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== About ''Critter of the Week'' ==
''[[Critter of the Week]]'' is a regular [[Radio New Zealand]] broadcast in which [[Nicola Toki]] (originally of [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|DOC]], now [[Forest & Bird]]) and the host [[Jesse Mulligan]] talk about New Zealand species both endangered and neglected. It has been running since 2015, and has covered over 300 different species. "Critter" here refers to plants, animals, or fungi.

This is a planning page for volunteers and the show's hosts. Almost from the start, volunteers have been helping by creating or improving the corresponding Wikipedia article for each species to coincide with the Friday broadcast of the show, and we would like to work more closely with F&B and RNZ to suggest species, arrange openly-licensed photos, and add a link to each broadcast. For more background, see:

* {{Cite web |last=Dickison |first=Mike |date=2023-06-29 |title=Let's talk about critters and Wikinerds |url=https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/lets-talk-about-critters-and-wikinerds |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Forest and Bird |language=en}}

== Team Critter ==
To join Team Critter, [https://wiki.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=338de1da9092d95ac9b3028eb&id=c01416ff50 sign up to the mailing list] for a weekly notification of what the next critter is and what needs doing. If you want, you can add <code><nowiki>{{User Team Critter}}</nowiki></code> to your user page. The coordinator is Mike Dickison ([[User:Giantflightlessbirds]]) ({{NoSpam|mike|rove.wiki}}).

<table style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 242px; border: #ddd solid 1px">
<tr><td>{{User Team Critter}}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Our ''Critter of the Week'' [[c:Category:Critter of the Week|artwork]] is by illustrator [[Giselle Clarkson]].</td></tr>
</table>Volunteer members of Team Critter are committing to helping each week by updating the critter list, making sure there is a link from the Wikipedia article to the radio show, and improving the article if necessary. There are plenty of different jobs to do: one person could add the link to the RNZ show each week, another could look for photos in iNaturalist, and a third could write up a Taxonomy section from the scientific literature.

Occasionally Team Critter will meet via videoconference to make plans, and there is likely to be an annual ''Critter of the Week'' [[edit-a-thon]] to work on the backlog of articles. Those new to editing Wikipedia are welcome and we can hook you up with training and support, such as a Zoom Q&A or newbie tutorial. You might find resources like [[User:Dracophyllum]]'s essay on [[User:Dracophyllum/A guide to writing articles on New Zealand plants|how to write a NZ plant article]] useful.
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| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0 10px 0 0;" |[[File:COTW_Robust_Grasshopper.png|100x100px]]
| style="font-size: large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #9EBDC7;" |'''The Robust Grasshopper Award'''
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle;" |Each year someone is designated the Most Valuable Player on Team Critter, and becomes a member of the Order of the Robust Grasshopper (''[[Brachaspis robustus]])'' • 2022: [[User:Marshelec|Marshelec]] • 2023: [[User:Stitchbird2|Stitchbird2]]
|}

== Weekly tasks ==
Feel free to put your Wikipedia username beside a task if you feel sure you can tackle something each week. You can also use this list as a checklist to see what still needs doing to an article.

#'''Commons Category''' • 2 min • Easy • Done by:
## In the External links section, we can add a link the Wikimedia Commons category for the species. First, find the species in Commons (looking at its Wikidata item—in the side menu—can speed that up). The Commons link goes just after the heading and before the link to the episode. Format:<br /><code><nowiki>{{Commons category}}</nowiki></code>. 
##If the Category in Wikimedia Commons has a different name to this article title, add it:<br /><code><nowiki>{{Commons category|Petroica australis}}</nowiki></code>. 
##If there's almost nothing else in the External links section, use <code>* <nowiki>{{Commons category-inline}}</nowiki></code> to make the Commons link part of a bulleted list.
##See [[Template:Commons category]] for more formatting tricks
#'''Importing photos from iNaturalist''' • 10 min • Easy (when [[c:User:Kaldari/iNaturalist2Commons|iNaturalist2Commons]] is set up) • Done by:
#'''NZTCS Conservation Status''' • 5 min • Medium • Done by:
#'''Cleaning up references''' • 5–30 min • Medium • Done by:
#'''Creating a photo gallery''' • 10 min • Easy • Done by:
#'''Adding a Taxonomy section''' • 30 min • Tricky • Done by:
#'''Approaching Someone to Change a Photo Licence''' • 30 min • Medium • Done by
#'''Link to Show''' • 5 min (1–2 hours after the show airs) • Easy • Done by:
## In each Critter article we need a link to the episode on RNZ's website. You can [https://www.rnz.co.nz/search/results?q=critter+of+the+week&commit=Search search the site for Critter], or look at the [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons Afternoons schedule] to see if it's been posted yet. The text in the article should look like this: <br />• ''Priocnemis monachus'' discussed on [[Radio New Zealand|RNZ]] ''[[Critter of the Week]]'', [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018876335/critter-of-the-week 3 February 2023] 
## In source view, that's:<br /> <code>* <nowiki>''</nowiki>Priocnemis monachus<nowiki>''</nowiki> discussed on <nowiki>[[Radio New Zealand|RNZ]]</nowiki> <nowiki>''</nowiki><nowiki>[[Critter of the Week]]</nowiki><nowiki>''</nowiki>, <nowiki>[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018876335/critter-of-the-week 3 February 2023]</nowiki></code>.
## That text goes in the "External links" section, after the References section. If there's no "External links" heading, create one (note it's in [[Letter case|sentence case]]).

== The critter list ==
'''How to add something to the critter list''' 
# Try to narrow down to a single species, even if Nic casually talks about 15 species at once (as she sometimes does).
# Create one or two common-name redirect links (most articles use the Latin name as the title), but Google to make sure these are the common names for the NZ species and nothing else. For example, "glow-in-the-dark mushroom" just isn't specific enough. Some things don't have a common name.
# Make a red or blue link to the Latin-named article; Google to check there isn't already an article under a different Latin name.
# The "Class" is really just "convenient higher taxon"; it helps the show's organisers see if a critter has already been covered, and highlights groups that have been neglected when trying to select the next critter. We're currently using [[algae]], [[Fungus|fungi]], [[Lichen|lichens]], [[Gymnosperm|gymnosperms]], [[Flowering plant|angiosperms]] (flowering plants), [[Anthozoa|anthozoans]] (coral), [[Echinoderm|echinoderms]], [[Arachnid|arachnids]], [[gastropoda]] (snails), [[Bivalvia|bivalves]], [[Crustacean|crustacea]], [[Insect|insects]] (lots of those!), [[osteichthyes]] (bony fishes), [[chondrichthyes]] (ones with cartilage), [[Reptile|reptilia]], [[Amphibian|amphibia]], [[Bird|aves]], and [[Mammal|mammalia]]. Plus a few weird ones. Lump not split if possible.
# The "Broadcast" column links to the [[Radio New Zealand|RNZ]] page for that episode. Feel free to add the date, even if the show hasn't been broadcast or gone online yet. Note: use the three-letter abbreviation for the month, so Wikipedia sorts the list correctly. Sometimes the broadcast is missing from the [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week RNZ list of all critters]: if that's so, email someone (email address TBD) to let them know there's a mistake.
# We currently hand-enter the article quality using the template <code><nowiki>{{Icon|C}}</nowiki></code>. Some of those quality assessments are missing or out of date, both in this table and in the articles. Once a year we could have a "Critter-a-thon", go through the table and update all the ratings and links, and note what needs doing to the article.
# The older entries on the list use a more basic show listing, so really need to be updated. Put a check mark (✓) beside the broadcast date in the table below when the article now has a link to the show (that's all it means, it doesn't mean the article's now "finished").
# Feel free to add specific tasks or problems in the "Notes" field. New articles or substantially improved ones could be [[Template talk:Did you know|nominated for Did You Know]]; note "DYK" if you do, and link to the DYK listing when it appears. 

