Zoos
The Week in Detail: Wallabies, AI, and the NZ Steel deal
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
How do zoos keep taonga safe?
Zoo Miami's treatment of Paora the kiwi sparked outrage across the country, but how does Aotearoa treat other countries' national treasures? Audio
'Because we eat animals, we underestimate their mental abilities'
No generation has loved animals more than us. However, no generation has kept more animals in factory farms, or pushed more of them towards extinction, writes Henry Mance in his new book, How to Love… Audio
Gin Wigmore: 'I might have bitten off more than I can chew'
California-based musician Gin Wigmore recently welcomed her second child, giving birth the same day the state went into lockdown for Covid-19. And she is rolling out a batch of new music, kicking off… Audio
Wellington Zoo defends decision to put down baboons
Wellington Zoo's bachelor group of baboons was unusual and they were on the way to killing each other, says chief executive Karen Fifield. Audio
High seas: Auckland giraffe sets sail for Australia
A giraffe from Auckland Zoo has been relocated ahead of its journey across the Tasman.
Kris Descovich: animal behaviour
Kris Descovich studies animal behaviour and welfare, particularly of furry critters. She has also undertaken research on the behaviour and welfare of orphaned orangutans in Indonesia, and she's… Audio
Rare giraffe twin survives premature birth
One of the calves born at Auckland Zoo on New Year's Eve survived, but the other had to be euthanised.
Kids of mother killed by tiger to receive $80k
The Hamilton City Council will pay an additional $80,000 to the children of an employee who was fatally mauled by a tiger at its zoo.
Hamilton City Council sentenced over zookeeper's death
A judge has fined Hamilton City Council nearly $39,000, and asked it to pay $10,000 in reparation, after a zookeeper was killed by a tiger.
Attempt to block elephant's transfer to Auckland
A legal bid - thought to be the first of its kind - is under way to stop the transfer of an elephant from Sri Lanka to New Zealand.
Philip Armstrong: sheep
Kim Hill talks to the Head of the Department of English at the University of Canterbury, and co-director of New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies about his new book, Sheep. Audio
Wellington Zoo vet nurse - Sarah van Herpt
Rehabilitation of native birds and zoo animals. The zoo has just had its busiest summer, with 50-60 sick and traumatised native birds admitted to the hospital each month. Ex zoo-keeper, now vet nurse… Audio