Dung Beetles
Local school children release dung beetles on Mahia Peninsula
A large number of dung beetles were set loose on the Māhia Peninsula on Tuesday as part of a community initiative to improve the soil quality and manage run off from farm paddocks. Audio
Beetle Mania
One man’s decades-long fight to deal with New Zealand’s farm effluent problems by bringing dung beetles to New Zealand. Audio
Dung beetles for farms
Last week in our regular solving the world's problems our rural Hawke's Bay correspondent Steve Wyn-Harris told me about his new dung beetles and we were curious to know more about how they can be… Audio
Could dung beetles save our waterways?
Dung beetles are a natural and efficient way to to get nutrients down into the soil, keeps pastures clean and, in turn, help mitigate runoff into streams, says Dr Shaun Fogie of Dung Beetle… Audio
Could dung beetles save our waterways?
Dung beetles are a natural and efficient way to to get nutrients down into the soil, keeps pastures clean and, in turn, help mitigate runoff into streams, says Dr Shaun Fogie of Dung Beetle…
AudioDung Beetles - Chris Clay
A group involved in rearing Dung Beetles and an international award winning science and technology educator, have teamed-up to use the little creatures to switch young minds onto the wonders of… Audio