Growing on coastal pohutukawa.
Growing beside a coastal walkway. Attempts being made to control the plant.
Tui was taking fluff from a pampas flower head. Maybe for nest material?
Male flowers. Seedling on a coastal cliff top.
Believed to be the first known observation of a rat on the island since a pest eradication programme in 1997. A survey in 2005/2006 failed to find rats: https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~jrussell/files/papers/ABJ61(1)2006-57-61-Motukara.pdf
Trap set with peanut butter 3 days earlier. Rat already had maggots.
Growing on a pohutukawa trunk.