2 Jul 2019

Tracking Katipo spiders in Marlborough

From Afternoons, 1:38 pm on 2 July 2019

The Kaikōura coastline was utterly transformed following the earthquakes of November 2016 - but some of those transformations have provided a new home for one of New Zealand's most endangered species.

DoC volunteer Mark Anderson joins us to talk about a cluster of katipō spiders he came across while strolling down the beach a few days ago, and why it's such an interesting event.

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