The earthquake earlier this month caused the seabed to raise up around Kaikoura and exposed a lot of paua which is likely to kill them.
Category: Animals and Wildlife
Day 91: Hunting for Captain Cookers
We were driving down the road a few weeks ago and got behind a semi with a sign for a fund raising event for a
Day 83: He Manu o te Moana – A Bird of the Sea
On Taiaroa Head, just East of Dunedin, sits the world’s only mainland breeding colony of the Royal Albatross – the largest of all the albatross
Day 76: Sandfly Nuisance Map
Wikipedia says there is a Maori legend about the sandfly: “The god Tu-te-raki-whanoa had just finished creating the landscape of Fiordland, it was absolutely stunning… so
Day 75: On the First Day of Christmas…
The year before I moved to New Zealand, we spent Christmas with my family in Texas. We drove through the world’s greatest outdoor Christmas light
Day 70: Wetapunga, God of Ugly Things
In one of my first posts I commented on the high number of birds that are endemic to New Zealand. Insects have an even higher
Wendy's Gone Walkabout 