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!
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara; male)
Aorangi rock platform
Pterodroma cookii (Cook’s petrel)
Oligosoma roimata (Aorangi skink)
Anagotus turbotti (Turbott’s weevil) on Ngaio food plant
Anagotus fairburni (Flax weevil)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (red-fronted kakariki)
Dactylocnemis ‘Poor Knights’
Deinacrida fallai (Poor Knights giant weta)
Aorangaia and Archway Islands, from Tatua Peak
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s gecko)
Anagotus turbotti (Turbott’s weevil)
Oligosoma hardyi (Hardy’s skink)
Pig skull…from the last pig to be eradicated from the island
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s gecko)
Dactylocnemis ‘Poor Knights’
Pittosporum cornifolium and pollinator
Aorangi rock platform
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara; male)
Pittosporum cornifolium and pollinator
Oligosoma hardyi (Hardy’s skink)
Oligosoma oliveri (Marbled skink)
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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.