Kiwi

Kiwi have returned to the wild in Wellington after a long absense. Veronika Meduna heads out into the field to see how Capital Kiwi Project's mahi is paying off. Audio

We're checking in with Wellington's newly-released kiwi. Last November, for the first time in around 100 years, eleven North Island brown kiwi were released into the Makara hills after an ambitious… Audio

Paul Ward first appeared on Nine to Noon in 2018 when he outlined an ambitious plan to reintroduce wild kiwi to Wellington within five years. Four years later, 13 North Island brown have been released… Audio

Six kiwi have been released onto the Kaitake range in Te Papakura o Taranaki / Egmont National Park today where the call of our national bird has been absent for decades.

The release is a milestone… Audio

An ecologist and a mathematician discover that teaching a computer to recognise bird calls from acoustic recorders is an interesting challenge. Audio

A member of the 'most isolated family in New Zealand', Chris Long grew up at Gorge River on the West Coast. He now resides in Norway, where he works at the Tromso Wilderness Centre taking visitors on… Audio

The ambitious mission to bring back a large-scale wild kiwi population to Wellington's backyard is now entering stage two, and is on target for the birds' return to Wellington in as early as 2021… Video, Audio, Gallery

Kiwi musician Noah Slee is back in the country and will be taking the stage at the Splore Festival later this morning. He joins the show to discuss his return and the inspiration behind his new single… Audio

Professor Tyler Cowen is a big supporter of immigration -- when it's done right -- but warns the New Zealand government needs to continue with its policy of not allowing China to get too much… Audio

Should we do away with calling ourselves "Kiwis"? Columnist Paul Little thinks so, saying the term is too cute, too twee, and stops people from taking us seriously. Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Actor Peter Elliott on a topic that has been nagging away at him for a while now - what people from this country should… Audio

Americans are more likely than any other nationality to say their country is the 'best in the world'. That's the finding from a project by the Guardian, which surveyed 23 of the world's biggest… Audio

Researchers have found out what made two of our famous birds flightless, but with this new discovery will scientists now try to reverse it? Audio

Reintroducing wild kiwi to Wellington within the next five years is no doubt an ambitious plan but it's also achievable, says Paul Stanley Ward, the founder and leader of the conservation project… Audio, Gallery