Chris’s seabird research has involved a lot of time at sea amassing seabird observations, and together with visits to island locations, provided much-needed information about seabird populations in northern New Zealand. His collaborative efforts in perfecting at-sea capture techniques has led to the discovery of the breeding site for the NZ storm-petrel, the discovery of a new species of seabird in Chile (Pincoya storm-petrel) and research into another storm-petrel in the Galapagos. Chris is a founding Trustee of the Northern NZ Seabird Trust with its goals of supporting seabird research and restoration projects.