Conservation
Citizen Science: Kiwi conservation
Kiwi are our National symbol and around the country many communities are trying to protect kiwi in their patch from predators and habitat loss. Much relies on private landowners being willing to get… Audio, Gallery
A possum-free Otago Peninsula
Science communication student Guy Frederick catches up with the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group to hear how their plan to get rid of possums on the peninsula is coming along Audio
A possum-free Otago Peninsula
Science communication student Guy Frederick catches up with the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group to hear how their plan to get rid of possums on the peninsula is coming along
AudioCall to help fight wilding pines
If it's time for your old Christmas tree to go, the Department of Conservation wants you to think carefully about how you get rid of it. Audio
Country Life Summer Edition Saturday December 26, 2016
A selection of some of the best Country Life stories from 2015. In this episode: Golden Reflections, Ponds of Gold and Woosters of Orira Audio, Gallery
Country Life Summer Edition Saturday December 26, 2016
A selection of some of the best Country Life stories from 2015. In this episode: Golden Reflections, Ponds of Gold and Woosters of Orira
AudioOpen-cast mine proposed near Westport
A coal-mining consortium has applied for mining access to 12 hectares of conservation land on the West Coast.
Pest Free Crofton Downs - Kelvin Hastie
Next we're talking about how to make your suburb pest free. Wellington conservationist, Kelvin Hastie, is the man behind making Crofton Downs the first pest free suburb. And he did this after a… Audio
Conservation of migratory birds
Prof. James Watson, director of the Climate Change Initiative and Wildlife Conservation Society at The University of Queensland. Audio
Takahe shooting case handed to police
The Department of Conservation has referred the case of two men who shot four takahe on Motutapu Island to the police. Audio
Yellow-eyed penguin numbers hit 'rock bottom'
Conservationists are worried about the sharp drop in yellow-eyed penguins breeding this season, with nest numbers reaching their lowest since 1990.
Wetland wanderings in the Whangamarino
Alison Ballance joins freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen in one of New Zealand’s largest bogs – the Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland – in search of fernbirds, spotless crake and mudfish Audio
Wetland wanderings in the Whangamarino
Alison Ballance joins freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen in one of New Zealand’s largest bogs – the Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland – in search of fernbirds, spotless crake and mudfish
AudioKākāpō recovery funding pulled
Difficult economic conditions have forced the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter to pull out of a landmark conservation programme. Audio
Smelter pulls support for conservation programme
The Aluminimum Smelter has pulled its 25-year-long sponsorship of a landmark conservation programme. Audio
Lion cubs bred to be shot by foreign hunters
Safari operator and environmental writer Ian Michler has exposed a multi million dollar industry in South Africa, where lions are bred in captivity to be shot by trophy hunters
And that the practice… Audio, Gallery
Dairy 'oasis' initiative under way in Canterbury
Scientists are investigating turning little triangles of land that can't be reached by irrgators into havens for native plants and animals.
Resurrection Science
Given the rapid advances in genetic technologies it's been speculated that everything from woolly mammoths, to passenger pigeons, to our own close cousins the Neanderthals could soon walk the earth… Audio
Loneliness kills, migrating birds and fat families
Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and scientists in California have worked out that people who feel isolated experience specific changes to their immune systems. Also a new study reveals some reasons… Audio
Nuts about Koura
Jan and Roy Johnstone's small farm in South Otago's Puerua Valley was owned by Jan's uncle before they bought it thirty years ago and they've been planting native and food producing trees there ever… Audio