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:smaller"
!Common name
!Latin name
!"Class"
!Broadcast
!Qual
!Notes
|-
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|8 Nov 2024
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|-
|[[By-the-wind sailor]]
|''[[Velella|Velella velella]]''
|[[Cnidaria]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018962292/critter-of-the-week-by-the-wind-sailor-katiaho-rere 1 Nov 2024]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Systematics section needs work and refs
|-
|[[Waitaha gecko]]
|''Woodworthia cf. brunnea''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018961403/critter-of-the-week-moko-papa-waitaha-gecko 25 Oct 2024]
|—
|
|-
|Seaweed isopod
|''[[Paridotea ungulata]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018960379/critter-of-the-week-seaweed-isopod-weri-moana 18 Oct 2024]
|—
|M is sourcing better photos and video to create this
|-
|[[Kikipounamu]]
|''[[Caedicia simplex]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018959427/critter-of-the-week-kikipounamu-common-garden-katydid 11 Oct 2024]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Eastern rockhopper penguin]]
|''[[Eudyptes chrysocome filholi]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018958456/tawaki-piki-toka-eastern-rockhopper-penguin 4 Oct 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Manawatāwhi pāua]]
|''[[Haliotis pirimoana]]''
|[[Animalia|Mollusca]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018957414/critter-of-the-week-manawatawhi-paua 27 Sep 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Prickly shark]]
|''[[Echinorhinus cookei]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes]] 
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018956429/critter-of-the-week-the-prickly-shark 20 Sep 2024]
|{{Icon|GA}}
|
|-
|[[Black-headed jumping spider]]
|''[[Trite planiceps]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018955449/critter-of-the-week-black-headed-jumping-spider 13 Sep 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|Common robber fly
|''[[Neoitamus melanopogon]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018954465/critter-of-the-week-common-robber-fly-neoitamus-melanopogon 6 Sep 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Hidden star tokoriro]]
|''[[Occultastella morgana]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|30 Aug 2024
|{{Icon|start}}
|Could do with some expansion and connection to Denniston bioblitz, and a better image.
|-
|[[New Zealand hermit crab]]
|''[[Pagurus novizealandiae]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018952462/critter-of-the-week-new-zealand-hermit-crab-kaunga 23 Aug 2024]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Needs a rewrite; another student assignment
|-
|[[Shore skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma smithi]]''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018951508/critter-of-the-week-shore-skink-or-mokomoko 16 Aug 2024]
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Lots of "citation needed".
|-
|Globular springtail
|''[[Dicyrtoma fusca]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018950498/critter-of-the-week-globular-springtails 9 Aug 2024]
|— 
|To create
|-
|Lace lichen
|''[[Pulchrocladia retipora]]''
|[[Lichen|Lichens]]
|2 Aug 2024
|{{Icon|GA}}
|Article recently passed Good review
|-
|Curt the fluke
|''[[Curtuteria australis]]''
|[[Trematoda]]
|26 Jul 2024
|—
|To create. Images to clear with Robert Poulin, [[commons:File:Curtuteria_australis_life_cycle.jpg|illustration by Franz Anthony]] donated
|-
|Spiny gilled mayfly
|[[Coloburiscus humeralis|''Coloburiscus humeralis'']]
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|19 Jul 2024
|—
|To create: [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288330.1993.9516586 1], [https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/between-two-worlds/ 2], [https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/84aa9730-f3fc-4d06-ac7d-1b3eeca4295e/content 3]. [[Coloburiscidae]] exists.
|-
|[[Macquarie Island cabbage]]
|''[[Azorella polaris]]''
|[[Apiaceae]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018946577/critter-of-the-week 12 Jul 2024]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
|-
|[[Grey side-gilled sea slug]]
|''[[Pleurobranchaea maculata]]''
|[[Mollusca]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018945611/critter-of-the-week-the-grey-side-gilled-sea-slug 5 Jul 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|Black-eye grasshopper
|''[[Sigaus villosus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018943739/critter-of-the-week-black-eye-grasshopper 21 Jun 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|Following week was Matariki holiday
|-
|[[Reef starfish]]
|''[[Stichaster australis]]''
|[[Starfish|Asteroidea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018942731/critter-of-the-week 14 Jun 2024]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Smooth Stick-insect]]
|''[[Clitarchus hookeri]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018941729/critter-of-the-week 7 Jun 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Leatherback sea turtle]]
|''[[Dermochelys coriacea]]''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018940842/critter-of-the-week 31 May 2024]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Pūteketeke]]
|''[[Podiceps cristatus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018939853/critter-of-the-week-puteketeke 24 May 2024]
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Pūtawa]]
|''[[Laetiporus portentosus]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|
[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018938857/critter-of-the-week-putawa-or-bracket-fungus 17 May 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|Forest ghost moth
|''[[Dumbletonius unimaculatus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018937879/critter-of-the-week 11 May 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Great giant scale insect]]
|''[[Coelostomidia zealandica]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018936879/critter-of-the-week-the-great-giant-scale 3 May 2024]✓
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Freshly-created article needs work!
|-
|[[Common square–ended crab spider]]
|''[[Sidymella angularis]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018935906/critter-of-the-week 26 Apr 2024]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Created and improved to C class
|-
|[[Ram's horn squid]]
|''[[Spirula spirula]]''
|[[Animalia|Mollusca]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018935286/critter-of-the-week-ram-s-horn-squid 19 Apr 2024]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|New Zealand sandhopper
|''[[Bellorchestia quoyana]]''
|[[Amphipoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018934032/critter-of-the-week 12 Apr 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|Otago alpine cockroach
|''[[Celatoblatta quinquemaculata]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018933061/critter-of-the-week-the-otago-alpine-cockroach 5 Apr 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand grebe|Dabchick]] / [[Weweia]]
|''[[New Zealand grebe|Poliocephalus rufopectus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018931579/critter-of-the-week-weweia-new-zealand-dabchick 22 Mar 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|Some improvements could be made: move to New Zealand dabchick?
|-
|Ghost shrimp
|''[[Filhollianassa filholi]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018930285/critter-of-the-week-the-ghost-shrimp 15 Mar 2024]✓
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Freshly-created article needs work!
|-
|[[Claustula|Fischer's egg]]
|''[[Claustula fischeri]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018929305/critter-of-the-week-fischer-s-egg-fungus 8 Mar 2024]✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs expansion): NB also featured 2 Dec 2016.
|-
|[[Gloomy octopus]]
|''[[Octopus tetricus]]''
|[[Mollusca]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018928324/critter-of-the-week-seaweek-with-lynne-freeman 1 Mar 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Black cockroach hunter wasp]]
|''[[Tachysphex nigerrimus]]''
|[[Animalia|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018926364/critter-of-the-week-black-cockroach-hunter-wasp 16 Feb 2024]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Created
|-
|[[New Zealand drywood termite]]
|''[[Kalotermes brouni]]''
|[[Animalia|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018925432/critter-of-the-week 9 Feb 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Waikaka mudfish]]
|''[[Neochanna diversus]]''
|[[Animalia|Osteichthyes]] 
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018924540/critter-of-the-week-waikaka-black-mudfish 2 Feb 2024]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Superb giant land snail]]
|''[[Powelliphanta superba]]''
|[[Gastropoda|Gastopoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018923539/critter-of-the-week-giant-land-snail 26 Jan 2024]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
|-
|[[Redcoat damselfly]]
|''[[Xanthocnemis zealandica]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018920622/critter-of-the-week-redcoat-damselfly 22 Dec 2023]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
|-
|Kiwaia "Cloudy Bay" moth 
|
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018919746/critter-of-the-week-kiwaia-moth 15 Dec 2023]
|
|This is a currently [[Species description|undescribed]] likely new species of moth. On the show, Nicola Toki described this as a mat daisy jumper or the Cloudy Bay moth. This probable new species has also been referred  to as ''Kiwaia'' sp. cf. ''jeanae'' “Cloudy Bay”. This name indicates that the species is likely to fall in the genus ''Kiwaia'' and is similar in appearance to ''[[Kiwaia jeanae]]'' but is has yet to be formally or scientifically described. This probable new species likely falls within ''Kiwaia'', a genus of moths with the common name of mat daisy jumper. There is a useful document about the Cloudy Bay moth here. [https://www.marlborough.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2ifzri1o01cxbymxkvwz/hierarchy/documents/your-council/bylaw-ec-beach-access/post-hearings-information/east-coast-protection-group/ecpg-post-hearings-2/ECPG_Kiwaia_Cloudy_Bay_report.pdf]
|-
|[[Mt Arthur giant wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida tibiospina|Deinacrida tibiospina]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018918753/critter-of-the-week-the-mt-arthur-giant-weta 8 Dec 2023]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Variegated spittlebug]]
|''[[Carystoterpa fingens|Carystoterpa fingens]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018917721/critter-of-the-week-spittlebug 1 Dec 2023]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
|-
|[[Giant nematode]]
|''[[Placentonema gigantissima|Placentonema gigantissima]]''
|[[Rhabditida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018917554/critter-of-the-week-the-giant-nematode 24 Nov 2023]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
|-
|[[Alexander Beetle]]
|''[[Megadromus antarcticus|Megadromus antarcticus]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018916108/critter-of-the-week-alexander-beetle 17 Nov 2023]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
|-
|[[Laughing owl]]
|''[[Ninox albifacies|Ninox albifacies]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018914867/critter-of-the-week-wheku-laughing-owl-hakoke-or-korehengi 10 Nov 2023]✓
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|[[Mauve stinger]]
|''[[Pelagia noctiluca|Pelagia nocticula]]''
|[[Cnidaria]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018913928/critter-of-the-week-purple-people-eater-jellyfish 3 Nov 2023]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Canterbury scree cicada]]
|''[[Maoricicada mangu|Maoricicada mangu mangu]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018912912/critter-of-the-week-the-canterbury-scree-cicada 27 Oct 2023]✓
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Add Buckley ref and photos
|-
|[[Psylla frodobagginsi|Hobbit kōwhai psillid]]
|''[[Psylla frodobagginsi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018912029/critter-of-the-week-the-hobbit-psyllid 20 Oct 2023]✓
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Brand new; needs fleshing out from the main ref and [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/new-zealand-insect-named-after-hobbit-frodo-baggins-from-lord-of-the-rings-psylla-frodobaggins 1], [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/399339/nz-s-newest-insect-might-possibly-be-in-a-kowhai-tree-near-you 2]
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|[[Vampire squid|Vampire squid]]
|''[[Vampyroteuthis infernalis]]''
|[[Cephalopoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018911020/critter-of-the-week-vampire-squid 13 Oct 2023]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
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|[[Vagrant Spider|Vagrant Spider]]
|''[[Uliodon]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018910029/critter-of-the-week-vagrant-spiders 6 Oct 2023]✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
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|[[Golden Speargrass|Golden speargrass]]
|''[[Aciphylla aurea]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018909844/critter-of-the-week-taramea 29 Sep 2023]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
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|[[Fiordland skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma acrinasum]]''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018908129/critter-of-the-week-fiordland-skink 22 Sep 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Advance notice that we need to find a photo
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|[[Brewer's yeast]]
|''[[Saccharomyces cerevisiae]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018907097/critter-of-the-week-brewer-s-yeast 15 Sep 2023]✓
|{{Icon|B}}
|
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|[[New Zealand fernbird]]
|''[[Poodytes punctatus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018906111/critter-of-the-week-matata-nz-fernbird 8 Sep 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Commons Category is currently named: Megalurus punctatus - apparently Commons is out of date ?
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|[[Icing sugar fungus]]
|''[[Beauveria bassiana]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018905158/critter-of-the-week-beauveria-bassiana 1 Sep 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
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|[[Manaia pygmy pipehorse]]
|''[[Cylix tupareomanaia]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018904183/critter-of-the-week-the-manaia-pygmy-pipehorse 25 Aug 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|start}}
| Needs a photo. The only one in iNaturalist is copyrighted. Nothing in Commons.
|-
| Spiritopora perplexa
|[[Spiritopora perplexa|''Spiritopora perplexa'']]
|[[Stenolaemata]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018903258/critter-of-the-week 18 Aug 2023]
|{{Icon|stub}}
| New article created. Species is monotypic. Only found off the coast of [[Spirits Bay|Piwhane Spirits Bay]]
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|[[Common bag moth]]
|''[[Liothula omnivora]]''
|[[Lepidoptera|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018902244/critter-of-the-week-the-common-bag-moth 11 Aug 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
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|[[New Zealand earthworm]]
|''[[Octochaetus multiporus]]''
|[[Opisthopora]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018901304/critter-of-the-week-new-zealand-earthworm 4 Aug 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|No images in Wikimedia Commons, but there are many in iNaturalist. Will try to sort something out.
|-
|[[Supplejack]]
|''[[Ripogonum scandens]]''
|[[Liliales|Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018900356/critter-of-the-week-kareao-supplejack 28 Jul 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
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|[[Banks Peninsula tree wētā]]
|''[[Hemideina ricta]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018899433/critter-of-the-week-banks-peninsula-tree-weta 21 Jul 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|(Note Matariki holiday) Student project article: some of it is about this tree wētā, some about all tree wētā; needs rewriting and tightening up (and a photo)
|-
|Sea butterfly
|''[[Cavolinia tridentata]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018897560/critter-of-the-week-the-sea-butterfly 7 Jul 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
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|Devil's coach horse
|''[[Creophilus oculatus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018896623/critter-of-the-week-the-devil-s-coach-horse-beetle 30 Jun 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|<s>A tiny stub! Lots to do</s>. Nicely expanded.
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|[[Antarctic midge]]
|''[[Belgica antarctica]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018895630/critter-of-the-week-antarctic-midge 23 Jun 2023]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
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|[[Papatua (mollusc)|Papatua]] (snakeskin chiton)
|''[[Sypharochiton pelliserpentis]]''
|[[Chitonidae]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018894693/critter-of-the-week-papatua-snakeskin-chiton 16 Jun 2023]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Apparently it has magnetite in its teeth, and also has an ability to work from a "home base" to which it regularly returns
|-
|[[Southern bladderwort]]
|''[[Utricularia australis]]''
|[[Lentibulariaceae]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018893739/critter-of-the-week-the-southern-bladderwort 9 Jun 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Needs expansion to add that it is a carnivorous plant and describe association with peat bogs.
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|[[Hura te ao gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau galaxias]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018892846/critter-of-the-week-hura-te-ao-gecko 2 Jun 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
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|[[Seashore earwig]]
|''[[Anisolabis littorea]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018891858/critter-of-the-week-mata-or-seashore-earwig 26 May 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
|-
|[[Banded Bounty Island spider]]<ref>{{cite Q|Q108145483}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
|''[[Pacificana cockayni]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018890903/critter-of-the-week-bounty-island-spider 19 May 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|The article has only three sentences at present. It has been previously covered by RNZ in 2014: [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/20152464/going-on-a-spider-hunt]
|-
|[[Pacific long-tailed cuckoo]]
|''[[Urodynamis taitensis]]''
|[[Cuculiformes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018889872/critter-of-the-week-koekoea-or-long-tailed-cuckoo 12 May 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|The prose in this article needs a good clean up.
|-
|[[Southern bluefin tuna]]
|''[[Thunnus maccoyii]]''
|[[Actinopterygii]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018888912/critter-of-the-week-southern-blue-fin-tuna 5 May 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
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|Ongaonga
|''[[Urtica ferox]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018887920 28 Apr 2023]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Coral slime mould
|''[[Ceratiomyxa  fruticulosa]]''
|[[Protosteliida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018887057/critter-of-the-week-the-coral-slime-mould 21 Apr 2023]
|{{Icon|stub}}
|The linked article is about the genus, not the species, but there is a redirect. Lots of sources in Google Scholar mention ''Ceratiomyxa  fruticulosa'' so it might be possible to create a separate article. There are loads of images in Wikimedia Commons at: [[c:Category:Ceratiomyxa  fruticulosa]]
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|
|''[[Flabellum (coral)|Flabellum]]''
|[[Hexacorallia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018886131/critter-of-the-week-the-dentures-of-the-sea 14 Apr 2023]
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
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|Southern ant
|''[[Chelaner antarcticus]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018884142/critter-of-the-week-the-native-southern-ant  31 Mar 2023]✓
|—
|There are different names. There is an existing article ''[[Monomorium antarcticum]]'' for the Southern ant. Need to work out which name to use here. USE Chelaner antarcticus (see here: https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/discover-our-research/biodiversity-biosecurity/plants-invertebrates-fungi-and-bacteria/invertebrate-systematics/ants-wasps-and-bees/ants-of-new-zealand/chelaner-antarcticus/)
|-
|[[Black spined weevil]]
|''[[Scolopterus penicillatus]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018883185/critter-of-the-week-the-black-spined-weevil  24 Mar 2023]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|
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|[[Devil's Fingers]]
|''[[Clathrus archeri]]''
|[[Agaricomycetes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018882523/critter-of-the-week-the-devil-s-fingers-fungus  17 Mar 2023]✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
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|[[Strap-toothed whale]]
|''[[Mesoplodon layardii]]''
|[[Cetacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018881312  10 Mar 2023]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Added 6 images from Te Papa collection to Commons, but yet to place into article.
|-
|[[Bluegill bully]]
|''[[Gobiomorphus hubbsi]]''
|[[Gobiiformes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018880318  3 Mar 2023]✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Blind vent crab
|''[[Gandalfus puia]]''
|[[Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018879326 24 Feb 2023]✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Ngaro huruhuru
|''[[Leioproctus fulvescens]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018878295 17 Feb 2023]]✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Some expansion happening since BotY announced, could do more
|-
|Tohu gecko
|''[[Hoplodactylus tohu]]''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018877229/critter-of-the-week-te-mokomoko-a-tohu 10 Feb 2023]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Mike will be doing it as part of OU WiR (and getting photos)
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|Black hunting wasp
|''[[Priocnemis monachus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018876335/critter-of-the-week 3 Feb 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Three-lined hoverfly
|''[[Helophilus seelandicus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018875384/critter-of-the-week-ngaro-tara-three-lined-hoverfly 27 Jan 2023] ✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|
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|[[Copper beard orchid]]
|''[[Calochilus herbaceus]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week 23 Dec 2022] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|More pics, NZ context of rediscovery.
|-
|[[Glow-worm hunter]]
|''[[Forsteropsalis photophaga]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018871570/critter-of-the-week-harvestman-arachnid 16 Dec 2022] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Species created, and Erin Powell has donated some nice photos. Could do with a check and expansion.
|-
|[[Pot-Bellied Seahorse|Pot-bellied seahorse]]
|''[[Hippocampus abdominalis]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018870651/critter-of-the-week-pot-bellied-seahorse 9 Dec 2022] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|A pile of references were just dumped on the page in 2008 and nothing much has been done with them. Plenty to do
|-
|[[Black mountain ringlet]]
|''[[Percnodaimon merula|Pernodaimon merula]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018869624/critter-of-the-week-pepe-pouri-butterfly 2 Dec 2022] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Another student article in need of more sources!
|-
|Antarctic sea pig
|''[[Protelpidia murrayi]]''
|[[Echinoderm|Echinodermata]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018868604/critter-of-the-week-antarctic-sea-pig 25 Nov 2022]✓
|—
|Photos to source from NIWA, species to create: see [[Elpidiidae]]
|-
|Water boatman
|''[[Sigara arguta]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018867638/critter-of-the-week-the-water-boatman 18 Nov 2022]✓

