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Our Changing World for Thursday 7 February 2019

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 31 January 2019
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 14 February 2019
  • The chicks are hatching

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    The first chick of the 2019 kakapo breeding season hatched on the 30th of January. Its mum is Waikawa and its father is probably Horton.

    5:30 PM.The first two chicks of the 2019 kākāpō breeding season have hatched and the exciting news keeps coming in, in episode 7 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 7 February 2019

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    9:05 PM.Archey's frogs are thriving thanks to rat control, and the first kakapo chicks have hatched and their mothers are mating again. Audio

  • Archey's frogs thriving in the King Country

    Archey's frogs are very small. A large frog like this might weigh a bit more than 4 grams, while young ones can weigh in at just 0.1 gram.

    9:06 PM.The King Country population of the highly threatened Archey's frog is thriving, thanks to years of rat control. Read more Audio

  • Round two begins

    Roha-1-A is the seventh kakapo chick to hatch in the 2019 breeding season.

    5:30 PM.The chicks that have hatched are off to Dunedin, the females have started mating again, and there is breeding action on Hauturu, all in episode 8 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 31 January 2019
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 14 February 2019
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