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This Critter of the Week is on a free ride with free food for life! DOC's Nic Toki explains to Jesse that the Kiwi Feather Mite may just be the worst hitch-hiker in New Zealand, and perhaps the least… Audio, Gallery

This week's critter looks similar to a spider, is a little spooky and is a type of ghost orchid - it's the hidden spider orchid. Audio, Gallery

This week's critter is small but noisy. Doc's Nicola Toki today on Critter of the Week tells Jesse more about  the Chatham Island Snipe! Audio, Gallery

This week's critter lives under Auckland and is a mysterious species. It's big, it's hairy and it glows in the dark. Audio

This week's critter is  the manuka chafer beetle. They are a glorious bright metallic green and were set into jewellery throughout the Victorian era.  Audio, Gallery

This week's critter is Neptune's necklace, or Aphrodite's pearls - a seaweed that is found throughout New Zealand. This critter is a great rockpool find, and looks best in the water, rather than round… Audio, Gallery

This week DOC's Nicola Toki has chosen the New Zealand white faced storm petrel, takahikare-moana or Jesus Christ bird as Critter of the Week.  Audio, Gallery

DoC's Nicola Toki introduces this week's critter - the Chatham fat-legged weta. Audio, Gallery

Sticking with invertebrates that have charismatic megafauna in their names, this week is the common tiger beetle. Audio

Known for their excellent hunting abilities, they are a top predator in the alpine zone. Audio

Doc's Nicola Toki introduces us to this week's critter is the sea squirt or sea tulip. There common name comes from the fact they look like an odd shaped tulip.  Audio

This week's critter is a tick that sucks blood from different seabirds, including the antipodean and wandering albatross.  Audio

This week's critter is the North Island grasshopper - the only one from the Sigaus genus found in the North island.You can easily tell sigaus genus apart from other grasshoppers because of their… Audio

Erica Wilkinson, DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador is here to introduce us to this week's critter - the North Otago Black-eyed gecko which she says you can't help but fall in love with. Audio

This fish can reach lengths of 2m and at least 80kg in weight. Audio

Today for critter of the week we are diving deep into the ocean to look at a group of deep-sea corals.  Audio, Gallery

A rare, secretive and seldom seen species of migratory fish. Audio

Doc's Nicola Toki introduces us to our critter this week - the New Zealand flatworm, a carnivorous terrestrial flatworm! Native to New Zealand, but an invasive species to Europe where they… Audio

They are now slowly making a comeback thanks to predator control and habitat protection. Audio

This week Doc's Nicola Toki takes a closer look at the mason wasp.  Audio, Gallery

This mysterious creature is only found in NZ.  Audio

DOC's Nicola Toki says they grow in the amazing habitat of ephemeral wetlands. Audio, Gallery

Requested by Jesse, this week is the insect whose name is thought to mean the 'destroyer of ants' - the New Zealand antlion.  Audio

This week's critter is the Suter's skink. Audio

Doc's Nicola Toki introduces us to this week's critter the New Zealand pea crab. This crab lives inside bivalves like the NZ green lipped mussel, pipi and cockles where it steals their food. Audio

This week's critter is the Grays River grass moth which survives drowning in parts of its life-cycle and extreme drought in others. This species is only found in the Mackenzie Basin, which is a… Audio, Gallery

Doc's Nicola Toki tells us about this week's critter is the bar-tailed godwit. A migratory bird that holds the record for the longest non-stop flight from Alaska to NZ. They can be spotted in… Audio, Gallery

This week's critter is the Bryde's Whale. They can be found in the Hauraki Gulf all year round spending most of their time near the ocean's surface. They are they are most commonly sighted large whale… Audio

This week's critter is the black-billed gull. In Oct 2019 there were around 300 nesting at a building site in Christchurch CBD .Nicola Toki, Director Operations, Eastern South Island with DOC talks… Audio