|{{Icon|stub}}
|Only 1 photo! Sad article for NZ's commonest water boatman.
|-
|[[Scree Weta|Scree wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida connectens]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018866527/critter-of-the-week-scree-weta 11 Nov 2022]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|A bit of cleanup, better formatting of citations, ''[[Gaultheria]]'' berry images
|-
|[[Rubus cissoides|Bush lawyer]]
|''[[Rubus cissoides]]''
|[[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018865526/critter-of-the-week-bush-lawyer-tataramoa 4 Nov 2022]✓

|{{Icon|Start}}
|A student article in dire need of rewriting
|-
|[[Kitefin shark]]
|''[[Dalatias licha]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes|Chondrichthys]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018864547/critter-of-the-week-the-kitefin-shark 28 Oct 2022]✓

|{{Icon|GA}}
|Any other photos?
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|Cave dipluran
|''[[Burmjapyx|Burnjapyx]]'' sp
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018863670/critter-of-the-week-cave-diplurans 21 Oct 2022]✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|[https://www.chaosofdelight.org/diplura Undescribed species], Takaka Hill! All genus articles for family are stubs
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|[[Barrel shrimp]]
|''[[Phronima sedentaria]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018862699/critter-of-the-week-barrel-shrimp {{Date table sorting|14 Oct 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Lots of articles listed, will be easy to expand
|-
|Marine caddisflies
|[[Chathamiidae]]
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018861759/critter-of-the-week-marine-caddisflies {{Date table sorting|7 Oct 2022}}]
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Stub with no refs!
|-
|[[Black petrel]]
|''[[Procellaria parkinsoni]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018860847/critter-of-the-week-taiko-black-petrel {{Date table sorting|30 Sep 2022}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Not bad, could do with expanding
|-
|[[Ixodes anatis|Kiwi tick]]
|''[[Ixodes anatis]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018859981/critter-of-the-week-the-kiwi-tick {{Date table sorting|23 Sep 2022}}]
|{{Icon|start}}
|Expand: see [[tuatara tick]] article for form (rescheduled from 6/09, QEII RIP) 
|-
|[[Kōwhai moth]]
|''[[Uresiphita polygonalis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018859031/critter-of-the-week-the-kowhai-moth {{Date table sorting|16 Sep 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Blue-eyed triplefin]]
|''[[Notoclinops segmentatus]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018857206/critter-of-the-week-the-blue-eyed-triplefin {{Date table sorting|2 Sep 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Another one-para stub that could cite books eg ''Rockpool Fishes of NZ''
|-
|[[New Zealand elephant weevil|Elephant weevil]]
|''[[Rhynchodes ursus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018857943/critter-of-the-week-the-elephant-weevil {{Date table sorting|26 Aug 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Let's lose the broken TERRAIN link and expand this.
|-
|[[Tūtae kēhua]]
|''[[Ileodictyon cibarium]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018854393/critter-of-the-week-the-tutae-kehua {{Date table sorting|19 Aug 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Redirects for all the Māori names (w and w/o macrons)
|-
|[[Blue shark]]
|''[[Prionace glauca]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes|Chondrichthys]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|12 Aug 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand plumose anemone]]
|''[[Mimetridium cryptum]]''
|[[Cnidaria]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018852338/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|5 Aug 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Also work on bio of [[Betty Batham]]
|-
|[[New Zealand troglobitic planthopper|NZ troglobitic planthopper]]
|''[[Confuga persephone]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018851369/critter-of-the-week-troglobitic-planthopper {{Date table sorting|29 Jul 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|stub}}
|Can we get a photo ? (Found an illustration, have requested a photo—MD)
|-
|Twisted-wing insects
|''[[Strepsiptera]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018850474/critter-of-the-week-strepsiptera {{Date table sorting|22 Jul 2022}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|Article in good shape already.
|-
|[[Gregarious squat lobster]]
|''[[Munida gregaria]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018849583/critter-of-the-week-the-gregarious-squat-lobster {{Date table sorting|15 Jul 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Expanded 5x but still more to do
|-
|[[Avatar moth]]
|''[[Arctesthes avatar]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018848750/critter-of-the-week-avatar-moth {{Date table sorting|8 Jul 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Has now had a lot of improvement. Near B class? Any field photos from the Denniston bioblitz?
|-
| [[Hairy kelp fly]]
|[[Chaetocoelopa littoralis|''Chaetocoelopa littoralis'']] 
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018847973/critter-of-the-week-the-hairy-kelp-fly {{Date table sorting|1 Jul 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Now close to C class??. Could expand on mating behaviour and conservation status.
|-
|[[Resurrection lichen]]
|''[[Xanthoparmelia semiviridis]]''
|[[Lichen|Lichens]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018846256/critter-of-the-week-resurrection-lichen {{Date table sorting|17 Jun 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|start}}
|Adding content from scientific papers
|-
|[[Three Kings kaikōmako]]
|''[[Pennantia baylisiana]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018845377/critter-of-the-week-manawatawhi-kaikomako {{Date table sorting|10 Jun 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Still need further photos of flower/ fruits. <s>Taxonomy and account of discovery to expand</s> 
|-
|Fish tongue isopod
|''[[Ceratothoa]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018844594/critter-of-the-week-the-tongue-louse {{Date table sorting|3 Jun 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Several genera involved: have been asking isopod researchers for the species that is found in NZ butterfish (need to get those photos cleared for Commons). ''Ceratothoa'' does not seem to be the genus in NZ fishes.
|-
|Minute grasshopper
|''[[Sigaus minutus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018843714/critter-of-the-week-minute-grasshopper {{Date table sorting|27 May 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Sourcing more photos from iNat.
|-
|[[Ragged sea hare]]
|''[[Bursatella leachii]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018857947/critter-of-the-week-sea-hares {{Date table sorting|20 May 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Picked the species used as the ref image, as its photos were CC0 and added pics to Commons. Flesh out article and clean up references.
|-
|Hairworms
|e.g. ''[[Parachordodes]] diblastus''
|[[Nematomorpha]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018841860/critter-of-the-week-hairworms {{Date table sorting|13 May 2022}}]
|—
|Hairworms already done (6 Nov 2015), so picked a common specific wētā hairworm. [https://www.otago.ac.nz/parasitegroup/PDF%20papers/Tobiasetal2017-Para.pdf ref]. But maybe ''Gordionus maori'' discovered 5–6 years ago in Rock & Pillar Range? [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03014223.2017.1329155 ref] [https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/body-snatching-parasites/ ref] [https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden/awarded-grants/marsden-fund-highlights/2019-marsden-fund-highlights/battle-of-body-snatchers-multiple-parasites/ ref]
|-
|Common slater or [[common rough woodlouse]]
|''[[Porcellio scaber]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018840904/critter-of-the-week-slaters {{Date table sorting|6 May 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Mention NZ. Invertebrate iridescent virus 31 info. Link to show. Numerous common names. Slater spider.
|-
|[[Hoodwinker sunfish]]
|''[[Mola tecta]]''
|[[Actinopterygii|Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018839990/critter-of-the-week-the-hoodwinker-sunfish {{Date table sorting|29 Apr 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Refs needs fixing, better comparison image
|-
|Southland green skink
|''[[Oligosoma chloronoton]]''
|Reptilia
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018839159/critter-of-the-week-southland-green-skink 22 April 2022]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Missed this when last updating the table
|-
|[[Broad-cheeked gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau]]'' "Ōkārito"
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018837524/critter-of-the-week-the-broad-cheeked-gecko {{Date table sorting|8 Apr 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Genus needs scientific research.
|-
|Shady fishing spider
|''[[Dolomedes dondalei]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018836644/critter-of-the-week-shady-fishing-spider {{Date table sorting|1 Apr 2022}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Needs more references.
|-
|Long-snouted pipefish
|''[[Stigmatopora macropterygia]]''
|[[Actinopterygii|Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835721/critter-of-the-week-long-snouted-pipefish {{Date table sorting|25 Mar 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Glow-in-the-dark mushroom
|''[[Mycena roseoflava]]''
|[[Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835985/critter-of-the-week-mycena-roseoflava {{Date table sorting|18 Mar 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Pleasing fungus beetle
|''[[Cryptodacne rangiauria]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835984/critter-of-the-week-chatham-islands-pleasing-fungus-beetle {{Date table sorting|11 Mar 2022}}]
|
|
|-
|Robust skink
|''[[Oligosoma alani]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835982/critter-of-the-week-robust-skink {{Date table sorting|4 Mar 2022}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Land planarian
|
|
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835980/critter-of-the-week-land-planarians-or-flatworms {{Date table sorting|25 Feb 2022}}]
|
|
|-
|Prickly king crab
|''[[Paralomis zealandica]]''
|[[Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835979/critter-of-the-week-prickly-king-crab {{Date table sorting|18 Feb 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Saltwater mosquito or  naeroa
|''[[Opifex fuscus]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835978/critter-of-the-week-the-saltwater-mosquito {{Date table sorting|11 Feb 2022}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Flying duck orchid
|''[[Caleana minor]]''
|[[Flowering plant|Angiosperm]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018835976/critter-of-the-week-flying-duck-orchid {{Date table sorting|4 Feb 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Abel Tasman predatory tree-climbing snail
|''[[Rhytida oconnori]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018828702/critter-of-the-week-abel-tasman-predatory-tree-climbing-snail {{Date table sorting|28 Jan 2022}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(Xmas break) Expansion and photos
|-
|[[Portuguese man o' war]] or bluebottle
|''[[Physalia physalis]]''
|[[Cnidaria]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018825720/critter-of-the-week-bluebottle-jellyfish-portuguese-man-of-war {{Date table sorting|24 Dec 2021}}] ✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Twin-sailed salp
|''[[Thetys vagina]]''
|[[Tunicate|Tunicata]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018824998/critter-of-the-week-twin-tailed-salp {{Date table sorting|17 Dec 2021}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Not "twin-tailed"
|-
|[[Takitimu gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus|Mokopririrakau cryptozoicus]]''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018824061/critter-of-the-week-takatimu-gecko {{Date table sorting|10 Dec 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Chatham Islands stag beetle
|''[[Geodorcus capito]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018823151/critter-of-the-week-chatham-islands-stag-beetle {{Date table sorting|3 Dec 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Tailed forest spider
|''[[Arachnura feredayi]]''
|[[Arachnid|Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018822221/critter-of-the-week-tailed-forest-spider {{Date table sorting|26 Nov 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
| Article updated Feb 2024
|-
|Freshwater bristle worm
|''[[Namanereis tiritae]]''
|[[Annelid|Annelida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018821264/critter-of-the-week-freshwater-bristle-worm {{Date table sorting|19 Nov 2021}}]
|—
|
|-
|Tea-tree fingers
|''[[Hypocreopsis amplectens]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018820307/critter-of-the-week-tea-tree-fingers {{Date table sorting|12 Nov 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Murihiku walking worm
|species to confirm
|[[Onychophora]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018819367/critter-of-the-week-ngaokeoke {{Date table sorting|5 Nov 2021}}]
|?
|
|-
|Crimson jellyfish
|''[[Turritopsis rubra]]''
|[[Cnidaria]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018818356/critter-of-the-week-crimson-jellyfish {{Date table sorting|29 Oct 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Redfin bully]]
|''[[Gobiomorphus huttoni]]''
|[[Actinopterygii|Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018817526/critter-of-the-week-the-redfin-bully {{Date table sorting|22 Oct 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Photo of female?
|-
|[[Muehlenbeckia aphid]]
|''[[Aphis cottieri]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018816545/critter-of-the-week-muehlenbeckia-aphid {{Date table sorting|15 Oct 2021}}]
|—
|[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230693366_A_new_indigenous_species_of_Aphis_Linnaeus_Hemiptera_Aphididae_on_Muehlenbeckia_Polygonaceae_in_New_Zealand Ref]
|-
|Walking reindeer fly
|''[[Gynoplistia]]'' sp?
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018815619/critter-of-the-week-the-walking-reindeer-fly {{Date table sorting|8 Oct 2021}}]
|—
|Need to pick species and create
|-
|[[New Zealand bat flea]]
|''[[Porribius pacificus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018814662/critter-of-the-week-the-new-zealand-bat-flea {{Date table sorting|1 Oct 2021}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Giant wētā fungus]]
|''[[Cordyceps kirkii]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018813711/critter-of-the-week-giant-weta-fungus {{Date table sorting|24 Sep 2021}}]
|—
|
|-
|Prickly stick insect
|''[[Acanthoxyla prasina]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018812777/critter-of-the-week-prickly-stick-insect {{Date table sorting|17 Sep 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Needs expansion 
|-
|[[Snares Island jumping wētā]]
|''[[Insulanoplectron spinosum]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018811871/critter-of-the-week-snares-island-jumping-weta {{Date table sorting|10 Sep 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Monotypic. In dire need of expansion.
|-
|[[Giant bladder kelp]]
|''[[Macrocystis pyrifera]]''
|[[Algae]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018810938/critter-of-the-week-the-giant-bladder-kelp {{Date table sorting|3 Sep 2021}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Monotypic genus, so several articles should be merged into one
|-
|Giant ichneumonid wasp
|''[[Certonotus fractinervis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018810003/critter-of-the-week-giant-ichneumonid-wasp {{Date table sorting|27 Aug 2021}}]
|—
|No show the week before?
|-
|[[Goblin shark]]
|''[[Mitsukurina owstoni]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018808144/critter-of-the-week-the-goblin-shark {{Date table sorting|13 Aug 2021}}]
|{{Icon|FA}}
|
|-
|[[Kēkerengū]]
|''[[Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|{{Date table sorting|6 Aug 2021}}
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Could do with expansion
|-
|Giant knobbled weevil
|''[[Hadramphus stilbocarpae]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018806213/critter-of-the-week-giant-knobbled-weevil {{Date table sorting|30 Jul 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|All 4 species in this genus now created. '''[[User:Dracophyllum|<span style="color:Crimson;">Draco</span>]][[User talk:Dracophyllum|<span style="color:Darkgreen;=">phyllum</span>]]''' 4 August 2021
|-
|Snail sucking ground beetle
|''[[Maoripamborus fairburni]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018805249/critter-of-the-week-the-snail-sucking-ground-beetle {{Date table sorting|23 July 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Dusky dragonfly
|''[[Antipodochlora braueri]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018804290/critter-of-the-week-dusky-dragonfly {{Date table sorting|16 Jul 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Really needs expansion
|-
