3 Apr 2025

Jeannie Hayden: wild hero

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 3 April 2025

The Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature is a celebration of all that Dunedin and its incredible natural environment is ... and could be.

Jeannie Hayden, this year's winner of the Wild Hero Award.

Jeannie Hayden, this year's winner of the Wild Hero Award. Photo: SUPPLIED/Isabella Harrex

It educates as well as entertains and that's largely due to the efforts of Jeannie Hayden, this year's recipient of the festival's Wild Hero Award.

Jeannie has spent her life giving a voice to our natural environment by telling its stories and now ... it's time to find out a bit more about hers.

Jeannie joins Jesse from her home on the Otago peninsula.

Jeannie Hayden

Jeannie Hayden Photo: SUPPLIED/Isabella Harrex

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