Whaling
Kaputī and kaitiakitanga in Taemaro Bay
Sandra Heihei is the 17th generation of her family living in remote Taemaro Bay. She and her husband Alfonso live off grid and are among kaitiaki of this ancestral coastal land. Passing on knowledge… Audio
Museum stop - Kaikoura District Museum
Mountains, whales, and a dramatic coastline - we're in Kaikoura today for our museum stop. Housed in the landmark craypot building Kaikoura Museum https://kaikoura-museum.co.nz/ highlights the area's… Audio
Season 2 Ep 9: Whaling & Sealing
Marine mammals were a source of food and clothing for Māori and Moriori, and valuable oil for Europeans. Hunting them brought cultures together, made fortunes and cost lives but today it's saving them… Video, Audio
Tu Neill: presenting a window into a Japanese whaling village
Ayukawa is a remote village that sits on the southern tip of the Oshika Peninsula in northeastern Japan. Once a prominent whaling town, the decline in demand for whale meat coupled with the… Video, Audio
A sod house mystery on Motu Ihupuku
The southernmost island of Aotearoa has a twisted history that is literally clouded in mist. Historian and conservationist Norm Judd has been looking at the history of Motu Ihupuku, or Campbell… Audio, Gallery
Japan still hunts whales - it's just moved its hunting grounds
Japan has returned to commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years - but it's sticking to its own territorial waters. Is this why the world's gone quiet over it? Audio
Japan re-starts commercial whaling
Japan is resuming its commercial whaling activities from today, following a three-decade hiatus, but to do this legally Japan's fleet will now be confined to is own waters, up to 200 miles offshore… Audio
'Wild Dunedin': Otago animals
The 'Wild Dunedin' podcast tells stories about the wild things, large and small, that live around the city. For example, the southern right whale used to be a common sight- and sound!- around Dunedin… Audio
Japan plans to leave the International Whaling Commission to resume hunting
There's been no confirmation of the move, but the Japanese government has informed MPs of the decision, according to reports.
Japanese whale hunters kill 122 pregnant minke
Japanese hunters caught and killed 333 minke whales in total as part of its Antarctic summer "field survey".
Book charts changing face of Otago Peninsula
An environmental historian charts the transformation of the Otago Peninsula from rich forest to grassy pasture in the book "The Face of Nature." Audio
Sea Shepherd abandons whale mission over Japan tech
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd will not fight the Japanese whaling vessels in the Southern Ocean this year.
Japanese whaling organisation stands by deal
The Japanese organisation overseeing whaling operations in the Southern Ocean says it stands by a deal to avoid confrontation with Sea Shepherd.
Main Japanese whaler 'nearby' - Sea Shepherd
Conservation group Sea Shepherd has found four Japanese whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, but is still looking for the Nisshin Maru.
Japan to need whale-sized reason to continue hunt
The world's whaling watchdog has voted for stricter scrutiny of an exemption allowing whales to be killed for scientific research.
Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback whales
Satellite tagging has revealed that humpback whales that breed in Oceania socialise at Raoul Island in the Kermadecs and has shown where in Antarctica they go to feed. Audio
NZ will keep fighting whale hunt - McCully
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has criticised Japan for continuing whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Southern right whales back from brink of extinction
Whaling in the 1800s nearly caused the extinction of southern right whales around New Zealand, and the population is slowly recovering from a low of just 110-or-so animals in the 1920s.
Sea Shepherd caught short as Japan extends whaling search area
The Japanese whaling fleet seems to be winning its annual battle with Sea Shepherd in the Southern Ocean. Audio
Sea Shepherd stretched as Japanese ramp up whaling
The Japanese whaling fleet appears to have side-stepped its long-time adversaries, Sea Shepherd. Audio
