Auckland Islands
In search of southern right whales
Emma Carroll talks about the return of southern right whales from the edge of extinction and a project asking the public to report whale sightings. Audio
Our Changing World for 30 July 2020
In search of southern right whales and digitising old weather records to predict future climate. Audio
Birds of the Auckland Islands - Colin Miskelly: Lost Gold
Snipeologist, Te Papa ornithologist, founder of bird identification website nzbirdsonline and identifier of Happy Feet Colin Miskelly tells Kathryn Ryan why birds have been taking his fancy for over… Audio, Gallery
Helicopter crash survival story hailed as a ‘miracle’
The survivors of a helicopter crash near Auckland Islands have begun returning home to Te Anau today. They will be interviewed in the coming days as part of a Transport Accident Investigation… Audio
Men swim to safety after helicopter crashes into the sea
Three men who survived when the helicopter they were in crashed into the ocean managed to swim to the Auckland Islands and shelter in the bush overnight. Sir Richard Hayes told Lisa Owen the sound of… Audio
Helicopter crash survivors treated at Invercargill hospital
The three men who survived a helicopter crash near the Auckland Islands are back on the mainland, where they are being treated at Southland Hospital. Reporter Tess Brunton joins Checkpoint from… Video, Audio
Men survive after helicopter crashes into the sea
Three men were found alive on the Auckland Islands this morning, 16 hours after the helicopter they were in plunged into the sub Antarctic ocean. Video, Audio
My ancestors' life on Auckland Islands
Dunedin journalist Ellen Rykers’ ancestors came from England to start a new life on a whaling station on a remote and windswept sub-Antarctic island. Audio, Gallery
The Coastwatcher legacy
The Coastwatchers were small groups of men posted to New Zealand's subantarctic islands during the Second World War to watch for enemy shipping. Ian Telfer visits one of their historic huts. Audio, Gallery
Auckland Islands a glimpse of NZ's predator free future
Sea lions, royal albatrosses, a rare rata forest and yellow-eyed penguin chicks were just some of the animals RNZ's Ian Telfer saw on a trip to the largest of NZ's subantarctic islands. Video, Audio
Conservation Minister heads to Auckland Islands
Conservation Minister Maggie Barry is visiting sub-antarctic islands to see what a predator-free New Zealand would look like.
Urgent air mission after sea lion bite
A woman injured by a sea lion pup in the Auckland Islands has been safely airlifted to hospital in Invercargill.
In pursuit of the yellow octopus
NIWA fisheries scientists are surveying the prey species of the New Zealand sea lion, including the elusive yellow octopus, to find out how hard the endagered marine mammals have to work for their… Audio
How best to protect sea lions
New research shows that if endangered New Zealand sea lions are to be saved, there will have to be a ban on squid fishing around the Auckland Islands. Audio
Exploring New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands
An expedition to explore the ecology, glacial history and underwater world of New Zealand's subantarctic islands. Audio
Counting Yellow-eyed Penguins
The Department of Conservation and Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust have been counting hoiho in their subantarctic stronghold at the Auckland Islands Audio