|Lettuce liverwort
|''[[Petalophyllum preissii]]''
|[[Liverworts]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018803321/critter-of-the-week-lettuce-liverwort {{Date table sorting|9 Jul 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Landhopper
|''[[Makawe hurleyi]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018802307/critter-of-the-week-the-native-landhopper {{Date table sorting|2 Jul 2021}}]
|—
|To create
|-
|Southern elephant seal
|''[[Mirounga leonina]]''
|[[Mammal|Mammalia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week/audio/2018801330/critter-of-the-week-southern-elephant-seal {{Date table sorting|25 Jun 2021}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|Mantis shrimp
|''[[Heterosquilla tricarinata]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018799368/critter-of-the-week-the-mantis-shrimp {{Date table sorting|11 Jun 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Lots of expansion and pics needed
|-
|[[Greta Thunberg freshwater snail]]
|''[[Opacuincola gretathunbergae]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018798484/critter-of-the-week-greta-thunberg-freshwater-snail {{Date table sorting|4 Jun 2021}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Also [https://www.zenger.news/2021/01/29/slime-honored-new-snail-named-after-teen-climate-campaigner-greta-thunberg/ note] a species named after [[Gareth Farr]]
|-
|[[Spiny longhorn]]
|''[[Blosyropus spinosus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018797388/critter-of-the-week-the-spiny-longhorn-beetle {{Date table sorting|28 May 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Southern splash-zone spider
|''[[Amaurobioides maritima]]''
|[[Arachnid|Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018796462/critter-of-the-week-the-southern-splash-zone-spider {{Date table sorting|21 May 2021}}]
|—
|None of the species in this genus have articles
|-
|Koitareke
|''[[Porzana pusilla]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018795530/critter-of-the-week-koitareke {{Date table sorting|14 May 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Is it ''Porzana'' or ''Zapornia''?
|-
|Waitakere firedot lichen
|''[[Caloplaca allanii]]''
|[[Lichen|Lichens]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018794589/critter-of-the-week-waitakere-firedot-lichen {{Date table sorting|7 May 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Blobfish
|''[[Psychrolutes microporos]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018793653/critter-of-the-week-the-blobfish {{Date table sorting|30 Apr 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|No photo!!
|-
|Moss wētā
|''[[Maotoweta virescens]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018792829/critter-of-the-week-moss-weta {{Date table sorting|23 Apr 2021}}]
|—
|Needs creation
|-
|Hawkes bay forget-me-not
|''[[Myosotis petiolata]]''
|[[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018791865/critter-of-the-week-myosotis-petiolata {{Date table sorting|16 Apr 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Created 13 May 2023 by [[User:Stitchbird2|Stitchbird2]] who is continuing to create pages for all southern hemisphere Myosotis
|-
|[[Cupola gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau]]'' "Cupola" 
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018790922/critter-of-the-week-the-cupola-gecko {{Date table sorting|9 Apr 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Glow-in-the-dark snail
|''[[Latia neritoides]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018789189/critter-of-the-week-glow-in-the-dark-snail {{Date table sorting|26 Mar 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Show has Latin name wrong. Needs more pics!
|-
|Fishy pouch fungus
|''[[Macrocystidia reducta]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018788244/critter-of-the-week-fishy-pouch-fungus {{Date table sorting|19 Mar 2021}}]
|—
|Needs creation
|-
|[[Sinbad skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma pikitanga]]''
|[[Reptile|Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018787288/critter-of-the-week-the-sinbad-skink {{Date table sorting|12 Mar 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Needs image
|-
| Pukaki lichen tuft moth
|[[Izatha psychra|''Izatha psychra'']]
|[[Lepidoptera]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018786316/critter-of-the-week-lichen-tuft-moth-izatha-psychra {{Date table sorting|5 Mar 2021}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
| Rowi louse
|[[Apterygon okarito|''Apterygon okarito'']]
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018785317/critter-of-the-week-apterygon-okarito {{Date table sorting|26 Feb 2021}}]
|—
| Needs creation
|-
|Dusky galaxias
|[[Galaxias pullus|''Galaxias pullus'']]
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018784347/critter-of-the-week-dusky-galaxias {{Date table sorting|19 Feb 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
| Needs image and expansion
|-
|Vegetable sheep
|[[Raoulia rubra|''Raoulia rubra'']]
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018783343/critter-of-the-week-the-vegetable-sheep {{Date table sorting|12 Feb 2021}}]
|—
|Needs creating. But isn't this ''[[Raoulia eximia]]''?
|-
|Sun orchid 
|''[[Thelymitra]]'' 'Ahipara'
|[[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018782463/critter-of-the-week-sun-orchid-thelymitra-ahipara {{Date table sorting|29 Jan 2021}}]
|—
|Needs creating
|-
|[[Kupe's grassmoth]]
|''[[Kupea electilis]]''
|[[Lepidoptera]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018781510/critter-of-the-week-kupe-s-grassmoth {{Date table sorting|29 Jan 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|No photo of female: contact Brian Patrick?
|-
|Beard lichens
|''[[Usnea]]''
|[[Lichen]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018780627/critter-of-the-week-unsea-lichens {{Date table sorting|22 Jan 2021}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Quite a few [http://dspace.lincoln.ac.nz/handle/10182/6327 NZ species]
|-
|Chatham I. Christmas tree
|''[[Brachyglottis huntii]]''
|[[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018777815/critter-of-the-week-chatham-island-christmas-tree {{Date table sorting|18 Dec 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Alpine shield bug
|[[Hypsithocus hudsonae|''Hypsithocus hudsonae'']]
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018776823/critter-of-the-week-alpine-shield-bug {{Date table sorting|11 Dec 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Alpine tiger moth
|''[[Metacrias huttoni]]''
|[[Lepidoptera]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018775751/critter-of-the-week-alpine-tiger-moth {{Date table sorting|4 Dec 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Chaffey's forget-me-not
|''[[Myosotis chaffeyorum]]''
|[[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018774731/critter-of-the-week-chaffey-s-forget-me-not {{Date table sorting|27 Nov 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Page created May/June 2022 :) 
|-
|[[Doris wellingtonensis]]
|''[[wikidata:Q13596179|Doris wellingtonensis]]''
|[[Nudibranchia]]
| [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018773697/critter-of-the-week-tussock-ringlet {{Date table sorting|20 Nov 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Argyrophenga antipodum|Tussock ringlet butterfly]]
|''[[wikidata:Q2861115|Argyrophenga antipodum]]''
|[[Lepidoptera]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018772705/critter-of-the-week-tussock-ringlet-butterfly {{Date table sorting|13 Nov 2020}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|[[Horelophus walkeri|Reefton water beetle]]
|''[[Horelophus walkeri]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018771693/critter-of-the-week-the-reefton-water-beetle {{Date table sorting|6 Nov 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Could do with a little more detail: named after, link to NZTC
|-
|[[Lusius malfoyi|Malfoy's wasp]]
|''[[wikidata:Q41963782|Lusius malfoyi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018770648/critter-of-the-week-lucius-malfoy-s-wasp {{Date table sorting|30 Oct 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Thismia rodwayi|Fairy lantern]]
|''[[wikidata:Q15567755|Thismia rodwayi]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018769751/critter-of-the-week-the-fairy-lantern {{Date table sorting|23 Oct 2020}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|[[Aceria clianthi|Kakabeak mite]]
|''[[wikidata:Q4358177|Aceria clianthi]]''
|[[Acari]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018768679/critter-of-the-week-kakabeak-mite {{Date table sorting|16 Oct 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Falla's skink]]
|''[[wikidata:Q615117|Oligosoma fallai]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018767684/critter-of-the-week-falla-s-skink-three-kings-skink {{Date table sorting|9 Oct 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Hot pools mosquito]]
|''[[wikidata:Q13854527|Culex rotoruae]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018766634/critter-of-the-week-hot-pools-mosquito {{Date table sorting|2 Oct 2020}}]
|–
|
|-
|[[Phlyctenactis_tuberculosa|Wandering anemone]]
|''Phlyctenactis tuberculosa''
|[[Cnidaria]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018765634/critter-of-the-week-the-wandering-anemone {{Date table sorting|25 Sep 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Karāroa mayfly]]
|''[[wikidata:Q13431106|Aupouriella pohei]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018764629/critter-of-the-week-the-kararoa-mayfly {{Date table sorting|18 Sep 2020}}]
|—
|Needs creating
|-
|[[Kermadec red-crowned parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cyanurus]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018763636/critter-of-the-week-kermadec-red-crowned-kakariki {{Date table sorting|11 Sep 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Expand article with pics and more references to Massey research
|-
|[[Great spotted kiwi mite]]
|''[[Kiwialges haastii]]''
|[[Acari]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018762647/critter-of-the-week-the-kiwi-feather-mite {{Date table sorting|4 Sep 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Created article and [[c:Category:Kiwialges haastii|Category:Kiwialges haastii]]
|-
|[[Hidden spider orchid]]
|''[[Corybas cryptanthus]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018761610/critter-of-the-week-hidden-spider-orchid {{Date table sorting|28 Aug 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Images
|-
|[[Chatham Island Snipe|Chatham Island snipe]]
|''[[Chatham snipe|Coenocorypha pusilla]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018760572/critter-of-the-week-chatham-island-snipe {{Date table sorting|21 Aug 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|No photo and very short! Article needs moving too.
|-
|[[North Auckland worm]]
|''[[Anisochaeta gigantea]]''
|[[Oligochaeta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018759528/critter-of-the-week-north-auckland-worm {{Date table sorting|14 Aug 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Need expansion, pics
|-
|[[Mānuka chafer beetle]]
|''[[Pyronota festiva]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018758478/critter-of-the-week-manuka-chafer-beetle {{Date table sorting|7 Aug 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|[[c:Category:Pyronota festiva|Category:Pyronota festiva]]. Article long but needs work! And macrons.
|-
|[[Neptune's necklace]]
|''[[Hormosira banksii]]''
|[[Phaeophyceae]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018757444/critter-of-the-week-neptune-s-necklace {{Date table sorting|31 Jul 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[[c:Category:Hormosira banksii|Category:Hormosira banksii]] pics. Needs proofread!
|-
|[[White-faced storm petrel]]
|''[[Pelagodroma marina]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018756456/critter-of-the-week-new-zealand-white-faced-storm-petrel {{Date table sorting|24 Jul 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|[[c:Category:Pelagodroma marina|Category:Pelagodroma marina]]. Longer article!
|-
|[[Chatham fat-legged weta]]
|''[[Talitropsis megatibia]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018755698/critter-of-the-week-chatham-fat-legged-weta {{Date table sorting|17 Jul 2020}}]
|—
|Needs creating and photos sourced
|-
|[[New Zealand common tiger beetle]]
|''[[Neocicindela tuberculata]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/composeroftheweek/audio/2018754428/critter-of-the-week-tiger-beetle {{Date table sorting|10 Jul 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Looks like a student project so needs rewriting. Some good photos in iNat.
|-
|[[Alpine wolf spider]]
|''[[Anoteropsis alpina]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018753442/critter-of-the-week-alpine-wolf-spider {{Date table sorting|3 Jul 2020}}]
|—
|Needs creating. Some CC-BY-NC pics in iNat.
|-
|[[New Zealand sea tulip]]
|''[[Pyura pachydermatina]]''
|[[Ascidiacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018752424/critter-of-the-week-kaeo-sea-squirt-or-sea-tulip {{Date table sorting|26 Jun 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[[c:Category:Pyura pachydermatina|Category:Pyura pachydermatina]] created and one pic uploaded from iNat; plenty more!
|-
|[[New Zealand seabird tick]]
|''[[Ixodes auritulus]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018751429/critter-of-the-week-the-vampire-of-the-seabirds {{Date table sorting|19 Jun 2020}}]
|—
|—
|-
|[[North Island grasshopper]]
|''[[Sigaus piliferus]]''
|[[Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018750695/critter-of-the-week-the-north-island-grasshopper {{Date table sorting|12 Jun 2020}}]
|—
|[[c:Category:Sigaus piliferus|Category:Sigaus piliferus]] (added photos to category from iNat). Article to create.
|-
|[[Black-eyed gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau kahutarae]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018749459/critter-of-the-week-north-otago-black-eyed-gecko {{Date table sorting|5 Jun 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[[c:Category:Mokopirirakau kahutarae|Category:Mokopirirakau kahutarae]]: just 1 photo!
|-
|[[Spotted black grouper]]
|''[[Epinephelus daemelii]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018748576/critter-of-the-week-the-spotted-black-grouper {{Date table sorting|29 May 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[[c:Category:Epinephelus daemelii|Category:Epinephelus daemelii]]
|-
|[[Stony corals]]
|[[Scleractinia]]
|[[Anthozoa]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018747596/critter-of-the-week-deep-sea-stony-corals-or-scleractinians {{Date table sorting|22 May 2020}}]
|{{Icon|GA}}
|[[c:Category:Scleractinia|Category:Scleractinia]]
|-
|[[Shortjaw kōkopu]]
|''[[Galaxias postvectis]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018746656/critter-of-the-week-the-shortjaw-kokopu {{Date table sorting|15 May 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|[[c:Category:Galaxias postvectis|Category:Galaxias postvectis]] – need more pics
|-
|[[New Zealand flatworm]]
|''[[Arthurdendyus triangulatus]]''
|[[Rhabditophora]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018745717/critter-of-the-week-new-zealand-flatworm {{Date table sorting|8 May 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[[c:Category:Arthurdendyus triangulatus|Category:Arthurdendyus triangulatus]]
|-
|[[Chatham Island pigeon]]
|''[[Hemiphaga chathamensis]]''
|[[Birds|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018744806/critter-of-the-week-the-chatham-island-pigeon {{Date table sorting|1 May 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[[c:Category:Hemiphaga_chathamensis|Commons]] pics (need more)
|-
|[[Pison spinolae|Mason wasp]]
|''[[Pison spinolae]]''
|[[Insects|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018743973/critter-of-the-week-mason-wasp {{Date table sorting|24 Apr 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Yellow octopus]]
|''[[Enteroctopus zealandicus]]''
|[[Mollusca]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018743088/critter-of-the-week-yellow-octopus {{Date table sorting|17 Apr 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[NZ small willowherb]]
|''[[Epilobium angustum]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018741422/critter-of-the-week-the-small-willowherb-epilobium-angustum {{Date table sorting|3 Apr 2020}}]
|—
|To create
|-
|[[New Zealand antlion]]
|''[[Weeleus acutus]]''
|[[Insects|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018739429/critter-of-the-week-new-zealand-antlion {{Date table sorting|20 Mar 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Suter's skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma suteri]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018738345/critter-of-the-week-the-suter-s-skink {{Date table sorting|13 Mar 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand pea crab]]
|''[[Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018737320/critter-of-the-week-the-new-zealand-pea-crab {{Date table sorting|6 Mar 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|[[c:File:Parasite140113-fig4_Pea_crab_Nepinnotheres_novaezelandiae_in_mussel.png|image]]
|-
|[[Grays River grass moth]]
|''[[Orocrambus fugitivellus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018736249/critter-of-the-week-grays-river-grass-moth {{Date table sorting|28 Feb 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Bar-tailed godwit]]
