About: Nic

Now hiring sea kayak guides   Auckland Sea Kayaks is one of Auckland's leading adventure tourism companies. Our kayak tours are run in and around Auckland's Hauraki Gulf and are anywhere from 1/2 a day to 5 days in duration. We pride ourselves on exceptional customer service, high-quality gear, industry-leading safety standards and provide delicious catering…

Sold out for Tara Mulvany Last Thursday 5th of May, Tara Mulvany was in Auckland to give a presentation to a sold-out audience about her recent circumnavigation of the Svalbard Archipelago. Tara Mulvany's account of the expedition is fascinating and the talk was a fix of high-quality photography and short videos. The 71-day 2300km trip…

North Island saddleback are conspicuous and easily observed on our Rangitoto Tours. They call frequently, particularly in response to disturbance, and are very active, noisy foragers. They are about the size of a European blackbird. Saddlebacks were widespread at European contact, but rapidly declined on the mainland following the introduction of predatory mammals, especially ship…

New Zealand fairy tern / Tara Iti is New Zealand's rarest endemic breeding bird and the world’s most endangered shorebird. The population consists of only 40 birds with just 9 breeding females. With their habitat under severe threat just three chicks fledged in the 2015-16 breeding season. Now the breeding season is over all the…