The fernbird is a small inconspicuous passerine with relatively poor flying capabilities. It is found occupying areas with a generally dense cover of low vegetation from sea level to over 1000 m elevation. With the drainage ...

The breeding biology of the Rock Wren, Xenicus gilviventris, was studied in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland during the 1983-84 and 1984-85 breeding seasons, observations generally being made of banded birds. Rock ...

Ata is the most southerly island in a chain of young volcanic islands in the Tonga Group lying to the west of the Tonga trench. It is presently inactive and now consists of a small remnant (1.8 km2) of a large composite ...

The taxonomic status, distribution, abundance and reproduction of shags in New Zealand are described. Evidence is presented to justify a change in the present acceptance of Stictocarbo as a monospecific genus containing ...

The barks of Pseudopanax colensoi and P. crassifolium were investigated in an attempt to identify potential deer attracting substances from the former. The bark of this species is among the first vegetation consumed when ...

This thesis combines the results of field work, petrographic studies and mineralogical and geochemical data from plutonic rocks of the southern part of the Longwood Complex, Southland, New Zealand. Data presented here ...

Thermoregulatory behaviour, terrestrial locomotion and postcranial skeletal morphology of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) and Hooker's sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) are quantified and the results compared ...

A geological map of the Dusky Sound area (~ 700 km2) is presented at a scale of 1:59 000. The North and South Dusky areas are of generally contrasting character and are described separately. North Dusky is dominated by ...