I’ve been trying to get a photo of a Red Admiral on Ongaonga for a while. Finally today I achieved my goal. Ongaonga can be deadly to humans but is the natural habitat of the Red Admiral.
If the recent possible sighting and audio recording of the South Island kōkako were of interest to you I recommend listening to the NZBCs account of the dying years of the Huia with first-hand accounts of actual and possible sightings. https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=217473
I sound a bit stilted on this but it was really cool to be interviewed as part of Porirua library’s Imagine This summer festival where I talk about making dioramas for illustration.