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Wild Otago
When Dunedin’s Scottish founders arrived in the 1840s, they soon learned they were sharing New Zealand’s Otago peninsula with some amazing wildlife. And today, close encounters with the wildlife are within easy reach of the city centre.
Sunday 15th November 2009
New tramping tracks for NZ
New Zealand will offer two new walking (or what Kiwis call “tramping’’) trails in 2010.
Sunday 15th November 2009
NZ’s Small Five
New Zealand has turned Africa’s concept of a wildlife ‘Big Five’ upside down by developing its own ‘Small Five’ list aimed at encouraging travellers to come and see some of the world’s rarest creatures for themselves.
Tuesday 17th November 2009
Same sex couples breeding on NZ's Otago Peninsula
Two unusual couples - a pair of female Royal Albatrosses and two male Yellow Eyed Penguins - are incubating eggs on the Otago Peninsula, 30 minutes from Dunedin's city centre.
Wednesday 23rd December 2009
Possum pies at the Puke Pub
The possum pies are off the menu when we get to the Bushman’s Café , but their purveyor is around to explain why. We’re the day’s first customers when “Possum Pete’’ Salter arrives and while the menu looks interesting, there are a couple of reasons why we’ll go away hungry. First, we’ve failed to bring our own roadkill along (“you kill 'em, we grill 'em” says the menu).
Wednesday 27th January 2010
Iceberg action creates splash at Aoraki Mount Cook
Passengers aboard two tourist boats at New Zealand's Aoraki Mount Cook last weekend were treated to a real show-stopper when the largest iceberg in the Tasman Glacier terminal lake rolled over and split in two right before their eyes.
Friday 29th January 2010
NZ's rare Takahe joins 500-year vision
Two of the world's rarest birds are set to find a new home at New Zealand’s award-winning Zealandia eco-sanctuary.
Friday 26th February 2010
Campaign to save NZ's Hector's dolphins
The population of New Zealand's only native dolphin, Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori), is dropping by about one per cent each year, with the major risk to their survival being fishing nets.
Tuesday 02nd March 2010
Land of the glowing sky
At the bottom of the world, where iridescent sunsets light the horizon, search for the elusive Brown Kiwi and learn about the art of mutton-birding.
Monday 16th November 2009
Stunning and sustainable
Exploring New Zealand's 370km Alpine Pacific Highway loop will bring you to some of the South Island's most stunning scenery - and to the world's first Green Globe certified town, the hamlet of Kaikoura.
Monday 16th November 2009
New Zealand's wild West Coast
The road that follows New Zealand's wild and untamed West Coast meanders through breathtaking scenery, across one-lane bridges and through moody forests, the landscape and geology never failing to amaze. The locals call it "the wet coast" - with reason - but that often just adds to the beauty.
Tuesday 17th November 2009
Choose your pace on the Whanganui River
There are two ways to explore the Whanganui River, in New Zealand's North Island: fast, and slow. Discover them both.
Monday 16th November 2009
Walking in the Whirinaki Wilderness
Twenty years ago, Whirinaki Forest Park was rarely out of the headlines in New Zealand, as protesters tied themselves to trees to stop the ancient giants of the forest being felled, and mill workers blocked roads to stop the environmentalists getting into the forests. It was a battle the conservationists won, and today tourism is playing a major role in the area's economic revival.
Monday 16th November 2009
'Living dinosaurs' breeding on NZ mainland
Tuatara, New Zealand’s ‘living dinosaurs’, have been found breeding in the wild in Wellington - the only place on the mainland they are known to do so.
Wednesday 12th May 2010
Kiwis return to Dunedin
Eight young kiwi have been released into New Zealand's new Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin, returning the rarest type of the national symbol to the area for the first time in more than 130 years.
Wednesday 03rd November 2010
Thursday 23rd of May 2013
What's New?
Watching out for Migaloo
Great Barrier Reef book for BBC Earth
NEW EDITION of Wild Discovery Guides Shark Bay Ningaloo
World Turtle Day
Whale Sharks arrive at Ningaloo
Christmas comes early on Christmas Island
Why soldier crabs stay on the move
2012 AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE ROADKILL CALENDAR
Wild Discovery Guides - Flinders Island
Koalas feeling the heat
Watching out for Migaloo
Great Barrier Reef book for BBC Earth
NEW EDITION of Wild Discovery Guides Shark Bay Ningaloo
World Turtle Day
Whale Sharks arrive at Ningaloo
Christmas comes early on Christmas Island
Why soldier crabs stay on the move
2012 AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE ROADKILL CALENDAR
Wild Discovery Guides - Flinders Island
Koalas feeling the heat

















