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Nicola Toki

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Nicola Toki is a long-time champion for New Zealand’s native wildlife and wild places, the "critter lady", a nature storyteller, and currently the chief executive of Forest & Bird.

Image: Archi Banal

An election reality sandwich

There are no bigger 'bread and butter' issues than the health of our environment and future of our climate.

By Nicola Toki | 8th October, 2023

A North Island brown kiwi. Image: Getty

1080 does not kill kiwis – on the contrary, it helps them live

Misleading remarks in the media erode public confidence in a pest-control tool we urgently need to save species.

By Nicola Toki | 5th January, 2019

A North Island brown kiwi. Image: Getty

1080 does not kill kiwis – on the contrary, it helps them live

Misleading remarks in the media erode public confidence in a pest-control tool we urgently need to save species.

By Nicola Toki | 17th July, 2018

The survival of many of NZ’s endemic species, such as this North Island kōkākō chick, rests in our hands. (Department of Conservation).

Why the survival of NZ’s wildlife is in our hands

The idea that New Zealand's threatened species can somehow safely ‘co-exist’ with the onslaught of introduced predators is irresponsible and untrue, writes the Department of Conservation's Nicola Toki.

By Nicola Toki | 5th February, 2018

Killing with kindness

Killing with kindness

As New Zealanders rally our collective efforts in the pursuit of the ‘crazy and ambitious’ goal of a Predator Free New Zealand by 2050, we mustn’t lose our hearts, writes Nicola Toki.

By Nicola Toki | 14th October, 2017

Love lifts us up: Nicola Toki fangirls out meeting Jane Goodall in NZ

Love lifts us up: Nicola Toki fangirls out meeting Jane Goodall in NZ

Jane Goodall is mostly famous her work with chimpanzees. Her greater feat, writes lifelong admirer Nicola Toki, is showing that we are deeply connected to the living world around us – that through kindness, we can turn things around for our planet.

By Nicola Toki | 30th June, 2017