It's been 200 years since the endemic boulder copper butterfly was abundant - these students have set out to change that.
New Zealand's endangered Hector's dolphins dive much deeper and hunt much further off the coast than scientists realised.
Contractors were surprised to find four youngsters hiding in the soil of an old enclosure.
Footage shows a man jumping into the ocean above two orcas.
"This is stupid behaviour and demonstrates a shocking disregard for the welfare of the orca."
An urgent translocation effort will need to be repeated to save the species.
The protests and backlash last year have only fuelled organisers' resolve.
"I turned around and there was a big kiwi running around the middle of the workshop."
The cats were caught in the act, raiding a nest of robin chicks in Wellington's Waimapihi Reserve.