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Little penguins go under a number of common names: little blue and just blue are also perfectly acceptable. This has to be one of the

Google Trekker Today, Google Street View goes off-road on the Abel Tasman Coast Track before continuing onwards to the Heaphy Track. The Department of Conservation

Peter Gaze at Fisherman Island A sound system has been installed on Fisherman Island (Motuarero-iti) in the Abel Tasman National Park to encourage sooty and

You would be hard pressed to find a beach in Abel Tasman National Park without oystercatchers. If we had to pick a bird as an

This is a somewhat nondescript ‘little brown job’ found only in the forests of the South Island. Nondescript that is until you get your ear

I find it interesting to ponder these two species and what influences their presence in Abel Tasman National Park. These two honeyeaters belong to the

The distribution of this small native passerine is interesting. In Golden Bay it is most usually associated with pākihi and low scrublands, however, it is

Shearwaters or tītī once bred on much of the New Zealand mainland. Soil samples from Canterbury farmland still show the legacy of marine nutrients that

Before we can hope to restore the biodiversity of Abel Tasman National Park we need to know what is already there. This knowledge can prompt

What is the rarest breeding bird in Abel Tasman National Park? I think there are several contenders: fernbird, banded rail, falcon and kākā (if someone

Once upon a time—just 30 years ago—weka were abundant in Abel Tasman National Park and throughout Golden Bay. I remember driving over Takaka Hill and