Nicola Toki

This week's critically endangered but unfortunately uncharismatic creature is the Shore Plover. It is one of the rarest shorebirds in the world. DOC's endangered species ambassador Nicola Toki… Audio

DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki discusses the critter of the week, the black stilt. Audio

Every Friday, DOC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki tells us about one of our endangered - but uncharismatic - native species. Today, it's the Katipo Spider. Audio

Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador, introduces us to a lesser-known, uncharismatic or generally unlovable threatened species. This week it's the South Island kōkako. Audio

Nicola Toki is the Department of Conservation's Threatened Species Ambassador. And her Critter Of The Week is the tadpole shrimp. Audio

Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador introduces us to a lesser-known, uncharismatic or generally unlovable threatened species. This week's critter is the giraffe weevil. Audio

DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki, talks about the  longfin eel. Audio, Gallery

Time for our Critter Of The Week, and DOC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki has picked the Powelliphanta snail. Audio

Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador, finds a new species each week for us to discover. This week it's the Foveaux shag. Audio

Time now for our critter of the week - our weekly celebration of a native species whose survival is threatened but whose charisma is questionable. Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador… Audio

Our Critter Of The Week is not exactly a critter. It's Dactylanthus taylorii, NZ's only flowering parasitic plant. It's also known as flower of the underworld, and te pua o Reinga. Audio

Nicola Toki is the Department of Conservation's Threatened Species Ambassador. And her critter of the week is the New Zealand lamprey, kanakana or piharau. Audio

Nicola Toki is the Department of Conservation's Threatened Species Ambassador. And her critter of the week is an extremely rare leech. Audio

The Department of Conservation's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, is back to discuss another of New Zealand's least charismatic characters, this week it is the trapdoor spider. Audio

The "royalcam" live stream has been set up by the Department of Conservation to watch the northern royal albatross nesting at the Pukekura/Taiaroa Head. Audio