Seabirds
Bye, bye birdie: Native seabird numbers in decline
It's a tough time to be a seabird in New Zealand, with 35% of our 92 resident indigenous species in decline. Climate change, the fishing industry and even cruise ships are all taking a toll on seabird… Audio
Catch fish, not birds
A quarter of the world's seabird species breed in New Zealand - more than anywhere else on Earth. They naturally flock around fishing vessels - which can be fatal - getting tangled in the nets or… Audio, Gallery
Seabird hotspot - the Poor Knights Islands
A team of seabird experts experience the joys and challenges of counting Buller's shearwaters on the predator-free Poor Knights Islands. Audio
Our Changing World for 12 April 2018
The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust is shining a spotlight on seabird diversity in the Hauraki Gulf - including Buller's shearwaters that breed on the Poor Knights Islands. Audio
Sketch Biologist Abby McBride
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Abby McBride, is a Sketch Biologist, and has won a Fullbright Scholarship to travel to New Zealand to sketch endangered seabirds-penguins, prions… Audio
Rediscovered - the New Zealand storm petrel
The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust has been trying to solve the many mysteries of our smallest seabird, the New Zealand storm petrel, which breeds on Hauturu / Little Barrier Island. Audio, Gallery
Plastic and seabirds: a lethal combination
Matthew Savoca talks about seabirds' fatal attraction to plastic, and how their incredible sense of smell is being fooled by rubbish. Audio
Haven - the story of a tropical seabird island
A visit to tropical Cousin Island in the Seychelles reveals that predator-free islands the world over are a haven for wildlife. Audio, Gallery
Why are our seabirds eating plastic?
Loads of plastic rubbish finds its way into the sea every year and seabirds are hunting it out and eating it, fooled into thinking it's food by the way it smells. Matt Savoca of the University of… Audio
Fascinating facts about NZ Seabirds
If seabirds spend days, months or years at sea, how do they sleep? Seabird ecologist, Stephanie Borrelle joins Jesse in the studio to answer that question and more about the fascinating lives of… Audio, Gallery
An albatross chick's flowerpot is its castle
The Chatham Island Taiko Trust has made flowerpot nests for 50 Chatham Island albatross chicks that are part of a pioneering translocation from The Pyramid to the main Chatham Island. Audio, Gallery
Taiko take off
With just 120-or-so known adult birds, 21 new chicks are a very welcome addition to the Chatham Island taiko population. Audio
Te Papa: penguins and petrels
What makes the perfect penguin nest box? Senior Curator of Sciences at Te Papa Susan Waugh's is researching Southern Ocean seabirds over summer. Among her interests are the effects of an El Nino on… Audio, Gallery
Preventing seabird by-catch in commercial fishing
It's estimated thousands of seabirds are killed in the waters around New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone every year due to commercial fishing. One of the biggest culprits is longline fishing... as… Audio
'Albatross' - a poem
Janis Freegard reads her poem 'Albatross' from The Glass Rooster, published by Auckland University Press Audio
Junk Food: plastic pollution is a growing threat to seabirds
A new study says that 90% of the world's seabirds ingest plastic, and those seabirds that feed in the Tasman Sea are most at risk from plastic Audio
Study shows 90% of seabirds have plastic in their guts.
A new international study estimates 90 percent of the world's seabirds have pieces of plastic in their stomachs. The Tasmania based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO… Audio
Volunteering for Conservation
Katherine Clements talks about her experience of volunteering for the Department of Conservation and working with seabirds Audio
Black Petrels - New Zealand's Most At-Risk Seabird
Black petrels are a common sight at sea in the Hauraki Gulf, and are at risk from being accidentally caught by recreational and commercial fishers Audio
Seabird Central at the Bounty Islands
In winter the Bounty Islands are just bare rock. In summer they are packed with breeding Salvin's albatrosses and erect-crested penguins Audio