Tui
Tui, Auckland's oldest pest-detection dog, retires
It is retirement day for "Mrs Consistent" after practically a life time with her nose to the grind stone.
Tui is a Foxy-Jack-Russell-cross who sniffs out rats and mice that threaten native wildlife… Video, Audio
Woof Woof the talking tui
Woof Woof the talking tui inspired University of Otago student Joel Zwartz to find out how birds and people talk. Audio
Woof Woof the talking tui
Woof Woof the talking tui inspired University of Otago student Joel Zwartz to find out how birds and people talk.
AudioNative birds doing well in Wellington
A renaissance in native forest bird numbers in the capital is helped by urban bush and Predator Free Wellington efforts. Audio
Native birds doing well in Wellington
A renaissance in native forest bird numbers in the capital is helped by urban bush and Predator Free Wellington efforts.
AudioFlap battles: Tuneful rivals ruffle tui's feathers
Tui get more aggressive towards rivals who are better singers, Massey University researchers have discovered.
Everybody has rats
John Innes is a scientist at Landcare Research and an expert on rats among other things. He was the man who helped bring tui back to Hamilton. Audio
Dianne Brunton: bird songs and dialects
Kim Hill talks to Professor Dianne Brunton, who founded the Ecology and Conservation Group at the Albany campus of Massey University, and currently heads the Institute of Natural and Mathematical… Audio
Flying High
Bush Haven is a bird sanctuary near Invercargill where retired couple Russell and May Evans breed Kaka chicks for release and care for injured native birds, mainly Kereru and Tui, until they can go… Audio, Gallery
Tui population soars
The number of tuis on Banks Peninsula is estimated to have trebled in the past seven years. Video
Tui take off in Canterbury
Tui are making a dramatic comeback in the lowlands of Canterbury. Audio
Bird Rescue
Dawne Morton is "The Bird Woman of Whanganui". She's been part of the Bird Rescue Centre near the city for nearly thirty years. Every year over a thousand mainly native birds are nursed back to full… Audio
Bird Rescue
Dawne Morton is "The Bird Woman of Whanganui". She's been part of the Bird Rescue Centre near the city for nearly thirty years. Every year over a thousand mainly native birds are nursed back to full…
AudioTui suffer lead poisoning
For the first time ever tui have been found with lead poisoning and nobody can figure out how it got into the birds' food chain. Audio
Tui discovered with lead poisoning for the first time ever
For the first time ever, tui have been found with lead poisoning. Audio
Tiritiri 25
Tiritiri Matangi means 'buffeted by wind'. These days the windy island just off Auckland is a bushy sanctuary to thousands of native birds. Some of them hadn't been seen in Auckland for a hundred… Audio
Tui's start breeding on Chatham Islands
After twenty five years this sound is finally returning to the Chatham Islands. Audio
