Humpback Whales
Great white shark 'sent chill up spine' during filming - Gayford
The global lockdown caused by Covid-19 has quietened the oceans and is luring some of New Zealand's biggest great whites out of hiding. Marine filmmaker Clarke Gayford and shark expert Kina Scollay… Audio
Restrictions ease Victoria - not Melbourne, whales off course
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how some restrictions are being lifted across Victoria, but not in metro centres and Melbourne. The government is under fire for its… Audio
Swimming with whales disturbing natural behaviour
Swimming with the whales tourism in northern Tonga is disturbing the natural behaviour of nursing Humpbacks who are there to give birth, bond and nurse. Audio
Whale Navigation
Humpback whales swim in remarkably straight lines while completing their seasonal migrations, which cover thousands of kilometres of open ocean. Geologist, Associate Professor Travis Horton has been… Audio
Rochelle Constantine: whales and us
Kim Hill talks to Dr Rochelle Constantine, Senior Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, who is co- coordinator of this year's University of Auckland Winter Lectures… Audio
Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback whales
Satellite tagging has revealed that humpback whales that breed in Oceania socialise at Raoul Island in the Kermadecs and has shown where in Antarctica they go to feed. Audio
Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback whales
Satellite tagging has revealed that humpback whales that breed in Oceania socialise at Raoul Island in the Kermadecs and has shown where in Antarctica they go to feed.
AudioRecord number of humpback whales in annual survey.
Record numbers of humpback whales have been found in Cook Strait, suggesting their numbers are slowly recovering. Audio
Krill to Blue Whales: Food Webs in the Southern Ocean
After six weeks in the Southern Ocean, scientists return with thousands of blue whale call recordings and hundreds of samples. Audio
Krill to Blue Whales: Food Webs in the Southern Ocean
After six weeks in the Southern Ocean, scientists return with thousands of blue whale call recordings and hundreds of samples.
AudioTracking blue whales in the Southern Ocean
New Zealand and Australian scientists head off on a six-week voyage to Antarctica to study top predators in the Southern Ocean. Audio
Tracking blue whales in the Southern Ocean
New Zealand and Australian scientists head off on a six-week voyage to Antarctica to study top predators in the Southern Ocean.
AudioEyewitness: Whale Tales
It's nearly 50 years since Marlborough whalers J. A. Perano and Company harpooned their last whale in New Zealand waters. Peter Perano reflects on what it was like to be a third generation whaler… Audio
