Doug Gimesy / White-capped mollymawk / albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Winner of Animal Portrait category in the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of...

Duncan Murrell / New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis), Lake Waikaremoana, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand giraffe weevil is endemic to New Zealand and is its longest beetle in the world.

Richard Robinson / Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) offshore, Northern New Zealand. Editorial use only.

Andy Trowbridge / Kea (Nestor notabilis) juvenile in flight. Arthur's Pass National Park, South Island, New Zealand. Endangered Species.

Richard Robinson / False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) breaching, Northern New Zealand Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) travelling with a pod of pelagic Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Northern New Zealand Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) travelling with a pod of pelagic Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Northern New Zealand Editorial use only.

Richard Robinson / False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) surfacing Northern New Zealand Editorial use only.

Michel Roggo / Rangimairewhenua or Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes National Park, South Island, New Zealand, February 2013. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Richard Robinson / Snares crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) on rock washed with sea surf, Snares (Tine Heke) Sub Antarctic Island Group, Southern Ocean, New Zealand. December 2016. Editorial use only.

Mark Carwardine / Fiordland crested penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) in dense coastal forest, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, November, threatened species

Mark Carwardine / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) rear view in dense coastal forest, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, November, threatened species

Mark Carwardine / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) head portrait in dense coastal forest, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, November, threatened species

Richard Robinson / Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) head on just below surface, another in background, off the West Coast of Auckland, New Zealand, February

Richard Robinson / Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) profile portrait, just below surface, off the West Coast of Auckland, New Zealand, February

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) split level view, New Zealand, March.

Tony Wu / Juvenile Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) resting in shallows, possibly to thermoregulate, Carnac Island, Western Australia.

Brent Stephenson / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) on New Zealand flax (Phormium) flowerhead, with yellow pollen on head, Te Awanga Lagoon, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) flying over sea, Off Stewart Island, New Zealand, November, Vulnerable species.

Brent Stephenson / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) flying low over the sea, off Stewart Island, New Zealand, November, Vulnerable species.

Brent Stephenson / Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) moving through water, off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) flying with waves breaking below, Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand, October.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand peripatus / Velvet worm (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) spitting out a sticky trap at its prey, Kahuranaki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) just below surface, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, June.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) viewed from below, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) worked from below with rays of sun, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.

Richard Robinson / A Blue shark (Prionace glauca) just below the surface, with nictitating membrane partially shut to protect its eye, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, June.

Mark MacEwen / Northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi), early pairing behaviour, Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Endangered.

Mark MacEwen / Snare's island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) colony on the coast, high angle view, Snares Island, New Zealand.

Mark MacEwen / Snares island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) in forest, Snares Island, New Zealand.

Mark MacEwen / Snares island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) colony in forest, Snares Island, New Zealand.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Chatham stream on the main Chatham island, New Zealand, March 2014.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) surfacing near Bounty Island, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand, March. Endangered species.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) portrait on rocks, Antipodes Island, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand, March. Endangered species.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) in flight, Auckland Island, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, near Campbell Islands, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, near Campbell Islands, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Tui De Roy / Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) close up showing sensory facial feathers, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, Southland, New Zealand, February. Critically endangered

Andy Trowbridge / Two Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) chicks standing together. Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, January. Endangered Species.

Andy Trowbridge / Four Yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) walking up a sand dune towards their nests, Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. September. Endangered Species.

Andy Trowbridge / Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) walking up a sand dune towards its nest. Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. February. Endangered Species.

Tui De Roy / Snares Crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) group walking up granite slope into Oleander forest, Station Point colony. Snares Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands.

Tui De Roy / Snares Crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) bathing in freshwater pool, Snares Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic and vulnerable species.

Tui De Roy / Snares-crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) walking along rocks, Snares Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic and vulnerable species.

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) pair. Antipodes Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic to Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Endangered species.

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri) feeding young chick. Antipodes Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic to Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Endangered species.

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri) pair. Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic to Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Endangered species.

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri) portrait, Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic to Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Endangered species.