Sea and Shore

Hunting by Maori had very different effects on the Stewart Island and Otago populations of Stewart Island shags. Audio

Alison Ballance joins a DOC expedition to remote Antipodes Island, and discovers its strange - and noisy - inhabitants Audio

In winter the Bounty Islands are just bare rock. In summer they are packed with breeding Salvin's albatrosses and erect-crested penguins Audio

Since he discovered a colony of fairy prions breeding on the sea cliffs of St Clair, Graeme Loh has provided artificial burrows and monitored the small seabird population Audio

Te Papa scientists examine specimens of prions to find out why 300,000 were beach-wrecked during a massive storm in 2011 Audio

Murray Williams talks about Campbell and Auckland islands' flightless ducks. Audio

This project tracks white-capped albatrosses to work out how much they overlap with the subantarctic squid fishery. Audio

Alison Ballance heads out to a Northland beach to find New Zealand fairy terns, our rarest birds. Audio

Alison Ballance visits the main breeding ground of the southern royal albatross with DOC scientist Peter Moore. Audio

Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott have been studying the Gibson's wandering albatross on Adam's Island since 1991. Audio

Jesse Concklin and a group of shorebird experts explain what cannons and"twinkling"have to do with catching godwits. Audio

The cannon nets have been fired and Jesse Concklin and Phil Battley retrieve data loggers from the godwits they have caught. Audio

Chatham petrels are one of the world's rarest seabirds, but simple innovative techniques have seen their numbers slowly recover Audio

At night Rangatira Island is alive with seabirds, wetas, spiders, and war whooping scientists catching Chatham petrels Audio

Chatham Island oystercatchers have responded well to management that includes moving nests up the beach away from waves Audio

DoC ranger Pat Liddy is part of a team working to protect rare Chatham Island taiko during the breeding season Audio

David Crockett recounts the momentous rediscovery of the Chatham Island taiko Audio

Little penguins are thriving in Wellington Harbour, thanks to nest boxes and regenerating forest on Matiu-Somes Island. Audio

On the West Coast, people and their cars are a bigger threat than predators to little blue penguins Audio

A new population of fluttering shearwater chicks is settling into their new home in the middle of Wellington Harbour Audio

Two new species of giant fossil penguin species named Kairuku from 28 million years ago Audio

A 49-year study of a red-billed gull colony at Kaikoura reveals surprising information about the familiar bird Audio

Miranda Shorebird Centre manager Keith Woodley is an expert on migratory Arctic waders and New Zealand's resident shorebirds Audio

Sooty shearwaters are great ocean travellers, and seabird scientists are using geolocators to record their journeys Audio

Spotted shags gather at a Golden Bay beach in large numbers at dawn to bathe, and to swallow and regurgitate stones Audio

Gibson's and Antipodes wandering albatross populations have declined by 50% in the last 10 years Audio

The winner of the Prime Minister's Emerging Scientist Prize visits Goat Island to study grey-faced petrels Audio

Black petrels are a common sight at sea in the Hauraki Gulf, and are at risk from being accidentally caught by recreational and commercial fishers Audio

Botanist and bird watcher John Ogden is passionate about making Great Barrier Island pest-free - and keeping an eye on his local shorebirds Audio

A new study shows that yellow-eyed penguins colonised New Zealand within just a few decades of the Waitaha penguin becoming extinct Audio

Predator-free Matiu-Somes Island, in Wellington Harbour, is a hotspot for little penguins - and penguin research Audio