Elephant
Australia Zoo suddenly scraps plans to take Auckland's elephant Burma
Australia Zoo has made a last-minute decision to pull the pin on plans to take Burma the elephant from Auckland Zoo.
The 38-year-old was due to live out her twilight years at the zoo across the ditch… Video, Audio
Mammoth novel offers cautionary tales from the past
Ireland-born and Australian-based author Chris Flynn's latest novel Mammoth is an unsurprisingly left-field offering, featuring actors Nicholas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio, and narration by a… Audio
Amos Nachoum: 'Rather than aim a gun, I aimed a camera.'
"If your picture is not good enough, it's because you're not close enough." That's the mantra of Israeli solider-turned-wildlife-photographer Amos Nachoum. His film, Picture of His Life is screening… Video, Audio
Calling Home: Chene Wales-Baillie in Mpumalanga
Chene Wales-Baillie loved her life in New Zealand, and her family remain here to this day, but there was something about the animals and wildlife of the big game parks that ultimately drew her back to… Audio, Gallery
Call to regulate the ivory trade in New Zealand
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
Jamie Joseph: Battling poaching in Africa
Writer and environmental activist who grew up between South Africa and Zimbabwe, and moved to New Zealand. She is reporting from the frontline of Africa's poaching crisis at savingthewild.com, and has… Audio, Gallery
PM gets jumbo-sized gift in Sri Lanka
The Prime Minister has been gifted a baby elephant during his visit to Sri Lanka, but not everyone is happy about the present. Animal rights activist Sagarica Rajakarunanayake joins Checkpoint from… Audio
Sri Lanka's elephant calf gift
Animal rights activists are looking a gift elephant in the mouth. Audio
Kate's Klassics: Essays by George Orwell
Author of five collections of poems, most recently Snow White's Coffin; discussing Essays by George Orwell. Audio