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Bird Bandit: the story of Freddie Angell
Freddie Angell was New Zealand's most notorious wildlife smuggler. His repeated attempts at stealing and exporting native wildlife in the 1990s, including Kea and Tuatara, made him all but a household… Audio
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The Panel with Aimie Hines and David Downs (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Aimie Hines and David Downs discuss the prospect of Meta pulling ads in light of the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill and tourists threatening… Audio
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The benefits of mixing agriculture and solar power - as Selwyn site gets consent
A solar and battery power station to be built on farmland in Selwyn has been given planning consent. Audio
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Story of Hawaii's sacred mountain comes to Aotearoa
Story of Hawaii's sacred mountain comes to Aotearoa. Audio
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Wanaka entrepreneur takes on competitive global outdoor
Audio 20 May 2024KEA Outdoors was founded by Matt Butler, after his previous work a tour guide was wiped out virtually overnight when the borders closed during the Covid pandemic. Audio
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Practising Hawaiian culture across the sea: Ahilapalapa Rands
Over 100 years ago artist Ahilapalapa Rands’ great-grandfather, the ukulele virtuoso Ernest Ka’ai wrote the song ‘Across the Sea’, the lyrics speaking to the pull that Hawai’i has for Kānaka Maoli… Audio
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Christchurch scientists developing solar powered aircraft with NASA
Scientists from a Christchurch-based flight company have been awarded funding to develop their high-altitude, solar-powered aircraft with NASA.
Technology and Space minister Judith Collins has… Audio
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Episode 7
Suzy reads Carol Duffy's book Do Not Feed the Kea, you can play the game 'What's That Sound?', and eight-year-old Aston talks about friends. Audio
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Best of 2023: Our Changing World
"I love my job. I’m a total science geek so it suits me perfectly to go nerd out with other nerds and then make stories to share with you" - Claire Concannon, host of RNZ's award-winning science and…
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From Mount Taranaki to Mount Sinai
Audio 4 Dec 2023Born in Hawera, South Taranaki, to parents who had immigrated from Sri Lanka, Dr Anu Anandaraja dreamed of one day planting her feet on the African continent. Convinced that medicine was her ticket to… Audio
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E02: Good Keen Men
The elimination strategy hasn't worked. In 20 years, the cullers have shot perhaps 10% of the deer. It’s time to up the ante. Audio
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Space technology for climate change
Each year, a New Zealand social enterprise runs a space research incubator to help explore space-related technologies for climate change. Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the founders of Spacebase. Audio
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Dr Maia Nuku: taking Pacific power back at The Met
Audio 15 Oct 2023Museums are really theatres of political power, says Maia Nuku, curator of Oceania at one of the biggest: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Nuku (Ngāi Tai) is interested in the way museums… Audio
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Kea numbers rising in Nelson Lakes
The kea's cry is getting louder around Nelson Lakes. Local trampers are delighted by the rising number of kea sightings in the area thanks to the Conservation Department's labour-intensive pest… Audio
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Wasting our rubbish when it could be energy
Mass incineration could be a great solution to New Zealand's increasingly scarce landfill space – or it could be a step backwards environmentally. Audio
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The Great Ireland vs New Zealand Bird-off: Part 2
The Great Ireland vs. New Zealand Bird-off returns for part 2 to decide once and for all which island nation boasts the best birds. Our avian aficionados return to argue their case in front of judge… Audio
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Our Changing World – Feathers will fly: Bird-off part 2
It's time to ruffle some feathers: Our avian aficionados are back for part 2 of the Great Ireland vs. New Zealand Bird-off. Claire Concannon judges two bird nerds' top selections across multiple… Audio
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The great Ireland vs. New Zealand bird-off: Part 1
Welcome to the great Ireland vs New Zealand bird-off. Two islands, a world apart – but which country has the better birds? Two bird nerds champion their nation's birds across four categories in an… Audio
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AI to help hit predator-free targets
Audio 16 Aug 2023Yesterday marked ten thousand days left to successfully make New Zealand free of possums, rats, and stoats by the end of 2050. Clever new traps using Artificial Intelligence can instantly tell a kea… Audio
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Rodents beware: AI device being developed in NZ to kill invasive species
Rats, stoats, and possums, you have been warned, deadly AI may be becoming more of a reality than science fiction. In a ground-breaking evolution in pest control, a new device being developed here in… Audio
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Wild goats in hunters' sights in crack down on destructive population
Two organisations have teamed up to encourage hunters to cull high-density goat populations across the country with prizes up for grabs. Audio
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Positive emotions in animals
Rats giggle. Dogs wag their tail. How do other animals express joy? You can't ask them, so researchers have to find other sneaky ways of figuring out animal emotions. Professor Ximena Nelson is… Audio
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Our Changing World - Positive animal emotions
Kea are renowned for their intelligence and playfulness – but how do they express joy? Studying animal emotions can be tricky – you can't just ask them how they're feeling – but Professor Ximena… Audio
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Why queue for the Great Walks when you can do these Very Good Walks instead?
Audio 20 Apr 2023Struggling to score a Great Walk spot? RNZ’s resident tramping experts (Māori News Editor Jamie Tahana, Political Reporter Anneke Smith and Specialist Correspondent John Gerritsen) recommend some…
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The "Clever Clown of the Alps" returns to Christchurch
Audio 28 Mar 2023If you see a kea The Kea Conservation Trust wants to hear from you. Audio
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What feathers can tell us about the past lives of seabirds
Behind the scenes at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a "menagerie" of specimens is a treasure trove for curator Dr Matt Rayner, who is researching how the Hauraki Gulf's seabirds are faring using… Audio
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Seabird secrets in the museum backroom
Claire is back this week with a new story for Our Changing World. Inspired by Bird of the Year, she heads to the Auckland Museum to meet curator Dr Matt Rayner, and discover what the feathers of old… Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
Time to look at what's hot on Trademe now and this morning we hear about a very high-altitude kea, perhaps the most luxurious camping experience ever, and one pretty sweet waterfront property. Our… Audio
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Understanding positive animal behaviours
Do animals experience emotions? And how can we know when we can't ask them? We should focus on what the positive emotions of our fellow animals reveal - rather than the negative, says animal behaviour… Audio
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What you can do to keep kea safe at Arthur's Pass
It seems curiosity could be killing kea at an alarming rate. A number of the young endangered parrots have been squashed on the roads near Arthur Pass National Park.
And encounters with humans could… Video, Audio