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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… 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… 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… 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… Read more
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WILD EUROPE 2012 – UK & FRANCE
UNITED KINGDOM The UK…home to the warm ale, winnie the pooh, dry quick-witted humour, historic churches, castle ruins, and incessant miserable weather; in which a typical summers day involves a… Read more
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CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY 2012
When the opportunity arose to attend a good friends’ wedding celebration in the central Canterbury High Country, it took less than three seconds for us to consider the proposition and… Read more
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MOKOHINAU ISLANDS 2012
Two and a half hours (by motorboat) off the coast of Whangarei, New Zealand, lies a group of isolated islands known as the Mokohinau Island Group. This group consists of… Read more
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2011 – LAKE HARGY SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
Papua New Guinea Lake Hargy Caldera Complex, West New Britain, PNG LAKE HARGY SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION, WEST NEW BRITAIN “As the fifteenth century began, we believed, absolutely, that the earth was… Read more
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