Animals
Animals often neglected if given as Xmas presents - advocate
You wouldn't buy your kid a sibling as a present, so don't buy a companion animal without thinking very hard, an animal charity says. Audio
Critter of the Week: Brown tree frog / whistling tree frog
This week on critter Ellen Rykers is talking about an Australian frog that made itself at home in Aotearoa in the nineteenth century. In 1975, Mr W. Perkins caught some brown tree frogs (also known as… Audio
3 million creepy crawlies
Here in Aotearoa, and on Afternoons in fact, we love our critters. And that passion for insects, bugs and plants is backed up by the fact that we've logged nearly three million observations on the… Audio
Can you leave your cat or dog alone overnight?
With summer in full swing, it's easy to start thinking about a quick getaway. But what about your pets?
The Panel with Alan McElroy & Madison Burgess-Smith (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Alan McElroy & Madison Burgess-Smith. They discuss: proposals for a national cat register including compulsory microchipping, the colour… Audio
Rare male spade-toothed whale dissected in Dunedin
Otago reporter Tess Brunton takes us inside one of the world's rarest whales Audio
Thousands of dollars raised for Coromandel pigs
Stuart Campbell Edmondson appeared in court on Tuesday on charged of murder & attempted murder, after a shooting on his property in which one man - Kevin Mark Mabbott - lost his life. Edmondson's… Audio
The Pre-Panel for 18 December
Today on the pre-panel Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan preview tonight's show. Also, producer Tom Riste-Smith joins to talk about going barefoot in public, and an escaped python. Audio
North Island bird deaths not linked to bird flu
Hundreds of seabirds have been found washed up along the West Coast of the North Island in the past month or so. Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 17 December 2024
In today's episode, Shops on Wairoa's main street are flooding after heavy rain hit the area overnight -- with 80 millimetres estimated to have fallen, the minimum wage will rise by 35 cents next year… Audio
Orana Wildlife Park to stop taking new animals
Orana Wildlife Park will stop taking new animals for the next six months while staff work on changes recommended by two reviews. Reporter Delphine Herbert spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira. Audio
Critter of the Week: Sapphire spider fly
This week's critter deserves the nickname 'jewel of death'. The sapphire spider fly, Apsona muscaria, is endemic to Aotearoa and is an endoparasite of native spider species like the NZ tunnelweb… Audio
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari celebrates Takahe chicks
A bump in Takahe numbers at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari with three new chicks and one on the way.. Nathan Rarere talked with Helen Hughes and Dr Janelle Ward Audio
Tui the cat's miraculous return
In 2016 Tui the tabby cat disappeared then, 8 years later, Tui came home! Audio
The bacterial world inside New Zealand's 'living fossil'
Tuatara have changed little since their ancestors hung out with dinosaurs, but what about their gut bacteria?
World's largest ray species found in Hauraki Gulf
Manta Watch New Zealand has just completed its first ever aerial survey of the manta ray population in the gulf, and this week will launch an app where members of the public can report their own… Audio
The Panel with Nick Leggett and Claire Amos (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Nick Leggett and Claire Amos to talk to the co-founder of a sex-toy company who claims to have been denied a business account and discuss… Audio
Our Changing World: Tuatara gut bugs
Claire Concannon heads to Auckland Zoo to meet their resident tuatara.
Tuatara are pretty special, the only remaining species of reptile from an order that lived alongside the dinosaurs. And they… Audio
Stories from Our Changing World
Claire Concannon heads to Auckland Zoo to meet their resident tuatara. Tuatara are pretty special, the only remaining species of reptile from an order that lived alongside the dinosaurs. And they… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 11 December 2024
On today's episode, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins is sceptical any option to replace the inter-island ferries will end up costing less than his government's iRex project, Parliament has rushed through… Audio
