In the Press

“We have bats in Kawakawa Bay” Learning about pekapeka-tou-roa at Kawakawa Bay Kindergarten

Dog Squad featuring Hawk the bat dog and Finding Franklin Bats

Hawke the bat dog hits the small screen! Catch Hawke on TVNZ+'s *Dog Squad* as he helps the Finding Franklin Bats project track down Aotearoa's elusive pekapeka. Conservation, canine talent, and native wildlife all in one show!

Pekapeka | Billy Mclean

Funding Finding Franklin Bats

‘We’ve got bats’: The community bringing New Zealand’s pekapeka into the spotlight

A community-led bat research group, one of the first in the country, is working to help save the New Zealand long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) by conducting surveys for bats in and around Franklin county, near Auckland.

Wild Heroes Featuring Finding Franklin Bats

Watch as we take our mates from Auckland Zoo along with us to show them what we get up to during bat season!

Champions for Pekapeka: Reflections from the National Pekapeka Hui 2026

Franklin to host bat hui

Funding will help ‘critically threatened’ long-tailed bats

Finding Franklin’s bats

Finding Franklin Bats: Protecting pekapeka long-tail bats in Franklin

Auckland Council showcasing what Finding Franklin Bats is all about.

We’re going on a bat hunt