Produced for Radio New Zealand

Tiny, rare and under the radar…some streams in the South Island of NZ, are home to one of the country's rarest freshwater fish - the lowland longjaw galaxias aka Jaws.

Featuring -

Dean Nelson - Senior Biodiversity Ranger, Department of Conservation

Martha Jolly - PhD Candidate, University of Canterbury

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This episode was first broadcast on Radio New Zealand - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchangingworld/565617/our-changing-world-protecting-jaws

Red-billed Gulls are declining nationally in New Zealand, but the story in Otago is different.

Join us as we head out to one of the largest Red-billed Gull colonies at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula with Dr. Chris Lalas, who has been monitoring these birds for over two decades.

Featuring -

Dr. Chris Lalas, Scientist

Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

Karthic SS ( @karthiscool )

If you notice Red-billed Gulls nesting in buildings around Dunedin please reach out to us on Facebook page - Tune into Nature Podcast or Instagram ( @tuneintonatureshow ) and we will pass it on to Chris.

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Funded by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

Supported by OAR FM Dunedin, Science Communication, University of Otago, Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature.

This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠

Earlier this year, a ferret attack wiped out over 40 tītī sooty shearwater chicks in one of the few places they nest on mainland New Zealand. Francesca Cunninghame and the team from Forest and Bird are working to protect the unique seabird colony.

Featuring -

Francesca Cunninghame, Projects Manager, Forest and Bird, Otago

Graeme Loh, Nature Conservationist

Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -Karthic SS

Learn more about Forest and Birds work to protect Seabird Colonies.

https://forestandbird.org.nz/projects/bring-back-seabirds-otago

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Producer & Presenter: ⁠http://instagram.com/karthiscool⁠

Funded by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

Supported by OAR FM Dunedin, Science Communication, University of Otago, Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature
This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