26 Nov 2025

Native freshwater fish resurfaces after a decade of searching

From Checkpoint, 4:43 pm on 26 November 2025

A native freshwater fish thought to be lost from Auckland's wetlands has resurfaced after more than a decade of searching. Populations of the elusive and endangered Waikaka, or Black Mudfish, have been relocated in a small corner of Helensville just in the last couple of months. Victor Waters reports.