|''[[Limosa lapponica]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018735240/critter-of-the-week-the-bar-tailed-godwit {{Date table sorting|21 Feb 2020}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Bryde's whale]]
|''[[Balaenoptera brydei]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018734195/critter-of-the-week-the-bryde-s-whale {{Date table sorting|14 Feb 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Check and update taxonomy section?
|-
|[[Black-billed gull]]
|''[[Chroicocephalus bulleri]]''
|[[Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018733165/critter-of-the-week-the-black-billed-gull {{Date table sorting|7 Feb 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand bull kelp]]
|''[[Durvillaea antarctica]]''
|[[Algae]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018732225/critter-of-the-week-nz-bull-kelp {{Date table sorting|31 Jan 2020}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|We could certainly flesh out the Māori use.
|-
|[[Basking shark]]
|''[[Cetorhinus maximus]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018731147/critter-of-the-week-the-basking-shark {{Date table sorting|24 Jan 2020}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand rock oyster]]
|''[[Saccostrea glomerata]]''
|[[Bivalvia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018727877/critter-of-the-week-nz-rock-oyster {{Date table sorting|20 Dec 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Needs references
|-
|[[Ngaio weevil]]
|''[[Anagotus stephenensis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018726853/critter-of-the-week-ngaio-weevil {{Date table sorting|13 Dec 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Shining bronze cuckoo|Shining cuckoo]]
|''[[Chrysococcyx lucidus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018725743/critter-of-the-week-shining-cuckoo {{Date table sorting|6 Dec 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Huhu beetle]]
|''[[Prionoplus reticularis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018724704/critter-of-the-week-huhu-beetle-huhu-grub {{Date table sorting|29 Nov 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Stokell's smelt]]
|''[[Stokellia anisodon]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018723705/critter-of-the-week-common-smelt-and-stokell-s-smelt {{Date table sorting|22 Nov 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand smelt]]
|''[[Retropinna retropinna]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018723705/critter-of-the-week-common-smelt-and-stokell-s-smelt {{Date table sorting|22 Nov 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|a bit of a mess—student assignment?—needs a rewrite
|-
|[[Climbing galaxias|Koaro]]
|''[[Galaxias brevipinnis]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018722412/critter-of-the-week-climbing-galaxias {{Date table sorting|15 Nov 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Te Ahumairangi Hill snail]]
|''[[Potamopyrgus oppidanus]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018721356/critter-of-the-week-the-freshwater-snail {{Date table sorting|8 Nov 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Auckland rail|Auckland Island rail]]
|''[[Lewinia muelleri]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018720315/critter-of-the-week-the-auckland-island-rail {{Date table sorting|1 Nov 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Giant emperor daisy]]
|''[[Pleurophyllum speciosum]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018719392/critter-of-the-week-giant-emperor-daisy {{Date table sorting|25 Oct 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Pacific golden plover]]
|''[[Pluvialis fulva]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018718332/critter-of-the-week-pacific-golden-plover {{Date table sorting|18 Oct 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Kina (animal)|Kina]]
|''[[Evechinus chloroticus]]''
|[[Echinoida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018717302/critter-of-the-week-kina {{Date table sorting|11 Oct 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Clutha flathead galaxias]]
|[[Galaxias 'species D'|''Galaxias'' 'species D']]
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018716279/critter-of-the-week-clutha-flathead-galaxias {{Date table sorting|4 Oct 2019}}]
|—
|
|-
|Pygmy goosefoot
|''[[Dysphania pusilla]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018715206/critter-of-the-week-the-pygmy-goosefoot {{Date table sorting|27 Sep 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Auckland green gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus elegans]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018714179/critter-of-the-week-elegant-gecko {{Date table sorting|20 Sep 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Gravel maggot
|''[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Smeagol]]''
|[[Insect|Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018713171/critter-of-the-week-smeagol-the-gravel-maggot {{Date table sorting|13 Sep 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Sand scarab
|''[[Pericoptus truncatus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018712181/critter-of-the-week-sand-scarab-beetle-pericoptus-truncatus {{Date table sorting|6 Sep 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Boulder butterfly
|''[[Lycaena boldenarum]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018711157/critter-of-the-week-boulder-butterfly {{Date table sorting|30 Aug 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|Black tunnelweb
|[[Porrhothele antipodiana|''Porrhothele antipodiana'']]
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018710092/critter-of-the-week-black-tunnelweb-spider {{Date table sorting|23 Aug 2019}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|[[Northland mudfish]]
|''[[Neochanna heleios]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018709059/critter-of-the-week-northland-mudfish {{Date table sorting|16 Aug 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Frosted phoenix]]
|''[[Titanomis sisyrota]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018708025/critter-of-the-week-frosted-phoenix-titanomis-sisyrota {{Date table sorting|9 Aug 2019}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|[[Cook Strait giant wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida rugosa]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018706983/critter-of-the-week-cook-strait-giant-weta {{Date table sorting|2 Aug 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|More photos
|-
|[[Gardner's tree daisy]]
|''[[Olearia gardneri]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018705946/critter-of-the-week-oleira {{Date table sorting|26 Jul 2019}}] ✓
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Herbivorous alpine beetle
|''[[Protodendrophagus antipodes]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018704896/critter-of-the-week-herbivorous-alpine-beetle {{Date table sorting|19 Jul 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Dryland sow thistle]]
|''[[Sonchus novae-zelandiae]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018703893/critter-of-the-week-dryland-sow-thistle {{Date table sorting|12 Jul 2019}}]
| — 
|To create
|-
|[[Mountain stone wētā]]
|''[[Hemideina maori]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018702842/critter-of-the-week-mountain-stone-weta-hemideina-maori {{Date table sorting|5 Jul 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|Long-legged harvestman
|''[[Pantopsalis]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018701815/critter-of-the-week-long-legged-harvestman {{Date table sorting|28 Jun 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Yellowhead (bird)|Mohua]]
|''[[Yellowhead (bird)|Mohua ochrocephala]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018700768/critter-of-the-week-mohua {{Date table sorting|21 Jun 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Maungatua stonefly]]
|''[[Zelandoperla maungatuaensis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018699675/critter-of-the-week-the-maungatua-stonefly {{Date table sorting|14 Jun 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|[https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/living-under-a-rock/?source=homepage ref]
|-
|[[Chatham Island shag]]
|''[[Chatham shag|Leucocarbo onslowi]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018698619/critter-of-the-week-chatham-island-shag {{Date table sorting|7 Jun 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Helms' stag beetle]]
|''[[Geodorcus helmsi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018697670/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|31 May 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Dwarf galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias divergens]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018696628/critter-of-the-week-for-24-may-2019 {{Date table sorting|24 May 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Chatham Island tree hebe]]
|''[[Veronica barkeri]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018695557/critter-of-the-week-chatham-island-tree-hebe {{Date table sorting|17 May 2019}}]
|— 
|Create article
|-
|[[Limestone cress]]
|''[[Pachycladon exile]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018694513/critter-of-the-week-limestone-cress {{Date table sorting|10 May 2019}}]
|{{Icon|start}}
|Image added, updated from stub to start Oct 2024
|-
|[[Banks Peninsula six-eyed spider]]
|''[[Periegops suterii]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018693468/critter-of-the-week-the-six-eyed-spider {{Date table sorting|3 May 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Photos!
|-
|[[Homer grasshopper]]
|''[[Sigaus homerensis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018692466/critter-of-the-week-homer-grasshopper {{Date table sorting|26 Apr 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Nelson green gecko]]
|''[[Nelson green gecko|Naultinus stellatus]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018690780/critter-of-the-week-the-nelson-green-gecko {{Date table sorting|12 Apr 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|Blue damselfly
|[[Austrolestes colensonis|''Austrolestes colensonis'']]
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018689752/critter-of-the-week-blue-damselfly {{Date table sorting|5 Apr 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Flax weevil]]
|''[[Flax weevil|Anagotus fairburni]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018688794/critter-of-the-week-flax-weevil {{Date table sorting|29 Mar 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand striped skink|Striped skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma striatum]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018687794/critter-of-the-week-the-striped-skink {{Date table sorting|22 Mar 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Photo
|-
|[[Pitt Island longhorn]]
|''[[Xylotoles costatus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018685728/critter-of-the-week-pitt-island-longhorn-beetle {{Date table sorting|8 Mar 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|image and more text added
|-
|[[Tuatara tick]]
|''[[Amblyomma sphenodonti]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018684716/critter-of-the-week-tuatara-tick {{Date table sorting|1 Mar 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Image added
|-
|[[Horrid stick insect]]
|''[[Argosarchus horridus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018683702/critter-of-the-week-the-horrid-stick-insect {{Date table sorting|22 Feb 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|images added and expanded
|-
|[[New Zealand sandfly]]
|''[[Austrosimulium ungulatum]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018682700/critter-of-the-week-the-native-nz-sandfly {{Date table sorting|15 Feb 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Whitaker's skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma whitakeri]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018681658/critter-of-the-week-whittakers-skink {{Date table sorting|8 Feb 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(Really needs decent photos but they're all ©)
|-
|[[Wetapunga]]
|''[[Deinacrida heteracantha]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018680745/critter-of-the-week-wetapunga {{Date table sorting|1 Feb 2019}}]
|{{Icon|Start}} 
|(needs photos, rewriting to be less generic)
|-
|[[Vegetable cicada]]
|''[[Isaria sinclairii]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018679762/critter-of-the-week-isaria-sinclairii-aka-vegetable-cicada {{Date table sorting|25 Jan 2019}}]
|{{Icon|C}} 
|(needs more info on fungus if any; lots published on drug)
|-
|[[Ameletopsis mayfly]]
|''[[Ameleptopsis perscitus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018676665/critter-of-the-week-amelotopsis-mayfly {{Date table sorting|21 Dec 2018}}]
|— 
|(Needs creation and open-licensed photo sourced)
|-
|[[Alborn skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma albornense]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018675662/critter-of-the-week-the-alborn-skink {{Date table sorting|14 Dec 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Looking OK, more skink photos would be nice
|-
|[[Notoreas moth]]
|''[[Notoreas]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018674631/critter-of-the-week-the-notoreas-moth {{Date table sorting|7 Dec 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}} 
|for all species (except the unnamed Taranaki one)
|-
|[[Chatham mudfish]]
|''[[Neochanna rekohua]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018673612/critter-of-the-week-the-chatham-island-mudfish {{Date table sorting|30 Nov 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|needs photo
|-
|[[Maitai Cave snail]]
|''[[Hadopyrgus ngataana]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018672561/critter-of-the-week-maitai-cave-snail-hadopyrgus-ngataana {{Date table sorting|23 Nov 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|needs photo (Te Papa's is NC)
|-
|[[New Zealand pill millipede|Pill millipede]]
|''[[Procyliosoma tuberculatum]]''
|[[Diplopoda]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018671554/critter-of-the-week-pill-millipedes {{Date table sorting|16 Nov 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|''[[Strigula]]'' lichens
|''[[Strigula]]''
|[[Lichen]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018670559/critter-of-the-week-strigular-lichens {{Date table sorting|9 Nov 2018}}]
|— 
|(Needs creation)
|-
|[[Yellow eyed penguin]]
|''[[Megadyptes antipodes]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018669534/critter-of-the-week-the-hoiho-yellow-eyed-penguin {{Date table sorting|2 Nov 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Lemon tree borer parasite]]
|''[[Xanthocryptus novozealandicus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018668508/critter-of-the-week-bake-off-winners-and-this-week-s-critter-a-native-wasp {{Date table sorting|26 Oct 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Pygmy blue whale]]
|''[[Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018667597/critter-of-the-week-the-pygmy-blue-whale {{Date table sorting|19 Oct 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|needs expansion
|-
|[[Mt Augustus snail]]
|''[[Powelliphanta augusta]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018666578/critter-of-the-week-giant-land-snails {{Date table sorting|12 Oct 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|needs updating and rewriting
|-
|[[Banks Peninsula fork fern]]
|''[[Tmesipteris horomaka]]''
|[[Fern]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018665577/critter-of-the-week-the-banks-peninsula-fork-fern {{Date table sorting|5 Oct 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|genus page needs improvement
|-
|[[New Zealand microsnails]]
|''[[Wainuia urnula]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018664584/critter-of-the-week-micro-land-snails {{Date table sorting|28 Sep 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|needs photos
|-
|[[Sphagnum porina moth]]
|''[[Heloxycanus patricki]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018663577/critter-of-the-week-the-ghost-moth {{Date table sorting|21 Sep 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Mt Allen buttercup]]
|''[[Ranunculus viridis]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018662591/critter-of-the-week-the-mt-allen-buttercup {{Date table sorting|14 Sep 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}} 
|(needs photo of flowers and expansion)
|-
|[[Black coral]]
|''[[Antipathella fiordensis]]''
|[[Anthozoa]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018661590/critter-of-the-week-black-coral {{Date table sorting|7 Sep 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|added photos
|-
|[[Chatham petrel]]
|''[[Pterodroma axillaris]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018660585/critter-of-the-week-the-chatham-petrel {{Date table sorting|31 Aug 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|needs photos and more info
|-
|[[Hamilton's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma hamiltoni]]''
|[[Amphibia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018659596/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|24 Aug 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|needs expansion and more images
|-
|[[Waiuatua]]
