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Wildlife photography / ongoing

Ka tū au hei kaitiaki

Kia ora te whenua, te ngahere, te wai

May the land, forests, and waters flourish.

Ka tū au hei kaitiaki

I stand as a guardian of nature.

Hei tiaki mō te taiao

To care for and protect the natural environment.

Kia tiakina te mauri o te whenua

May the life force, spirit, and wellbeing of the land be protected.

Tīhei mauri ora!

Let there be life!

Pūkeko feeding its chick in grass — PŪKEKO & CHICKFIELD STUDY

Close portrait of a ruru or morepork — RURU / MOREPORKTĀMAKI MAKAURAU

North Island kōkako eating a berry — NORTH ISLAND KŌKAKOBERRY SEASON

Otago skink basking on a warm rock — OTAGO SKINKŌTEPOTI / DUNEDIN

Small pink mushrooms growing in moss — PINK FUNGIAFTER RAIN

Buller’s albatross flying low over the ocean — BULLER’S ALBATROSSOVER OPEN WATER

South Island takahē foraging in grass during golden hour — SOUTH ISLAND TAKAHĒGOLDEN HOUR / AUCKLAND

Sea lions playing among long grass — SEA LIONSŌTEPOTI / DUNEDIN

Kākāriki perched in filtered canopy light — KĀKĀRIKIFILTERED CANOPY LIGHT

Northern New Zealand dotterels on a sandy shoreline — NORTHERN NZ DOTTERELSSHORELINE STUDY

Yellow-eyed penguin standing among coastal grass — YELLOW-EYED PENGUINCOASTAL GRASSLAND

Banded rail at the edge of a wetland — BANDED RAILWETLAND MARGIN / AUCKLAND

Pair of Australasian gannets touching beaks — AUSTRALASIAN GANNETSPAIR BOND

Close study of an Easter orchid flower — EASTER ORCHIDCLOSE STUDY