
Biodiversity & Ecosystems - Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Plants, fungi, lichen, microbes and animals keep our ecosystems and ecological landscapes connecting the mountains to the sea. Each of the photos below has a sustainability commentary along with some photographers’ comments about creating the images as well as the photo specifications. All these can be accessed by simply clicking on the images.
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"Not in our place you won't" • Rod Hay
"Friends" • Noelle Bennett
"Dandelion" • Nicola Pye
"The sun is always shining somewhere" • Rod Hay
“Eye of the Hunter” • Paul Sorrell
"Lean on me" • Henrik Moller
"Low Tide Landscape with Seal" • Trevor Douglas
"Blossom Photographer" • Trevor Douglas
"Sunburst lichen" • Noelle Bennett
"Fishing the Waitaki River Mouth" • Trevor Douglas
"Glacial Retreat"• Rod Hay
"Hey! What's that?" • Noelle Bennett
"Pond Dancing" • Tim Heath
"Southerly" • Trevor Douglas
"Baby B-Dots" • Noelle Bennett
"Vegetable cicada" • Noelle Bennett
"Bull kelp chiton" • Noelle Bennett
"Intertidal companions" • Noelle Bennett
"Green chiton - brown morph" • Noelle Bennett
"Green Chiton" • Noelle Bennett
"Ultimate Packaging" • Tim Heath
"Red Rag to a Bull (1)" • Henrik Moller
"Red rag to a Bull (3)" • Henrik Moller
"Crustose Lichen" • Noelle Bennett
"Flatworm" • Noelle Bennett
"Final Inspection" • Noelle Bennett
"Joie de vivre" • Noelle Bennett
"Snakeskin Chiton with seaslugs" • Noelle Bennett
"A different perspective" • Noelle Bennett
"Tubeworm convolutions" • Noelle Bennett
"Snakeskin chiton with top shells" • Noelle Bennett
"Pensive" • Noelle Bennett
"The uninvited" • Noelle Bennett
"In the pink" • Noelle Bennett
"Fog Over Farmland" • Trevor Douglas
"Entoloma elegance" • Noelle Bennett
"Quick tidy up" • Noelle Bennett
“The Thousand-yard Stare” • Paul Sorrell
"Sandymount" • Trevor Douglas
"Family dynamics" • Noelle Bennett
"Empty Nest" • Trevor Douglas
"Alone" • Noelle Bennett
"Cup fungus" • Noelle Bennett
"The Face of Climate Change" • Ann Wheatley
“In the Spotlight” • Noelle Bennett
“Middlemarch rocks” • Noelle Bennett
“Progress?” • Noelle Bennett
"Where green isn't welcome" • Rod Hay
"Pūrākaunui Chandeliers" • Tim Heath
"Katiki Point Pine Forest" • Nicola Pye
"Call of the Kakaruwai" • Paul Sorrell
"Here comes the sun" • Rod Hay
“Penguin Welcome” • Paul Sorrell
"Bouyant" • Henrik Moller
"Dawn Patrol" • Henrik Moller
"Sugar Rush" • Henrik Moller
"Glasswort" • Henrik Moller
"Easyriders Through the Pig Root" • Henrik Moller
"Mackenzie Wet and Dry" • Rod Hay
"Korimako Waiata" • Rod Hay
"Ghost Allium" • Nicola Pye
"Owlish" • Tim Heath
"Pine Pollen in a Puddle" • Tim Heath
"Long Beach Sky" • Tim Heath
"From the Bedroom Window in Winter" • Tim Heath
"Ready for Take-off" • Rod Hay
"Pōhutukawa perfection" • Noelle Bennett
“Para Wetlands” • Noelle Bennett
"Wooly Bird's Nest fungi" • Noelle Bennett
"The Walking Dead" • Trevor Douglas
"Tussock haven" • Noelle Bennett
"Sea Lion Pup Trio" • Paul Sorrell
"Peninsula Sunset" • Trevor Douglas
"Sulphur Mountain" • Henrik Moller
"Paeora Estuary" • Henrik Moller
"Kanohi ki kanohi (Face-to-face)" • Henrik Moller
"Lion King" • Henrik Moller
"Flying Home" • Rod Hay
"Flowers & Forest" • Henrik Moller
"Red Lines" • Henrik Moller
"Goose step" • Henrik Moller
"Keeping Company" • Henrik Moller
"Good Morning" • Henrik Moller
"Arrival of the Pakahā Chicks" • Ann Wheatley
“Utopian Sunset” • Noelle Bennett
“In Full Voice” • Paul Sorrell
“In the Pink” • Noelle Bennett
“Too Close for Comfort” • Noelle Bennett
“Kea Just Wanna Have Fun” • Paul Sorrell
“Ocean Wanderer” • Noelle Bennett
"Wild & Windy" • Ann Wheatley
"Bonsai beauty" • Noelle Bennett
"Coy" • Noelle Bennett
"Mount Rochfort paradox" • Noelle Bennett
“Williams' Bon Chrétien” • Nicola Pye
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