Nicola Toki
Critter of The Week: the scale insect
DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, talks scale insects and wasps. Audio
Critter of the Week: the Puriri Moth
Of the more than 1500 different moths in New Zealand, the biggest and most spectacular is the Puriri or ghost moth of the North Island. Its pale velvety green markings give it a very ghost-like… Audio
Critter of the Week: The Chesterfield Skink
The critically endangered Chesterfield skink is found in just one place... on a tiny narrow strip of beach that is weedy and full of marram and rank grass, just north of Hokitika. Audio
Critter of The Week
Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, introduces us to Gastrodia Cooperae AKA Cooper's black potato orchid. It's name is in recognition of Dorothy 'Dot' A. Cooper who established the New… Audio
Critter Of The Week
We're focusing on fungi, in today's look at Critter Of The Week. Entoloma hochstetteri, or werewere-kokako, has the highest profile, featuring on the 50 dollar New Zealand bank note. And we take a… Audio
Critter of the Week: Nudibranchs
DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the Nudibranch - which means naked gill. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Bluff Weta
Bluff weta Deinacrida elegans is one of the three species of giant Weta found in Kaikoura. They are found only in the Kaikoura ranges and on Mt Somers (South Canterbury). Audio
Critter of the Week: Fred the Thread
Today Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, presents a mystery moth that grows from what is thought to be the world's skinniest caterpillar. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week
As Kermit once said "It ain't easy being green", or brown with black markings for that matter, which is the colour of our wee Maud Island frogs. Hopefully things just got a tiny bit easier as this… Audio
Critter of the Week: The NZ Mistletoe
DoC's endangered species ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the New Zealand Mistletoe Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Coxella Weevil
Hadramphus Spinipennis or Coxella Weevil is not only native to New Zealand, it is only found on The Chatham Islands. Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador tells us all about this nationally… Audio, Gallery
Critter of The Week
Today's critter is the elusive and enigmatic snipe, or tutukiwi. Snipe are found worldwide, but here, our three remaining species prefer the bush, to the wetlands and shorelines, of the rest of the… Audio, Gallery
Critter Of The Week - Pimelea actea
Pimelea actea is a tiny, unloved shrubby plant that has a very narrow tolerance range. It can only live in the tiny dune-related swales or 'slacks', little depressions behind sand-dunes in the… Audio
Critter Of The Week
Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, brings us her critter of the week. And it's a great one for the arachnophobes! The nelson cave spider has the largest leg span of all spiders in New… Audio
Critter of the Week: the forest ringlet butterfly
Our Critter of the Week is the forest ringlet butterfly Audio
Critter of the Week: The Giant Dragonfly
New Zealand has two species of giant dragonfly; U. carovei - the Bush Giant dragonfly or Kakapowai which means 'Water snatcher', and U. chiltoni, the Mountain giant dragonfly which is the second… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Cook Strait Click Beetle
Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, tells us all about this flightless beetle. Audio
Critter of the Week: The Duvaucel's Gecko
Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador presents our biggest extant gecko species, the Duvaucel's Gecko. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: The Otago Skink
DOC's Endangered Species Ambassador Nicola Toki tells us all about the Otago Skink, our largest lizards, growing up to 30 centimetres long. They give birth to live young, and as the head first baby… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week: stick insect
DOC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki, talks about the world of stick insects. Audio