|''[[Euphorbia glauca]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018658589/critter-of-the-week-waiuatua {{Date table sorting|17 Aug 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|needs status update, when template fixed)
|-
|[[Burgan skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma burganae]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018657571/critter-of-the-week-the-burgan-skink {{Date table sorting|10 Aug 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|needs expansion and photo
|-
|[[Antipodes parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus unicolor]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018656546/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|3 Aug 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|needs expansion
|-
|[[New Zealand fish-guts plant]]
|''[[Chenopodium detestans]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018655536/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|27 Jul 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand glowworm]]
|''[[Arachnocampa luminosa]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018654509/critter-of-the-week-nz-glow-worm {{Date table sorting|20 Jul 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|OK but needs a good edit
|-
|[[Southern right whale]]
|''[[Eubalaena australis]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018653527/critter-of-the-week-the-southern-right-whale {{Date table sorting|13 Jul 2018}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|could do with editing
|-
|[[New Zealand hagfish]]
|''[[Eptatretus cirrhatus]]''
|[[Myxini]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018652523/critter-of-the-week-the-hagfish {{Date table sorting|6 Jul 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK, needs cleanup
|-
|[[Eyelash seaweed]]
|''[[Dione arcuata]]''
|[[Algae]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018651501/critter-of-the-week-eyelash-seaweed {{Date table sorting|29 Jun 2018}}]
|— 
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Red-billed gull]]
|''[[Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018650511/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|22 Jun 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|(needs work)
|-
|[[New Zealand freshwater crab]]
|''[[Amarinus lacustris]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018649493/critter-of-the-week-amarinus-lacustris-freshwater-crabs {{Date table sorting|15 Jun 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK, added info and pic
|-
|[[Speargrass weevil]]
|''[[Lyperobius huttoni]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018648468/critter-of-the-week-the-wellington-south-coast-speargrass-weevil {{Date table sorting|8 Jun 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Created
|-
|[[New Zealand falcon]]
|''[[Falco novaeseelandiae]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018647546/critter-of-the-week-the-karearea-nz-falcon {{Date table sorting|1 Jun 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Slender button daisy]]
|''[[Leptinella filiformis]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018646535/critter-of-the-week-the-slender-button-daisy {{Date table sorting|25 May 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Created
|-
|[[Rangatira spider]]
|''[[Dolomedes schauinslandi]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018645527/critter-of-the-week-the-rangatira-spider {{Date table sorting|18 May 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|OK, updated
|-
|[[White-bellied skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma hoparatea]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018644525/critter-of-the-week-the-white-bellied-skink {{Date table sorting|11 May 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Northland green gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus grayii]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018643508/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|4 May 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Kōtuku]]
|''[[Ardea alba modesta]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018642498/critter-of-the-week-the-kotuku-white-heron {{Date table sorting|27 Apr 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|OK, needs note on taxonomy
|-
|[[Giant kōkopu]]
|''[[Galaxias argenteus]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018641589/critter-of-the-week-giant-kokopu {{Date table sorting|20 Apr 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Improved
|-
|[[Shrubby tororaro]]
|''[[Muehlenbeckia astonii]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018640539/critter-of-the-week-muehlenbeckia-astonii {{Date table sorting|13 Apr 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Expanded
|-
|[[Pseudoscorpion|Pseudoscorpions]]
|[[Pseudoscorpiones]]
|[[Arachnid|Arachnida]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018639383/critter-of-the-week-the-pseudoscorpion {{Date table sorting|6 Apr 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Pretty good
|-
|[[Teviot flathead galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias "Teviot"]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018637494/critter-of-the-week-teviot-flathead-galaxias {{Date table sorting|23 Mar 2018}}]
|—
|(Needs creation)
|-
|[[Bonking grass moth]]
|''[[Asaphodes frivola]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018636407/critter-of-the-week-the-little-brown-moth {{Date table sorting|16 Mar 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Created
|-
|[[Toheroa]]
|''[[Paphies ventricosa]]''
|[[Bivalvia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018635434/critter-of-the-week-toheroa {{Date table sorting|9 Mar 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(Desperately needs expansion)
|-
|[[Mottled petrel]]
|''[[Pterodroma inexpectata]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018634442/critter-of-the-week-mottled-petrel {{Date table sorting|2 Mar 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Te Kakahu skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma tekakahu]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018633442/critter-of-the-week-te-kakahu-skink {{Date table sorting|23 Feb 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Expanded, refs, pic
|-
|[[Paua slug]]
|''[[Schizoglossa novoseelandica]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018632403/critter-of-the-week-the-paua-slug {{Date table sorting|16 Feb 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|(needs tidying up and more photos)
|-
|Prostrate tangle broom
|''[[Carmichaelia juncea]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018631381/critter-of-the-week-carmichaelia-new-zealand-brooms {{Date table sorting|9 Feb 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Needs images
|-
|[[Swamp helmet orchid]]
|''[[Corybas carsei]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018630473/critter-of-the-week-the-swamp-helmet-orchid {{Date table sorting|2 Feb 2018}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Created, sourced pics
|-
|[[Cabbage tree moth]]
|''[[Epiphryne verriculata]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018629587/critter-of-the-week-the-cabbage-tree-moth {{Date table sorting|26 Jan 2018}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Added pic and more info
|-
|New Zealand native [[bees]]
|''[[Leioproctus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018626598/critter-of-the-week-bee-aware {{Date table sorting|15 Dec 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(Only Leioproctus fulvescens exists)
|-
|New Zealand [[Cicada|cicadas]]
|''[[Amphipsalta]]'', ''[[Rhodopsalta]]'', ''[[Maoricicada]]'',<br />''[[Notopsalta]]'', ''[[Kikihia]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018624748/critter-of-the-week-nz-cicadas-kihikihi-and-tatarakihi {{Date table sorting|8 Dec 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|All species now have at least stub articles.
|-
|[[Ōhau rock daisy]]
|''[[Pachystegia]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018623853/critter-of-the-week-the-ohau-rock-daisy {{Date table sorting|1 Dec 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs creation if we can get photos)
|-
|[[Flax snail]]
|''[[Placostylus]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018622962/critter-of-the-week-the-flax-snail {{Date table sorting|24 Nov 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs cleanup and expansion, and photos)
|-
|[[New Zealand long-tailed bat|Long-tailed bat]]
|''[[Chalinolobus tuberculatus]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018622069/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|17 Nov 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK (still needs photos)
|-
|[[New Zealand giant springtail|Giant springtail]]
|''[[Holacanthella]]''
|[[Entognatha]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018621204/critter-of-the-week-the-new-zealand-giant-springtail {{Date table sorting|10 Nov 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|created
|-
|[[Cook's scurvy grass]]
|''[[Lepidium oleraceum]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018620325/critter-of-the-week-cook-s-scurvy-grass {{Date table sorting|3 Nov 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs pics)
|-
|[[South Island lichen moth]]
|''[[Declana egregia]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018619502/critter-of-the-week-the-south-island-lichen-moth {{Date table sorting|27 Oct 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|Created
|-
|[[New Zealand giant centipede|Giant centipede]]
|''[[Cormocephalus rubriceps]]''
|[[Chilopoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018618717/critter-of-the-week-the-centipede {{Date table sorting|20 Oct 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Wrybill]]
|''[[Anarhynchus frontalis]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018617785/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|13 Oct 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK (needs work)
|-
|[[Chevron skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma homalonotum]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201861471/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|6 Oct 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Short but OK
|-
|[[Pāua]]
|''[[Haliotis]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201860565/critter-of-the-week-paua {{Date table sorting|29 Sep 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Reasonable
|-
|[[Hochstetter's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma hochstetteri]]''
|[[Amphibia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201859596/critter-of-the-week-the-hochstetter-frog {{Date table sorting|22 Sep 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK (needs updating)
|-
|[[Kakabeak]]
|''[[Clianthus]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201858709/critter-of-the-week-the-kaka-beak {{Date table sorting|15 Sep 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|OK (both spp. need expansion and rewrite)
|-
|[[Leopard seal]]
|''[[Hydrurga leptonyx]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201857851/critter-of-the-week-the-leopard-seal {{Date table sorting|8 Sep 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK
|-
|[[Bat-winged fly]]
|''[[Exsul singularis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201856999/critter-of-the-week-the-bat-winged-fly {{Date table sorting|1 Sep 2017}}]
|—
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Back beach beetle]]
|''[[Bembidion tillyardi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201856121/critter-of-the-week-the-back-beach-beetle {{Date table sorting|25 Aug 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|created
|-
|[[Tuatara]]
|''[[Sphenodon punctatus]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201855296/critter-of-the-week-the-tuatara {{Date table sorting|18 Aug 2017}}]
|{{Icon|GA}}
|
|-
|[[Kawakawa looper moth]]
|''[[Cleora scriptaria]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201854447/critter-of-the-week-the-kawakawa-looper-moth {{Date table sorting|11 Aug 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|created
|-
|[[Eldon's galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias eldoni]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201853611/critter-of-the-week-eldon-s-galaxiid {{Date table sorting|4 Aug 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|expanded, added images
|-
|[[New Zealand fur seal|Fur seal]]
|''[[Arctocephalus forsteri]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201852792/critter-of-the-week-the-fur-seal {{Date table sorting|28 Jul 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|added image
|-
|[[Ophiocordyceps robertsii|Vegetable caterpillar]]
|''[[Ophiocordyceps robertsii]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201851948/critter-of-the-week-the-vegetable-caterpillar {{Date table sorting|21 Jul 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|created
|-
|[[Tardigrade]]
|[[Tardigrada]]
|[[Tardigrada]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201851143/critter-of-the-week-the-tardigrade {{Date table sorting|14 Jul 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Northern giant petrel]]
|''[[Macronectes halli]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201850312/critter-of-the-week-the-northern-giant-petrel {{Date table sorting|7 Jul 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Jewelled gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus gemmeus]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201849496/critter-of-the-week-the-jewelled-gecko {{Date table sorting|30 Jun 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Improved
|-
|[[Great white shark]]
|''[[Carcharodon carcharias]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201848650/critter-of-the-week-the-great-white-shark {{Date table sorting|23 Jun 2017}}]
|{{Icon|GA}}
|Needs expansion
|-
|[[Dog vomit slime mold]]
|''[[Fuligo septica]]''
|[[Protists|Protista]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201847808/critter-of-the-week-dog-vomit-slime-mold {{Date table sorting|16 Jun 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK (Need XKCD reference)
|-
|[[Bubblegum coral]]
|''[[Paragorgia]]''
|[[Anthozoa]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201846976/critter-of-the-week-bubblegum-coral {{Date table sorting|9 Jun 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(NZ species may not exist, just Atlantic?)
|-
|[[Blind electric ray]]
|''[[Typhlonarke aysoni]]''
|[[Chondrichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201846175/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|2 Jun 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Need photo!
|-
|[[Chatham Islands forget-me-not]]
|''[[Myosotidium hortensia]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201845316/critter-of-the-week-the-chatham-islands-forget-me-not {{Date table sorting|26 May 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[New Zealand mole cricket|Mole cricket]]
|''[[Triamescaptor aotea]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201844477/critter-of-the-week-the-native-mole-cricket {{Date table sorting|19 May 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Kauri snail]]
|''[[Paryphanta]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201843649/critter-of-the-week-the-kauri-snail {{Date table sorting|12 May 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Castle Hill buttercup]]
|''[[Ranunculus paucifolius]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201842819/critter-of-the-week-the-castle-hill-buttercup {{Date table sorting|5 May 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[New Zealand sea lion]]
|''[[Phocarctos hookeri]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201841906/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|28 Apr 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|fix units
|-
|New Zealand large carabids
|''[[Mecodema]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201841141/critter-of-the-week-the-mecodema-ground-beetle {{Date table sorting|21 Apr 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Spirits Bay liverwort]]
|''[[Frullania wairua]]''
|[[Marchantiophyta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201839616/critter-of-the-week-spirit-liverwort-frullania-wairua {{Date table sorting|7 Apr 2017}}]
|—
|(needs creation)
|-
|New Zealand sundews
|''[[Drosera stenopetala]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201838725/critter-of-the-week-the-carnivorous-sundew-plant {{Date table sorting|1 Apr 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Fiordland penguin]]
|''[[Eudyptes pachyrhynchus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201837898/critter-of-the-week-the-fiordland-crested-penguin-tawaki {{Date table sorting|24 Mar 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[Harlequin gecko]]
|''[[Tukutuku rakiurae]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201837053/critter-of-the-week-the-harlequin-gecko {{Date table sorting|17 Mar 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Torrentfish]]
|''[[Cheimarrichthys fosteri]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201836188/critter-of-the-week-the-torrentfish {{Date table sorting|10 Mar 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|needs more photos
|-
|Child's grasshopper
|''[[Sigaus childi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201835363/critter-of-the-week-the-sigaus-grasshopper {{Date table sorting|3 Mar 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|
