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Saving the amazing reptiles of New Zealand.
New Zealand’s herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) are in dire straits. New Zealand has over 120 species of reptiles and amphibians but over 85% of these are threatened with extinction! I have embarked on a project in collaboration with the wizards from Maikan Productions and Yarn Creative to show as many Kiwi’s as possible how mind-blowingly… Read more
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Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide – AVAILABLE NOW
Dylan van Winkel, Marleen Baling and Rod Hitchmough Winner – Whitley Awards 2019 – Best Field Guide Illustrated with extraordinary new photography, this is the definitive field guide to all of New Zealand’s tuatara, geckos, skinks, frogs, marine turtles and marine snakes. From the ancient tuatara, the sole surviving member of its order, to the… Read more
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Aorangi Island, Poor Knights
A small selection of images from a recent trip to Aorangi Island, Poor Knights group, Northland. Thanks to the Department of Conservation for hooking me up with this trip! Read more
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Lake Hargy Caldera, West New Britain 2016
In July 2016 we headed back to West New Britain, Papua New Guinea to our continue work on the Lake Hargy Caldera project, this time joining forces with expedition leader John Lane and entomologist Prof. Don Miller from California. It was a short week-and-a-half expedition however, we managed to accomplish plenty, including gaining access to… Read more
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“The Wind’s Resting Place” – Hauturu (Little Barrier Island) 2014
Situated 15 miles from Cape Rodney and 11 miles from Aotea (Great Barrier Island), Hauturu bursts out of the ocean; its knife-edged ridges rising to 2,370 ft at the summit of Mt Hauturu. The 3,038 ha island, fringed by an almost continuous boulder beach except where vertical cliffs plummet into the ocean, is a site… Read more
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RED MERCURY ISLAND 2013
Whakau (Māori name) or Red Mercury Island (225 ha) (named by Captain James Cook in 1769 because of its reddish coloured cliffs) lies off the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, approximately 30 km from Whitianga. It is the second largest of the seven Mercury Group Islands, and is surrounded by boulder beaches, steep coastal… Read more
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