Alison Ballance

Looking after kakapo is a more than full-time job for a whole team of people on Codfish Island. Audio

We're back on subantarctic Campbell Island, which is the main breeding ground for the southern royal albatross. Audio

A biologist and geologist combine efforts to figure out how rivers changed course in the past. Audio

The Navy frigate Te Kaha heads south to the Furious Fifties to deliver timber for a new boardwalk on Campbell Island. Audio

Alison Ballance visits muddy DoC and Navy staff on Campbell Island. Audio

When a fish biologist and a geologist put their heads together the result was much more than either expected. Audio

Bruce Robertson and Ian Jamieson talk with Alison Ballance about Kakapo genetics. Audio

The amazing 'tail' of the jewelled gecko. Audio

There's been good news for the future of the rare kakapo, with a baby boom underway on remote Codfish Island. Audio

Alison Ballance is out with the National Kakapo Team on Codfish Island again. Audio

Snapper is New Zealand's largest recreational fishery, and one of the country's largest commercial coastal fisheries. Audio

PhD student Matthew Jones has peered into the guts of more than 2700 deep sea fish. How do they live? What do they eat? Audio

Ian Jamieson has led a study into a number of threatened bird species - Saddlebacks, Yellowheads, Takahe and Robins. Audio

Alison Ballance joins the Sperm Team, as they've become known, on an historic day for kakapo management. Audio

Tim Sippel is attaching satellite tags to striped marlin and Pacific bluefin tuna to find out where they travel to Audio

Rose Thorogood is investigating the idea that the colour inside a baby bird's mouth tells the parents how healthy the chick is Audio