(Nestor notabilis)
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October 12, 2019
03:45 PM NZDT
Description
Juvenile birds near valley head
What
Kea
(Nestor notabilis)
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October 12, 2019
03:57 PM NZDT
Description
In alpine zone in upper Scotts Creek
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January 16, 2018
07:00 PM NZDT
Description
Male. Found on a wood pile.
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December 6, 2017
07:14 AM NZDT
Description
4 m TL male nicknamed Kermit messing with a baited underwater video. Denham Bay, 16 m depth.
Images courtesy of Dr Adam Smith, Massey University and Global Fin Print.
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October 2, 2019
09:43 PM NZDT
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October 4, 2019
11:13 PM AWST
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October 4, 2019
02:19 PM NZDT
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October 3, 2019
12:11 PM NZDT
Description
The chick has hatched and out for a walk today.
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October 3, 2019
06:09 PM NZDT
Description
Stranded in a rock pool at low tide
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October 5, 2019
04:26 PM NZDT
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October 5, 2019
01:15 PM NZDT
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October 4, 2019
10:10 PM NZDT
Description
Bee with pollen. It had a challenge flying with this load.
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October 4, 2019
08:52 PM NZDT
Description
King tides and big swells earlier in the week had smashed the spit and there was hardly any driftwood in the nesting area. There was one obvious pair with the male protecting a very exposed scrape that had no eggs in it yet. In addition to the pair there were two other dotterels, one of which was the most chubby I've ever seen!
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
September 30, 2019
12:21 AM NZDT
Description
2 then 4 kereru chasing each other around various trees. they separated, one flew down into blackwoods by bamboo, one flew through and over B's paddocks doing 2 display flights in a row up towards pine trees. one in a poplar by '9 count', 2 went into fruit tree next door...
at least 5 kereru, but maybe more, it's so hard to keep track of who is who when they are flying all over the place, in and out of sight and when they are carrying on like this, others join in so quickly.
one seemed different in colour on neck, different angles, different trees though maybe it was just the lighting and angle
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
September 27, 2019
08:39 PM NZST
Description
Found injured beside the road
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September 28, 2019
11:13 AM NZST
Description
Dancing on rocks beside the falls.
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September 28, 2019
12:19 PM NZST
Description
Meliphagidae: Anthornis melanura - NZ Bellbird
a small flock of these and a flock of Silver Eyes working a Kowhai tree
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September 28, 2019
01:20 PM NZST
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September 28, 2019
01:22 PM NZST
What
Silvereye
(Zosterops lateralis ssp. lateralis)
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September 28, 2019
02:37 PM NZST
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
September 24, 2019
09:50 PM NZST
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
September 24, 2019
12:30 PM NZST
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
September 24, 2019
03:20 PM NZST
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
September 26, 2019
04:08 PM NZST
Description
Kereru eating broom flowers
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
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September 26, 2019
09:20 PM NZST
What
Kererū
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
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September 27, 2019
11:20 AM NZST
What
Pūkeko
(Porphyrio melanotus ssp. melanotus)
Date Added
September 17, 2019
06:21 AM NZST
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September 18, 2019
03:30 PM NZST
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September 17, 2019
06:53 AM NZST
Description
Potential pollinator of Pterostylis graminea.
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September 16, 2019
06:20 PM NZST
Description
~32 cm long parasitic worm that emerged from a Mecodema sculptuartum. The beetle was found wandering around during the day and then overnight the worm emerged from it. The beetle was still alive and active despite the damage to it's abdomen (visible in the 2nd and 3rd photos).
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September 14, 2019
02:09 PM NZST
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September 22, 2018
01:52 PM NZST
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September 10, 2019
09:48 PM NZST
Description
under rock in beech forest. My initial thought was a Chrysomelid but not 100% certain.
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September 10, 2019
07:31 PM NZST
Description
Ommastrephes brevimanus collected during the TAN1612 Kermadec Ridge Expedition
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September 10, 2019
11:18 PM NZST
Description
juvenile being fed invertebrates by grey warbler pair
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September 10, 2019
09:46 PM AWST
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September 10, 2019
03:42 PM NZST
Description
Collected during the TAN1612 Kermadec Ridge Expedition.
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September 9, 2019
08:57 PM NZST
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September 10, 2019
01:34 PM NZST
Description
Manta ray cruising at the surface at the Poor Knights.
