Loss looks at the devastating effect introduced mammals have had on New Zealand's unique wildlife. This episode was first published in May 2021.Watch the video version of the episode here.Dealing with Loss takes listeners back to Gondwana, to explore just why our native birds are so tragically vulnerable to predation by mammals from another hemisphere.Host Dave Hansford then presents a series of "criminal profiles" introducing listeners to the Predator Free target species: the brushtail possum, the stoat, the kiore, and the ship and Norway rats, through accounts from the country's leading experts.The podcast then quantifies the loss - one of the worst extinction episodes on the planet - before relating the peril that continues today, with commentary from field experts on the impacts of this suite of predators.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Introducing: Fight for the Wild
Takes you into the wild heart of Aotearoa, documenting the desperate battle to protect it and exploring the notion of Predator Free 2050.
This series was first published in May 2021.Watch the video trailer hereFight for the Wild is a four-part video series that takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa and documents the desperate battle to protect it. It explores the notion of Predator Free 2050 and asks whether this big, bold initiative is achievable and if so, how?In the complementary Fight for the Wild podcast series, conservation writer Dave Hansford investigates how and why New Zealand plans to become predator-free.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Voice of the Iceberg 04 | Endeavour
Joseph Michael and his film-making companions come face-to-face with the heaving splendour of giant icebergs in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Back in New Zealand, they grapple with how to projection map an 'urban iceberg' onto the exterior of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and how to create a soundscape that blends music with the voices of the icebergs.
This episode was first published in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Voice of the Iceberg 03 | Adventure
Encounters with blue ice and wildlife prove to be life-changing adventures, when photographer Joseph Michael and his companions venture into the crevasse field of a giant glacier, to capture the blue heart of an Antarctic iceberg.
This episode was first published in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Voice of the Iceberg 02 | Revelation
The varied sounds and characters of icebergs begin to reveal themselves to a watching team of film-makers. A small iceberg, Yoko, that fizzes and crackles like a soda drink. The dramatic demise of the soaring ice arch, Valentine.
This episode was first published in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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