|-
|[[Malherbe's parakeet|Orange-fronted parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus malherbi]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201834525/critter-of-the-week-the-karaka-kakariki {{Date table sorting|24 Feb 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK, could do with cleanup
|-
|[[Mokohinau stag beetle]]
|''[[Geodorcus ithaginis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201833654/critter-of-the-week-mokohinau-stag-beetle {{Date table sorting|17 Feb 2017}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved, added photo
|-
|[[Yellow-footed antechinus|Mardo]]
|''[[Antechinus flavipes]]''
|[[Mammal|Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201832747/critter-of-the-week-the-mardo {{Date table sorting|10 Feb 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|OK
|-
|[[New Zealand fairy tern]]
|''[[Sternula nereis davisae]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201831957/critter-of-the-week-the-fairy-tern {{Date table sorting|3 Feb 2017}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs images, expansion)
|-
|Sooty beech scale insects
|''[[Ultracoelostoma]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201831061/critter-of-the-week-the-scale-insect {{Date table sorting|27 Jan 2017}}]
|—
|(Genus and species need creation)
|-
|[[Puriri moth]]
|''[[Aenetus virescens]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201828885/critter-of-the-week-the-puriri-moth {{Date table sorting|23 Dec 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(needs expansion)
|-
| [[Kapitia skink]]
|[[Oligosoma salmo|''Oligosoma salmo'']]
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201828031/critter-of-the-week-the-chesterfield-skink {{Date table sorting|16 Dec 2016}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|
|-
|Cooper's black potato orchid
|''[[Gastrodia cooperae]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201827123/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|9 Dec 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|
|-
|[[Werewere-kokako]]
|''[[Entoloma hochstetteri]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201826216/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|2 Dec 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|OK
|-
|Fischer's egg
|''[[Claustula fischeri]]''
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201826216/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|2 Dec 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Nudibranchs]]
|[[Nudibranchia]]
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201825337/critter-of-the-week-nudibranchs {{Date table sorting|25 Nov 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|good
|-
|[[Bluff wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida elegans]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201824428/critter-of-the-week-the-bluff-weta {{Date table sorting|18 Nov 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(oh God, what a mess)
|-
|Fred the Thread
|''[[Houdinia flexilissima]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201823458/critter-of-the-week-fred-the-thread {{Date table sorting|11 Nov 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|(needs images, expansion)
|-
|[[Maud Island frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma pakeka]]''
|[[Amphibia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201822560/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|4 Nov 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved
|-
|Dwarf mistletoe
|''[[Korthalsella salicornioides]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201821676/critter-of-the-week-the-nz-mistletoe {{Date table sorting|28 Oct 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|improved
|-
|[[Coxella weevil]]
|''[[Hadramphus spinipennis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201820913/critter-of-the-week-the-coxella-weevil {{Date table sorting|21 Oct 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[Austral snipe|Snipe]]
|''[[Coenocorypha]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201819996/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|14 Oct 2016}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|OK (could use more photos)
|-
|[[Dune swale daphne]]
|''[[Pimelea actea]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201819126/critter-of-the-week-pimelea-actea {{Date table sorting|7 Oct 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|created
|-
|[[Nelson cave spider]]
|''[[Spelungula]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201818219/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|30 Sep 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs image, expansion)
|-
|[[Forest ringlet]]
|''[[Dodonidia helmsii]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201817333/critter-of-the-week-the-forest-ringlet-butterfly {{Date table sorting|23 Sep 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|fixed name, expanded
|-
|Giant bush dragonflies
|''[[Uropetala]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201816464/critter-of-the-week-the-giant-dragonfly {{Date table sorting|16 Sep 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|images, created 1 page
|-
|[[Cook Strait click beetle]]
|''[[Amychus granulatus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201815531/critter-of-the-week-the-cook-strait-click-beetle {{Date table sorting|9 Sep 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|OK
|-
|[[Duvaucel's gecko]]
|''[[Hoplodactylus duvaucelii]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201814645/critter-of-the-week-the-duvaucel's-gecko {{Date table sorting|2 Sep 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs edits, photos)
|-
|[[Otago skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma otagense]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201813757/critter-of-the-week-the-otago-skink {{Date table sorting|26 Aug 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(needs more text)
|-
|[[Te Paki stick insect]]
|''[[Tepakiphasma ngatikuri]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201812848/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|19 Aug 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|created
|-
|Albatross feather louse
|''[[Harrisoniella hopkinsi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201811936/critter-of-the-week-the-feather-louse! {{Date table sorting|12 Aug 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|created
|-
|[[New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat|Short-tailed bat]]
|''[[Mystacina tuberculata]]''
|[[Mammalia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201811016/critter-of-the-week-the-short-tailed-bat {{Date table sorting|5 Aug 2016}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|OK, improved
|-
|[[Whenua Hou diving petrel]]
|''[[Pelecanoides whenuahouensis]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201810152/critter-of-the-week-the-south-georgia-diving-petrel {{Date table sorting|29 Jul 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|improved
|-
|Lichen moth rediscovered in 2016
|''[[Izatha caustopa]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201809283/critter-of-the-week,-the-lichen-tuft-moth {{Date table sorting|22 Jul 2016}}]✓
|{{Icon|C}}
|Perhaps see if more images available and make gallery?
|-
|[[Black-eyed gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau kahutarae]]''
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201808415/critter-of-the-week-the-alpine-gecko {{Date table sorting|15 Jul 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved 
|-
|[[Mahoenui giant wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida mahoenui]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201807547/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|8 Jul 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved, images
|-
|[[New Zealand red admiral|Red admiral]]
|''[[Vanessa gonerilla]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201806670/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|1 Jul 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[New Zealand freshwater mussel|Kākahi]]
|''[[Echyridella menziesii]]''
|[[Bivalvia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201805778/critter-of-the-week-the-kakahi {{Date table sorting|24 Jun 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|improved
|-
|[[Cromwell chafer]]
|''[[Prodontria lewisi]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201804907/critter-of-the-week-cromwell-chafer-beetle {{Date table sorting|17 Jun 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved, images
|-
|[[Cobble skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma]]'' sp.
|[[Reptilia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201804032/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|10 Jun 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|created
|-
|[[Pīngao]]
|''[[Ficinia spiralis]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201803226/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|3 Jun 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[New Zealand praying mantis]]
|''[[Orthodera novaezealandiae]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201802334/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|27 May 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|fairly OK
|-
|[[Coastal peppercress]]
|''[[Lepidium banksii]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201801467/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|20 May 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|created
|-
|[[Common galaxias|Inanga]]
|''[[Galaxias maculatus]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201800623/critter-of-the-week-the-inanga {{Date table sorting|13 May 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved
|-
|[[Mercury Islands tusked wētā]]
|''[[Motuweta isolata]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201799740/critter-of-the-week-the-tusked-weta {{Date table sorting|6 May 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|created
|-
|[[Shore plover]]
|''[[Thinornis novaeseelandiae]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201798877/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|29 Apr 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved
|-
|[[Black stilt]]
|''[[Himantopus novaezelandiae]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201797948/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|21 Apr 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[Katipo]]
|''[[Latrodectus katipo]]''
|[[Arachnid|Arachnida]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201797221/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|15 Apr 2016}}]
|{{Icon|GA}}
|good
|-
|[[South Island kōkako]]
|''[[Callaeas cinereus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201796322/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|8 Apr 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved
|-
|[[New Zealand tadpole shrimp|Tadpole shrimp]]
|''[[Lepidurus apus]]''
|[[Branchiopoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201795382/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|1 Apr 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[New Zealand giraffe weevil|Giraffe weevil]]
|''[[Lasiorhynchus barbicornis]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201794545/critter-of-the-week-with-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|24 Mar 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved, images
|-
|[[New Zealand longfin eel|Longfin eel]]
|''[[Anguilla dieffenbachii]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201793776/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|18 Mar 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved
|-
|New Zealand giant landsnails
|''[[Powelliphanta]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201792840/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|11 Mar 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[Foveaux shag]]
|''[[Leucocarbo stewarti]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201791882/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|4 Mar 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|created
|-
|[[Otago shag]]
|''[[Leucocarbo chalconotus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201791882/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|4 Mar 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved
|-
|[[Hutton's shearwater]]
|''[[Puffinus huttoni]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201790941/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|26 Feb 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved, images
|-
|[[Wood rose]]
|''[[Dactylanthus taylorii]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201790024/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|19 Feb 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved, images
|-
|[[Pouched lamprey|Lamprey]]
|''[[Geotria australis]]''
|[[Petromyzontida]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201789055/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|12 Feb 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|image
|-
|[[Open Bay Islands leech]]
|''[[Hirudobdella antipodum]]''
|[[Clitellata]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201788251/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|5 Feb 2016}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|improved
|-
|New Zealand trapdoor spiders
|''[[Cantuaria]]''
|[[Arachnida]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201787337/critter-of-the-week-the-trapdoor-spider {{Date table sorting|29 Jan 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Stub}}
|(add pics, move general material from C. dendyi)
|-
|[[New Zealand rock wren|Rock wren]]
|''[[Xenicus gilviventris]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201786427/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|22 Jan 2016}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|improved, images
|-
|Parapara
|''[[Pisonia brunoniana]]''
|[[Angiosperms]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201783424/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|18 Dec 2015}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(expand)
|-
|[[Stygofauna]]
|''[[Phreatogammarus fragilis]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201782481/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|11 Dec 2015}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|(pic, intro)
|-
|[[Australasian bittern]]
|''[[Botaurus poiciloptilus]]''
|[[Bird|Aves]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201781477/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|4 Dec 2015}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(expand, pics)
|-
|[[Robust grasshopper]]
|''[[Brachaspis robustus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201780549/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|27 Nov 2015}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|expand
|-
|[[Paranephrops|Koura]]
|''[[Paranephrops]]''
|[[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201779613/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|20 Nov 2015}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|needs expansion
|-
|[[Peripatus]]
|[[Onychophora]]
|[[Udeonychophora]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201778648/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|13 Nov 2015}}]
|{{Icon|B}}
|photos, video?
|-
|[[Gordian worm]]
|[[Nematomorpha]]
|Gordioidea
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201777689/critter-of-the-week {{Date table sorting|6 Nov 2015}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Could do with tidying, expansion
|-
|[[Archey's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma archeyi]]''
|[[Amphibia]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201776747/critter-of-the-week-archey's-frog {{Date table sorting|30 Oct 2015}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|(expand into sections, pics)
|-
|[[Canterbury knobbed weevil]]
|''[[Hadramphus tuberculatus]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201775916/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|23 Oct 2015}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Could expand–are all refs and news stories in there?
|-
|[[Leaf-veined slug]]
|''[[Athoracophorus]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201774940/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|16 Oct 2015}}]
|{{Icon|Start}}
|Very dry: need specific information
|-
|[[Canterbury mudfish]]
|''[[Neochanna burrowsius]]''
|[[Osteichthyes]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201773992/critter-of-the-week-canterbury-mudfish {{Date table sorting|9 Oct 2015}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Need a good photo of the fish
|-
|[[New Zealand bat fly]]
|''[[Mystacinobia zelandica]]''
|[[Insect|Insecta]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201773034/critter-of-the-week-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|2 Oct 2015}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|
|-
|[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Gravel maggot]]
|''[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Smeagol]]''
|[[Gastropoda]]
|[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201771036/bird-funding-crisis-nicola-toki {{Date table sorting|17 Sep 2015}}]
|{{Icon|C}}
|Need no. species clarified, fleshing out
|}

