Two species of kiwi have had their endangered status lowered on the IUCN Red List because their recovery projects have been such a success. Rowi and North Island brown kiwi have been changed from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable'. It's thanks to the efforts of Operation Nest Egg, and this is how they did it.


	Back from the brink Two species of kiwi have had their endangered status lowered on the IUCN Red List because their recovery projects have been such a success. Rowi and North Island brown kiwi have been changed from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable'. It's thanks to the efforts of Operation Nest Egg, and this is how they did it.

City of cephalopods

Octopuses are solitary, except for when they breed. But gloomy octopuses have been spotted shacking up together in a mass settlement—for the second time.

Down under

"I yearned for the blue horizon of the open ocean—a place without rules, where one lives by one’s wits and privileges experience over certainty." What the wild teaches us.


	Photographer of the Year 2017 The Photographer of the Year 2017 exhibition opens at Auckland Museum this Friday, December 15. We'll be announcing the winners of Photographer of the Year tonight, on the evening of Stay tuned to our Twitter for live updates. Photo: Paul Daly