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Midday Report Essentials for Monday 21st July 2025
In today's episode, more expensive food, rents and power prices have driven inflation to a 12-month high; Hamilton police are still looking for the people and weapons involved in a deadly brawl in… Audio
Council calls for tougher dog laws, rescuers overwhelmed
Auckland Council impounded more than 12,000 dogs last year - more than half were euthanised. Frontline rescuers and local leaders say the crisis requires immediate on-the-ground action and law reform.
Critter of the Week: Alicella Gigantea
This week's critter of the week loves freezing temperatures, no sunlight and extreme pressure. It lives at extreme depths, seven kilometres down, not just surviving but thriving. Nicola Toki joins… Audio
MPI on campylobacter study showing four die a year
A just released study by public health researchers say on average four people die a year from campylobacter infections. MPI Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Four die each year from campylobacter: Study
Figures provided in a just released study show since 2008 there have been an average of 36,500 symptomatic cases of campylobacter each year, 535 people on average are hospitalized annually and four… Audio
Protecting the Pukunui (the Southern NZ Dotterel)
Rakiura / Stuart Island is home to 105 Pukunui. It's the only place in the world they can be found Doc class them as 'Threatened - Nationally Critical'. Just one step away from extinction. Audio
Bringing back extinct animals: Why, how and why again?
Sir Peter Jackson got everyone talking with his plans to bring back the moa (in in partnership with the Ngai Tahu Research Centre at Canterbury University and Canterbury Museum). But he's not the… Audio
Our Changing World: Sea pods
Last year, 100 flower-shaped rocky structures were installed along the shoreline of Tauranga’s waterfront.
These artificial rockpools, called ‘sea pods’, are designed to provide habitat for marine… Audio
US bioscience company working to bring Moa back to life
Sir Peter Jackson is backing an ambitious project effort to bring back the Moa from extinction, and it is being led by Ngāi Tahu, Canterbury Museum, and Colossal Biosciences. Chief executive and… Audio
Fisheries NZ on calls to close orange roughy fishing on Chatham Rise
Orange roughy stocks on the Chatham Rise have fallen to alarming levels - forcing officials to look at changing catch limits and potentially closing the fishery. Fisheries New Zealand director for… Audio
Project aims to bring Moa back from extinction
A bold new project backed by Sir Peter Jackson is aiming to bring the extinct South Island giant moa back to life using advanced genetic engineering. Canterbury Museum senior curator of natural… Audio
Environmentalists call for closure of Chatham Rise orange roughy fishery
Environmentalists are calling for the immediate closure of the Chatham Rise orange roughy fishery. Greenpeace's Oceans Campaigner Ellie Hooper spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Looking for a more humane option: the professor with a possible alternative to 1080
A Canterbury professor says he has potentially found a better, more humane, option than 1080. Scientist Rudi Marquez-Mazlin discovered a compound that sterilises pests by inducing the early onset of… Audio
Critter of the Week: The impressive Golden Hunter Wasp
It's critter of the week time, and this week we're looking at the Golden Hunter Wasp. It's also known as the red spider wasp because they hunt spiders in a most impressive manner. Audio
New Zealander killed in elephant attack in Zambia
A New Zealand woman and a British tourist have been killed by an elephant while on a walking safari in Zambia. A Facebook post names the Kiwi as 67-year-old Alison Jean Taylor The Guardian's Rachel… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 3rd July 2025
In today's episode, the worst of the rainfall is expected to hit around now in the sodden Tasman region, with road closures and evacuations already underway, Tasman's far west, including Farewell… Audio
Stories from Our Changing World
In Our Changing World, the team heads to the Mackenzie region in the South Island to meet one of New Zealand's rarest fish - the lowland longjaw galaxias. Dean Nelson, a senior biodiversity ranger at… Audio
Our Changing World: Our rarest freshwater fish
Our Changing World heads to the Mackenzie region in the South Island to meet one of New Zealand’s rarest fish – the lowland longjaw galaxias.
Dean Nelson, a senior biodiversity ranger at the… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 2nd July 2025
In today's episode, youth MPs have accused the Ministry of Youth Development of censoring their speeches to edit out any criticism of coalition policies, Minister for Youth, James Meager, denied that… Audio
Noble false widow spider found in NZ
A new venomous spider has officially made New Zealand home. Massey University ecologist professor Steven Trewick spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
