Fiona Gordon

Iwi and governance groups in Manawatu are looking for information after a six-metre-tall statue depecting a tribal ancestor was vandalised and disfigured.

The steel statue depicting Whatonga, an… Audio

In 1989 a total ban on the international commercial trade in ivory was put in place, it save the African elephant population. But since then, thousands of elephant carvings and tusks have come into… Audio

From shells and corals to elephant feet, primate skulls and chopped up seahorses, more than 9000 protected species were seized at the New Zealand border in 2017 - a 300 percent increase since 2011… Audio

The first hihi or stichbird breeding season in Taranaki for 130 years has beaten expectations with 17 chicks raised. A community-led conservation project in Taranaki has celebrated by releasing yet… Audio

While New Zealand may seem very far away from elephant and rhino country - it is not imnune to trafficking. Fiona Gordon was the lead researcher and co-author of the 2016 "Under the Hammer" report, a… Audio