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!
Aorangi rock platform
Aorangi rock platform
Oligosoma oliveri (Marbled skink)
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara; male)
Anagotus turbotti (Turbott’s weevil)
Pittosporum cornifolium and pollinator
Aorangaia and Archway Islands, from Tatua Peak
Pterodroma cookii (Cook’s petrel)
Anagotus fairburni (Flax weevil)
Oligosoma roimata (Aorangi skink)
Pig skull…from the last pig to be eradicated from the island
Dactylocnemis ‘Poor Knights’
Pittosporum cornifolium and pollinator
Dactylocnemis ‘Poor Knights’
Oligosoma hardyi (Hardy’s skink)
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s gecko)
Anagotus turbotti (Turbott’s weevil) on Ngaio food plant
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s gecko)
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara; male)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (red-fronted kakariki)
Deinacrida fallai (Poor Knights giant weta)
Oligosoma hardyi (Hardy’s skink)
DYLAN VAN WINKEL 
thanks fr yr wonderful images. Wade
Thanks for your kind words Wade
Stunning images Dylan. Cheers, Peter Buchanan
Thanks Peter, glad you enjoyed them
Hi, please contact me if you would consider allowing use of your Pittosporum photos in our publication that is describing this plant as a new species. Many thanks! Chrissen dot Gemmill at Waikato dot ac dot nz.