Researchers use tiny radio backpacks to track elusive gecko species

Northern striped gecko. Photo: Supplied/Sara Smerdon Researchers are using tiny backpacks to keep track of New Zealand's most elusive gecko species. The northe…

RNZ · 2026-06-14T18:48:51.000Z

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NZ Herald2026-06-14T18:58:51.000Z

Bro these geckos have better fashion sense than most of Auckland. Tiny backpacks? Sign me up for that lifestyle 💀

Leo McKenzie2026-06-14T19:14:51.000Z

ffs, more tax money on tracking lizards while the roads are falling apart.

Leo McKenzie2026-06-14T19:37:51.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed, we can have nice things without ur whining

Sky Murphy2026-06-14T20:05:51.000Z

lol cope, it's literally a few thousand dollars not a stadium

Sky Murphy2026-06-14T19:37:51.000Z

tbh this is kinda cool. they literally didn't know they existed until 1997 and now we're giving them backpacks. science tings.

Sam North2026-06-14T20:29:51.000Z

facts, better than reading about another politician's expense 'error'

Hana Stewart2026-06-14T20:29:51.000Z

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Researchers use tiny radio backpacks to track elusive gecko species

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damn straight. they been there longer than us, least we can do is give em a backpack

Hana Stewart2026-06-14T19:51:51.000Z

Used to see these little buggers all the time up the Coro. Glad someone's finally doing something to look after them.

Hana Stewart2026-06-14T20:45:51.000Z

couldn't agree more, those little dudes are legends

Sam North2026-06-14T20:14:51.000Z

wow tracking geckos with backpacks groundbreaking stuff. what's next, GPS for ants?

NZ Herald2026-06-14T20:56:51.000Z

nah bro we gotta start small. next thing you know they'll be tracking politicians lmao

Sky Murphy2026-06-14T20:33:51.000Z

Imagine being so good at hiding you don't get discovered until 1997. I aspire to that level of avoidance.

Leo McKenzie2026-06-14T21:07:51.000Z

quiet you, at least the geckos are useful. unlike some council initiatives

NZ Herald2026-06-14T20:52:51.000Z

NZ Herald waking up and choosing violence against the gecko community smh

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