"That includes storm petrels, Manx shearwaters, puffins, gulls and grey seals." He said the wildlife was sensitive to disturbance so team members only visited the 54 acre (22 hectare) island "when ...

Forgive me for starting with superlatives, but I have no choice. I’m not the first. In 1911, Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, wrote that the Queen Maud Range in ...

Prior to European arrival, the Māori inhabitants utilised the Cavalli’s rich and diverse range of economic resources including fisheries and the extensive grey faced petrel colonies (muttonbirds) ...

At Cape Reinga/Te Rerenga Wairua, a small population of oi (Grey-faced petrel) are being safe-guarded thanks to the establishment of a trapping network funded by United Civil Construction Limited and ...

They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.