Nudibranchs: sea slugs of the Hauraki Gulf

Department of Conservation —  03/12/2025

This summer in the Hauraki Gulf, you can spot a vibrant cast of colourful, frilly nudibranchs (sea slugs) cruising the coastline. Find out more about Nudibranchs seen in the Gulf and where to find them.

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Photograph of hundreds of īnanga/īnaka/whitebait caught in a whitebaiter’s net.

Whitebait – what happens to the ones that get away? 

Department of Conservation —  02/12/2025

Every whitebait season whitebait wriggle upstream – some destined for fritters, some as dinner for other native and non-native species. But what happens to those whitebait that get away?

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Glass eel under a microscope

10 things you should know about the enigmatic eels of Aotearoa 

Department of Conservation —  17/11/2025

We asked two of DOC’s biggest eel fans – Brittany Earl, a freshwater ranger and Marine Richarson, a senior science advisor, for their top 10 eel facts. Read on!  

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Adopt a kākāpō? Squawk yes!

Department of Conservation —  12/11/2025

Adopt a kākāpō? Squawk yes!

A word from Sirocco.

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Biosecurity horror stories 

Department of Conservation —  30/10/2025

Welcome to spooky season! This year, instead of the fiction you’d expect around Halloween, we’ve decided to bring you some real-life scares from the biosecurity world.

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