Nicola Toki

Hamilton's frogs are home-bodies extraordinaire! - moving around only a few square metres in their entire life.  Audio

Waiuatua, or shore splurge, is a species of Euphorbia which decorates many traffic islands around the capital. Its milky sap has been used to sooth the skin and relieve dermatological ailments for… Audio

Burgan skinks are one of our nationally critical species of reptile, and are thought to only exist in two separate populations in Central Otago.  Audio

DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki explains that, even with a nose-peg, it is quite a difficult task to give a helping hand to this endangered plant. Audio

Whale fever has captured Wellington so today we learn more about the Southern right whale, or Eubalaena australis, or commonly called Tohora.  Audio

Hagfish have been around for 300 million years, changing very little. They release slime as a defence mechanism, and if you put one in a bucket, it fills up with snot!  Video, Audio, Gallery

DoC's theatrened species ambassador, Nicola Toki tells us about this filamentous red algae known as the eyelash seaweed, dione arcuata.  Audio

Pestering you for the leftovers from the fish n' chip packet, or making raucous noise and squabbling with each other to get the best place to stand on a rail; anyone who lives by the coast will be… Audio

Far smaller than even our 10c coin, the only freshwater crab in New Zealand has to avoid being eaten by introduced trout. Audio

This 2cm weevil is flightless and slow-moving, making it highly vulnerable to predation by rats and mice. Audio

DoC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki tells us all about the Karearea - the New Zealand falcon, which can fly at speeds of over 100 kilometres an hour. Audio

Leptinella filiformis, or the slender button daisy, is local to North Canterbury and was once declared extinct. But it was rediscovered in 1998 and can now seen in some gardens, thanks to careful… Audio

It's 12cm across and loves to munch on weta!  Audio

In just a few places in the mid-Canterbury high-country, White bellied skinks slink and slither between the sliding stones of scree slopes.  Audio

Jesse and Nicola Toki present Critter of the Week at the Wild Dunedin festival. Introducing Graham the green gecko Audio

In honour of ANZAC day - a bird we share with Australia (and South East Asia), the beautiful white heron (Eastern great egret). Audio

It's World Fish Migration Day on 21 April - a global bi-annual event that shines a light on migratory fish and their need for open river systems. Audio

In the wild, this attractive shrub is critically endangered, but many listeners will be familiar with Muehlenbeckia astonii as a popular garden plant. It's one of New Zealand's few truly deciduous… Audio

Although New Zealand is thankfully free of scorpions, we do have pseudoscorpions! They look very similar to their counterparts, but without the fearsome tail and sting.  Audio

The Teviot flathead galaxias are very rare, they share the same threat status as the kakapo, but they're hardy fish that can withstand cold winters and scorching summers.  Audio