Native Species
Richard Wolfe: The impact of humans on New Zealand
Whether accidentally, or by design, humans have had a great impact on the face of New Zealand. Richard Wolfe unravels the history and considers our future in his 41st book: Footprints on the Land: How… Audio
Six new species of wētā facing climate threat
To some great news now for our native species the weta. Six new speices of the apline cave insects have been discovered in the south of the South Island. Massey University professor Steven Trewick… Audio
Wellington City Councillors to vote on expanding bush track
Wellington City Councillors will vote next month on a proposal to vastly expand the city's bush track network into the Te Kopahou reserve. It's an area of over one thousand hectares that descends from… Audio
Peter Young: Fight for the Wild – Aotearoa vs predators
Documentary filmmaker Peter Young discusses his biggest project to date - the battle to save Aotearoa's native species from an army of predators. Every year, introduced predators devour the eggs and… Video, Audio
Jan Wright heads a new conservation effort in the south
Former parliamentary commissioner for the environment, Dr Jan Wright, is involved in a new conservation project. It aims to have the whole of Mt Cook/Aoraki National Park pest and predator-free in the… Audio
Critter of the Week
DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki gives us an update on some of the native species featured during the year. Audio
Cats 'contributing to a sixth mass extinction'
A new book has labelled cats as unrelenting killers and an invasive species that is contributing to a sixth mass extinction that could affect the whole planet. Audio
Looking After the Land
Sheep farming and environmental responsibility go hand in hand on 80-year-old Malcolm Mackenzie's 193 hectare farm near Winton in Southland. Over time he has planted shelter belts of native species… Audio
New Zealand's Wikipedia edit-athon
Many of New Zealand's rare and endangered native creatures do not have their own wikipedia pages. A team of citizen scientists is out to change that. A team of wiki-nerds as they call themselves, are… Audio
Exotic invaders dominating native species
Dr Kevin Burns from Victoria University's School of Biological Sciences has spent 10 years documenting the ecosystem of an archipelago of small islands off the south coast of Wellington. During this… Audio, Gallery
App for identifying endangered native orchids
There are over 120 native orchids in New Zealand - with over half found nowhere else in the world. Many of them are threatened and have unique conservation values, but a big danger to them is that… Audio, Gallery
Sequencing Taonga Genomes
Dr Peter Dearden and his proposal to sequence 100 so-called Taonga Genomes - the genetic blueprints of New Zealand's most treasured native species. Audio