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.

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Mountains reflected in lake at sunset, Lake Matheson, Mount Tasman and Mount Cook, Westland National Park, South Island, New Zealand

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.

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Clouds and mountains reflected in lake, Lake Matheson, Mount Tasman and Mount Cook, Westland National Park, New Zealand

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