Conservation
Jim Shockey: People are the biggest threat to hunters
Jim Shockey's profession as a hunter often sees him and his family receive death threats from people.He explains to Jim what an ethical hunter is and how they are part of conservation efforts. Audio
Dr Helen Taylor - Tuatara sperm caught on camera
Dr. Helen Taylor received her PhD from Victoria University and has research interests that span conservation genetics, ecology, behaviour and reproductive biology. She currently works in the… Audio, Gallery
Our Changing World for 7 March 2019
We've a story about bull kelp and earthquake uplift for Seaweek, and we meet some volunteer kakapo helpers. Audio
Kākāpō helpers
Volunteers from around the world are helping the kākāpō team, with tasks ranging from feeding birds and people, looking after the power system on Whenua Hou and studying kākāpō sperm. We meet them in… Audio
Waikato illustrator collaborates with UK National Trust
Angela Keoghan's illustrations feature in the children's book How To Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear, put out by the National Trust in the UK. Angela's work came to the attention of the… Audio, Gallery
New tech trialled ahead of 1080 drop
A Taranaki conservation group is trialling the use of drones, battery-powered self-priming traps and infrared cameras ahead of a 1080 drop in Egmont National Park. Audio
Kākāpō rangers
There is a hard-working team of island rangers helping save kākāpō, working day and night, and the chick tally has reached 44, in episode 11 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio
Our Changing World for 28 February 2019
Professor Allan Blackman from AUT explores the chemical elements actinium and americium, and the Kakapo Files podcast catches up with the work of the island rangers. Audio
Giant tortoise feared extinct found on remote Galapagos island
A giant tortoise from a species last seen 110 years ago has been rediscovered on a remote volcanic island in the Galapagos National Park.
Our Changing World for 21 February 2019
A citizen science project on plastic pollution in streams and flying kākāpō sperm takes to the air. Audio
Flying kākāpō sperm
In a world-first for kākāpō conservation, a drone (nicknamed the 'spermcopter') has flown kākāpō sperm across Whenua Hou / Codfish Island - the Kākāpō Files was there for episode 10. Audio
Govt funds research into alternative to 1080
The Government has committed $19.5 million to find alternatives to 1080 poison, in line with New Zealand First's opposition to the pesticide. Audio
Our Changing World for 14 February 2019
The evolution of the Kiwi accent, and many more kakapo eggs and chicks. Audio
On the island
More than 160 kākāpō eggs have been laid and the first 21 chicks have hatched, but there is also news of the first chick death, in episode 9 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio
Archey's frogs thriving in the King Country
The King Country population of the highly threatened Archey's frog is thriving, thanks to years of rat control. Audio
Our Changing World for 7 February 2019
Archey's frogs are thriving thanks to rat control, and the first kakapo chicks have hatched and their mothers are mating again. Audio
Round two begins
The chicks that have hatched are off to Dunedin, the females have started mating again, and there is breeding action on Hauturu, all in episode 8 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio
Our Changing World for 31 January 2019
How to squish drugs through the skin using nanotechnology, and keeping up with the kakapo. Audio
The chicks are hatching
The first two chicks of the 2019 kākāpō breeding season have hatched and the exciting news keeps coming in, in episode 7 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio
The Kākāpō Files: Full House
Forty eight out of fifty kākāpō females on the southern islands have mated, nesting is well underway and the first AI has been carried out, all in episode 6 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio
