Ms Judd, a ranger for the grand and Otago skink recovery programme, was one of two new presenters for the joint Doc and Television New Zealand series previously fronted by Nic Vallance.
The other was former Doc grand and Otago skink recovery programme director James Reardon, who was now the department's threatened fauna and ecosystems technical officer in Wellington.
He would present the 10 North Island episodes being filmed for the series this season.
This week, Ms Judd (27) was filming 10 episodes featuring Otago's jewelled geckos, yellow-eyed and blue penguins, royal albatross, fur seals and spoonbills.
"We get to go somewhere great, talk about special creatures, tell their story and talk to Doc rangers and community groups."
Working in front of a camera would be a first for Ms Judd, as was writing scripts for the series.
It was an "awesome" show which showed New Zealanders that all walks of life were involved in conservation, she said.
"We'll be doing some on quite endangered species and others will be fun, like the royal spoonbills which is a quirky, fun kind of story."
For Ms Judd, it extended the advocacy role she had taken on as part of her work with the skinks.
"I'll be doing it with heaps more species [now]."
For the past five years, since graduating with a zoology degree and a postgraduate diploma in wildlife management from the University of Otago, she had been working with the skink programme doing monitoring and captive management work.
"I've always had a passion for critters."
The series would be aired on TV7 after the channel was launched in March.
