Godwits
The mystery of how godwits sleep in flight
Kuaka bar-tailed godwits make the longest non-stop flights, and researchers are using hi-tech tags to solve the mystery of how and when they sleep. Audio
The mystery of how godwits sleep in flight
Kuaka bar-tailed godwits make the longest non-stop flights, and researchers are using hi-tech tags to solve the mystery of how and when they sleep.
AudioOur Changing World – Can godwits fly and sleep?
Kuaka godwits make the longest non-stop flights, and researchers are using hi-tech tags to solve the mystery of how and when they sleep. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy has an update on incoming flights of bar-tailed godwits, arriving on our shores from Alaska.
He also explores a remarkable new decision from the Supreme Court on the place of tikanga in New… Audio
The life and flights of the incredible godwits
The godwits are landing on New Zealand's coastal mudflats again - after incredible journeys from the other side of the world. Audio
The life and flights of the incredible godwits
The godwits are landing on New Zealand's coastal mudflats again - after incredible journeys from the other side of the world.
AudioMark Crysell: godwits open door for TV crew in North Korea
Crew from TVNZ's Sunday programme have gone where no Western journalist has gone before. Reporter Mark Crysell and his crew spent two weeks in North Korea, and the story behind them being allowed in… Audio, Gallery
Food shortage for New Zealand's godwits
Food sources for the bar-tailed godwit on its annual journey to Alaska have been depleted, but researchers have devised a plan to keep them fed.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne discusses the silencing of the snapping shrimp, and godwits get a safer passage through Chinese airspace. Audio
Godwits Farewell Party - Andrew Crossland
The annual godwits farewell party is taking place tonight. It's when Cantabrians gather to farewell the birds, as they start an 11,000 kilometre journey to Alaska. Andrew Crossland is a park ranger… Audio
Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne
It's been Seaweek! And Kennedy Warne has been out at sea checking out Mokohinau Islands - one of the most remote coastal groups in the country.
And painter Mark Cross was there two years ago and… Audio, Gallery
Shorebird Stopover
Keith Woodley from the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre and a couple of other members of the Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists' Trust (PMNT) have just returned from North Korea to search for spots… Audio
Christchurch prepares to farewell godwits on winter travels
An official send-off will be given to the godwits in Canterbury tonight, before they make their annual flight north. Audio