Photo Credit: Dive! Tutukaka
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September 10, 2019
08:02 AM AWST
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September 9, 2019
08:02 PM CDT
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September 3, 2019
08:23 PM NZST
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September 6, 2019
11:54 AM NZST
Description
Broadnose sevengill shark. Fishing hook in mouth.
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September 7, 2019
05:14 PM NZST
Description
I was honored to meet this rare and impressive species in wild, the largest insect in New Zealand, also the largest species in genus Deinacrida. A adult male Auckland tree weta just likes a baby when it compared with this giant weta.
Date Added
September 8, 2019
12:39 PM NZST
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September 7, 2019
03:44 PM NZST
Description
A pair sitting out the weather in a paddock
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January 3, 2013
12:24 PM NZDT
Description
trout eggs? native? seen attached under a chert rock in Hihi Stream, Kauaeranga Valley. after photos they were carefully replaced.
their eyes had a really bright gold colour.
3 or 4mm in size i guess
Date Added
April 13, 2014
11:20 AM NZST
Description
Hi,
I found this Ground Beetle (not sure of species) with many smaller creatures on its back and underneath it. Are these creatures its young or parasites? It was also walking around in the daytime, which seemed odd.
Date Added
November 24, 2016
12:29 PM NZDT
Description
Scale.
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August 27, 2019
11:48 AM NZST
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August 26, 2019
01:11 PM NZST
Description
in a weta hotel cavity. This sp is the only tree weta found at the Cape
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August 26, 2019
11:06 AM NZST
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August 25, 2019
03:37 PM NZST
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February 7, 2014
09:34 PM NZDT
Description
Female native parasitic wasp. I'm not particularly good at insect ID, so some extra opinions would be helpful. Extremely sizeable. Sat around on a mountain beech tree in a rather sparsely-wooded area with dried peat soil. Location data is rather vague due to not having GPS on that particular trip up the valley.
Seen on the main track in the Nina Valley, Lewis Pass.
Date Added
August 20, 2019
09:16 PM NZST
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August 20, 2019
10:24 PM NZST
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August 20, 2019
11:23 PM NZST
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August 21, 2019
03:17 PM HKT
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August 22, 2019
12:53 PM NZST
Description
Single specimen growing inside the split trunk of a large tree growing along the track in NZ native forest with thick leafy canopy.
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August 22, 2019
04:09 PM NZST
Description
Open, sunny, mossy, damp ground, where thousands of plants over about 50 m².
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August 22, 2019
11:07 PM NZST
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August 14, 2019
08:59 PM HST
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August 15, 2019
09:11 PM PDT
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August 16, 2019
10:19 PM NZST
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August 16, 2019
11:58 PM NZST
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August 17, 2019
09:28 AM NZST
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August 17, 2019
03:35 PM AEST
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August 18, 2019
02:20 PM NZST
Date Added
August 18, 2019
01:01 AM EDT
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August 18, 2019
05:24 PM NZST
Description
Moth, attempting to hide on a mossy trunk...
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August 8, 2019
08:54 PM HST
Description
Found by children fishing and was pulled out of the pool.
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August 9, 2019
08:35 PM NZST
Description
About a dozen birds in peaty coastal stream
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August 6, 2019
10:45 PM UTC
Description
Shell very fragile Kennedy Bay Coromandel
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August 7, 2019
07:17 PM NZST
Description
High alpine stable broken rock
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August 6, 2019
11:12 AM UTC
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August 6, 2019
08:15 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
08:48 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
09:13 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
10:34 AM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
10:34 AM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
05:50 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
05:50 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
05:50 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
06:57 PM NZST
Date Added
August 6, 2019
06:57 PM NZST
Date Added
February 2, 2015
08:10 PM NZDT
Date Added
June 3, 2019
12:46 PM NZST
Date Added
July 31, 2019
11:57 AM SST
Date Added
August 1, 2019
03:07 PM NZST
Description
Corybas trilobus agg. Colouration seems to change based on intensity of light etc as the ones buried in leaf litter where much darker. The labellum is almost completely see through (like stained glass) and leads the eye to the back as it would with a flying insect. Labellum appears completely smooth/lacking hairs etc. More distinctive red colouration but all and all the same as surrounding specimens. Probably the species in which is been tagged C. 'pygmy' ?!
Date Added
August 2, 2019
11:32 AM NZST