Conservation in New Zealand depends on the goodwill and enthusiasm of passionate people who walk our beaches doing shore bird surveys, monitoring bittern calls in wetlands and tramping our ...

This colourful bird is native to Europe and parts of Asia. But in the 1860s and 1870s, yellowhammers were introduced to New Zealand. They spread widely. Male yellowhammers have a distinctive song.

Pascale Lubbe currently receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Michael Knapp has received funding from The Royal Society of New Zealand (Rutherford Discovery Fellowship). Nic Rawlence receives ...