== Suggest a critter ==
The ''Critter of the Week'' regularly use suggestions from this list. Anyone can nominate a critter by adding it below.
# The perfect Critter of the Week is '''non-charismatic''' (not traditionally cute and cuddly), '''neglected''' (not appearing regularly in the media spotlight), and '''endangered'''.
# Check Wikipedia, and '''link to''' both its common name(s) and Latin name; red link if there's no article.
# What can they spend ten minutes talking about with your critter? "It's rare and we don't know much about it" isn't good radio. Give a short '''hook''' that explains what Nic and Jesse can talk about.
# '''References''' and names of people who can supply information about the critter would be great.

=== Plants ===

* Quillwort (''[[Isoetes aff. kirkii]])'': eyelash seaweed, a tiny seaweed known only from a few rocks near Kaikoura. Wendy Nelson good to talk to.
* ''[[Phylloglossum drummondii]]'': an odd clubmoss once found in the South and northern North Island, now just in a few remnant  bits of gumland scrub in Northland; Nationally Threatened. There are some links and an iNat photo suitable for adding.
* New Zealand anemone ''([[Anemone tenuicaulis]]''): Anemone is a misleading name, because most people think of sea anemones. But anemones are actually land plants.
* ''[[Myosotis bryonoma]]'' – At Risk/Naturally Uncommon South Island endemic forget-me-not. It’s only found in alpine bogs in Otago, has small bronze-coloured leaves, and is quite tiny and special! And the public helped come up with the name. Described in 2018 by Te Papa/Manaaki Whenua/Ahika scientists. Contact: Heidi Meudt.
* ''[[Myosotis retrorsa]]'' – At Risk/Naturally Uncommon South Island endemic forget-me-not. Described in 2018 by Te Papa/Manaaki Whenua/DOC scientists who realized they were looking at a new species based on comparison of previously collected specimens in the herbarium - some of them had never seen it in the field until after they published the new species! Contact: Heidi Meudt.
* ''[[Myosotis umbrosa]]'' – Threatened - Nationally Critical South Island forget-me-not. Described in 2018 by Te Papa/Manaaki Whenua/Ahika scientists. Very rarely seen or collected. Endemic to Otago, known only from the [[Rock and Pillar Range|Rock and Pillar]] and [[Lammerlaw Range|Lammerlaw]] Ranges, often at the base of tors. Contact: Heidi Meudt.
* ''[[Celmisia morganii]]'': a daisy found only in the Ngakawau River Gorge, Haggard Creek, Blackwater River on the West Coast, areas under investigation for a dam?
* ''[[Schistochila appendiculata]]'', the world’s biggest leafy liverwort.  https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10687/new-zealands-longest-liverwort  Common in wet areas, but fair to say it is underappreciated.
* ''[[Drymoanthus flavus]]'', Spotted Fleshy Tree Orchid - rare in wild.
* ''[[Aciphylla]]'', the speargrasses - many species of mostly spiky alpine plants. Is there a particular endangered species? Also the Māori collection of speargrass oil
* ''[[Trilepidea adamsii]]'', the Adams mistletoe, extinct in 1954 (if we wanted to talk about spotlighting plant extinctions)
* Kermadec koromiko (''[[Hebe breviracemosa]]'', now ''Veronica breviracemosa''), thought to be wiped out by goats, then for years only known from one specimen; dozens of plants later discovered by brave rock-climbing volunteers. [https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/kermadec-kororniko-back-from-the-brink-2/ NZGeo]
* ''[[Veronica obtusata]]'' - West Coast/Northern hebe
* ''[[Freycinetia banksii]]'' - kiekie. Has amazingly beautiful edible flower bracts, can be a menace if planted in urban settings.
* ''[[Tecomanthe speciosa]]'', a subtropical climber with big greeny-white flowers. Discovered on the Three Kings by Geoff Baylis, shortly before he also discovered ''[[Pennantia baylisiana]]''; like that species, it was down to a single individual, thanks to goats. Brought back from the brink, and now planted all over the warmer parts of New Zealand as a rampant building-coverer.
* ''[[Tupeia|Tupeia antarctica]]'', a native mistletoe, only one in its genus (named for [[Tupaia (navigator)|Tupaia]]). Threatened by possums, harbours lots of specialised insects, not showy and colourful like the other native mistletoes, just looks like a messy ball of leaves with greeny-white flowers. Hard to propagate from seed but grows on lots of small trees and even other native mistletoes! [https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/sanctuary-plays-host-mistletoe?fbclid=IwAR0rIKJ24REI-9VOQTTWCyzvPrYI0uKbEvrbnHv1OMO3Z8mN9Osv_-uoCEM Ref]

=== Fungi ===

* ''[[Clathrus archeri]]'' - or stinkhorn fungus, or devils fingers. Weird and amazing.
* ''[[Austropeltum glareosum]]'' – a lichen found only on the Denniston Plateau, where it is threatened by mining. Very restricted range (though also found in Australia) and a very small population. Lichens are totally cool – composite organisms that are really mini ecosystems!
* ''[[Caloplaca maculata]]'' – a very striking endemic lichen, restricted to [[Chatham Island]] and a couple of other places in the same archipelago.
* ''[[Hypocreopsis amplectens]]'', or tea tree fingers
* ''[[Deconica baylisiana]]'', an alpine pouch fungus that was recently rediscovered in the mountains of Otago, having not been seen for 50 years
* ''[[Abstoma purpureum]]'', a sand-dune puffball that may already be extinct. These last three were some of  30 native New Zealand fungi recently added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-underground-forest/ NZGeo article]. 

=== Insects ===

* ''[[Deinacrida talpa]]'', the giant mole wētā: found only in the Paparoas on the West Coast, it's the only burrowing giant wētā, digging a tunnel up to 30 cm long. [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517600 Ref]].
* [[Caedicia simplex|Common garden katydid]], native bush crickets, commonly heard chirping in gardens
* Southland chafer beetles ''([[Stethaspis pulchra]])'', rediscovered in 2005 after not being seen for 50 years, by a six-year-old who picked one out of a puddle in the car park as the expedition were loading up their vehicles. "Is this it?". Eric Edwards at DOC is the contact.
* Giant scale insects (''[[Coelostomidia]]'')
* ''[[Agrius convolvuli]]'', the kūmara hawkmoth or hīhue, known as the convulvulus hawkmoth overseas, and a pest of kūmara plantings across the Pacific. Lots of Māori lore on its control. Has startlingly-huge horned caterpillars in a wide range of colours.
* ''[[Culiseta novaezealandiae]]'', the endemic and range-restricted mosquito
* ''[[Xanthorhoe bulbulata]]'', a nationally critical, brightly coloured, day flying moth that hasn't been seen since 1991 but was once common in the South Island & seen during the months of September and March. Possibly do a programme in those months to see if anyone spots it? Possible tie in with a discussion on Ahi Pepe | MothNet project?
* ''[[Holcaspis brevicula]]'', a Canterbury ground beetle now surviving only in a single pine plantation.
* ''[[Philanisus plebeius]]'', the marine caddisfly (one of very very few marine insects), found around coastal NZ. The most common of 5 species in their own family (endemic to NZ, but recently introduced to Australia), dating back 90 million years to Gondwana. [https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/handle/10063/4485 ref], [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01724.x ref], [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323807844_Egg_characteristics_and_oviposition_behaviour_of_the_aquatic_insect_orders_Ephemeroptera_Plecoptera_and_Trichoptera_in_New_Zealand_a_review ref], Brian Smith good to talk to.
* Botanical moth (''[[Sabulopteryx botanica]]''), initially described as a larva from a pressed herbarium plant collected in 1961, then discovered in the "wild" in Christchurch Botanic Garden living in the rare small-leaved shrub ''[[Teucrium parvifolium]]''.
* Cloudy Bay mat daisy jumper, ''[[Kiwaia]]'' "Cloudy Bay", an undescribed species of flightless moth found in coastal Marlborough and rediscovered in 2021 after being feared extinct; lives on ''Raoulia'' daisies which are eaten by rabbits. [https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/126469149/rediscovery-of-tiny-marlborough-moth-feared-extinct-hugely-exciting?rm=a ref] [https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/126455784/tiny-marlborough-moth-feared-extinct-found-on-coast ref]
* ''[[Hoherius|Hoherius meinertzhageni]]'', the ribbonwood fungus weevil with its interesting sexual dimorphism and two male morphs with different weaponry.
* ''[[Pison morosum]]'', only endemic species of ''Pison'' wasp in Aotearoa

=== Other inverts ===

* ''[[Dolomedes aquaticus]]'', fishing spider (although we've already done ''D. dondalei'')
* ''[[Pacificana cockayni]]'', the Bounty Island spider, a little known endemic genus

=== Non-bird vertebrates (warning: potentially charismatic!) ===

* Widebody pipefish (''[[Stigmatopora nigra]]''), UC student studying female sexual ornamentation and competition for males to rear the eggs, gender reveral but more dramatic than in sea horses. [https://metronews.co.nz/article/new-article-184 ref]
* Southern burrfish (''[[Allomycterus pilatus]]''), which can blow itself up to the size of a basketball. [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130689822/small-fish-that-puffed-up-to-the-size-of-a-basketball-gives-family-a-fright ''Stuff'' story]
* [[Open Bay Islands skink|Open Bay Islands]] gecko, a package deal; callback to the Open Bay Islands land leech of 5 Feb 2016
* Taumaka skink (''[[Open Bay Islands skink|Oligosoma taumakae]])'', also from the [[Open Bay Islands]] and recently rediscovered on the mainland, along with the land leech?
*West Coast green gecko (''[[Naultinus tuberculatus]]''), currently holding up the building of the Cobden reservoir
* [[Wellington green gecko]] (''Naultinus punctatus'')
* Awakopaka skink (''[[Oligosoma awakopaka]]''): Nationally Critical. Known from a single individual, found in the Homer Saddle in Fiordland: name means "glacier skink".
* Hura te ao gecko (''[[Mokopirirakau galaxias]]''): Discovered in 2018, described 2021. Beautiful black-eyed spotted gecko, found in Central Otago while looking for Oteake skinks. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/452616/report-confirms-four-new-species-of-lizard-in-new-zealand Ref]. One of four new NZ reptile species described that year alone.
* Dark toadfish (''[[Neophrynichthys latus]]'')
* Tohu gecko / te mokomoko a Tohu (''[[Hoplodactylus tohu]]''): a new (2023) gecko species from Cook Strait, split from our largest gecko species, named by Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui. [https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5228.3.3 Description], [https://theconversation.com/meet-te-mokomoko-a-tohu-a-new-species-of-new-zealand-gecko-hidden-in-plain-sight-195093 ref]

=== Birds (warning: def. charismatic) ===
* ''[[Cyanoramphus forbesi]]'', Forbes' parakeet, that only lives on Mangere and Little Mangere Island
* ''[[Pterodroma magentae]]'', Chatham Island taiko or magenta petrel - seabird that was thought to be extinct discovered on Rekohu, Chatham Island, 1978, currently trying to save the species!
* ''[[Phalacrocorax featherstoni]]'', [[Pitt Island shag]], another Chatham Islands special
* ''[[Leucocarbo carunculatus]]'', King Shag: NZ is the country with the most endemic shag species; this is one of them
*''[[Fregetta maoriana]]'', New Zealand Storm Petrel - thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 2003 in Hauraki gulf on Little Barrier Island.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Former Critters of the Week listed on the [http://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/threatened-species-ambassador/critter-of-the-week/ Department of Conservation website]
* Critters of the Week listed on the [http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/collections/critter-of-the-week RNZ website] (this is not necessarily comprehensive; and if the Critter concerned has not had a web page created for that broadcast, make a note in the Critter list and we'll harass RNZ.)

[[Category:Critter of the Week]]