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- Protecting Jaws - New Zealand's Rarest Freshwater Fish
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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Producer & Presenter: http://instagram.com/karthiscool
Website : https://www.karthicss.com/podcast
This episode was first broadcast on Radio New Zealand - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchangingworld/565617/our-changing-world-protecting-jaws
25 min - Declining Nationally, Thriving Here: Red-billed Gulls of Otago
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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Producer & Presenter: http://instagram.com/karthiscool
Website : https://www.karthicss.com/podcast
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/
22 min - Tackling a Tricky Predator in a Unique Seabird Colony
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/21 min - Counting Spoonbills - Will the Trend Continue?
While many of New Zealand’s native wetland birds are in decline, one relative newcomer has been thriving…
Royal Spoonbill (kōtuku ngutupapa) made its way across the Tasman Sea and has found a new home in New Zealand. Join birders as they head out for a Nationwide Spoonbill Census to find out how the quirky birds are doing.
Featuring
Anita Spencer (Regional Representative Birds New Zealand, Canterbury)
Josh Overend (Field Ranger & Wildlife Photographer)
Megan Farley (Census Volunteer / DOC)
Kenny Rose (Birds NZ Member & Parks Ranger)
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Report Spoonbill Observations to Birds NZ Regional Representative in your area - https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/contact/
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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/21 min - From Common to Rare : The Story of a Yellow Songbird
In search of a rare Songbird…
Mohua were once one of the common forest birds of in the South Island of Aotearoa, but today most populations are declining.
Featuring
Marion Rhodes (Department of Conservation, Mohua Charitable Trust)
Joanna Hulsman (Department of Conservation)
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Learn more about the Mohua on Mohua Charitable Trust, Department of Conservation
Contribute to Mohua Charitable Trust - https://givealittle.co.nz/org/the-mohua-charitable-trust
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Producer & Presenter: https://www.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 105.4FM Dunedin , Science Communication, University of Otago, Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature
23 min - Cryptic Birds and How to find them?
In the southern corner of New Zealand, a team is working to detect secretive, cryptic wetland birds… using sound.
Matuku Hūrepo Australasian Bitterns are so shy and cryptic, that they are rarely seen. They are wetland birds and with a 90% loss of wetland area in New Zealand, their populations are in steady decline. A collaborative project is underway in the Otago region to understand more about these birds by detecting them using acoustic recorders.
Featuring -
Dr. Scott Jarvie - Terrestrial Ecologist, ORC, Otago Regional Council
Mary Thompson - Ornithologist, Birds New Zealand
Francesca Cunninghame - Project Manager, Forest and Bird
Petra Simpson - Forest and Bird
If you’ve spotted an Australasian Bittern please contact -Birds New Zealand at [email protected]
You can also log your Bittern & Crake observations on citizen science platforms like eBird or iNaturalist
Learn about Australasian Bitterns
Episode Cover Art - @harshi.designs https://www.instagram.com/harshi.designs/
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Additional Sounds from
Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0) & Birds New Zealand
Kindly supported 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.
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This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin and available at http://accessmedia.nz/21 min - Velvet Worms - Mysterious Creatures we know almost nothing about!
Velvet Worms or Peripatus have been around for 540 million years, way before the dinosaurs…but we know almost nothing about them.
Over 30 years ago, Dave Randle, a Peripatus Advocate accidentally found these fascinating creatures right in his garden in Dunedin and has been protecting them ever since.
Recently Prof Peter Dearden (University of Otago) has been working to sequence the Peripatus genome for the first time in the world, with the aim of unravelling secrets about these mysterious creatures.
Explore further about the Onychophora / Peripatus
http://www.onychophora.com/
Watch the 3 minute short film about Peripatus in Dunedin - https://youtu.be/NMKHmWT3dZg
Featuring
Dave Randle- Peripatus Advocate
Prof Peter Dearden (University of Otago, Genomics Aotearoa)
Jo Carpenter (Ecologist- Manaaki Whenua, Landcare Research)
Gabby Dale & Harriet Dale (Tainui School, Dunedin)
Marcia Dale
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Episode Cover Art - @harshi.designs https://www.instagram.com/harshi.designs/
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Producer & Presenter: http://instagram.com/karthiscool
Kindly supported 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.
This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin and available at http://accessmedia.nz/
22 min - Rappelling Down a Cliff to Visit Fairy Prions
Ever since finding a colony of Fairy Prions, a type of small seabird on a cliff in Dunedin, Graeme Loh has been working to explore the birds for 30 years.
This is the only mainland colony of Fairy Prions in all of Aotearoa NZ, and Graeme has been consistently working to unravel interesting information on these secretive seabirds.
Learn more about Graeme's Work and the Fairy Prion Fence https://www.facebook.com/fairyprionfenceFeaturing -
Graeme Loh - Wildlife Conservationist and Fairy Prion expert
Episode Cover Art - @harshi.designs https://www.instagram.com/harshi.designs/
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Follow the Show
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Producer & Presenter: http://instagram.com/karthiscool
Kindly supported 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 and Wild Dunedin - NZ Festival of Nature.
This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin and available at http://accessmedia.nz/
23 min - World’s Smallest Penguins and a Small Town
In the evenings in small town of Ōamaru, hundreds of people wait eagerly, to see the stars of the night… the World’s Smallest Penguins - the Little Blue Penguins.
The birds were once called ‘trespassers’ by some locals, but today they are icons of the town.
Philippa Agnew has been working on research and conservation of the Little Blues for over 17 years, and her team is working to learn about the penguins in the growing colony and keep an eye on how the changing climate might impact these birds.
Featuring -
Dr. Philippa Agnew, Science & Environmental Manager, Ōamaru Blue Penguin Colony
Beth, Tia & Tour Guides at the OPBC
Dawn Brown, Presence on the Harbour Gift Shop
Episode Cover Art Design- @harshi.designs https://www.instagram.com/harshi.designs/
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Follow the Show
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Producer & Presenter: http://instagram.com/karthiscool
Kindly supported 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.
This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin and available at http://accessmedia.nz/
22 min - Underdogs under the Ledge - Saving Rare Lizards
In New Zealand, Lizards are as fascinating as they are endangered - there are 125 species and most of them give birth to live young …and they’re true wildlife underdogs - so rare and out of sight, not many people know they exist.
In Central Otago, a team is working to bring back endangered Lizards to the drylands wilderness they once lived in. Otago Skinks, Grand Skinks and other native lizards had gone locally extinct due to introduced pests & habitat destruction and now they are making a slow but steady comeback within the protected space. Welcome to Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary.
Learn more about NZ’s lesser known reptiles on the sanctuary’s informative website
You can support the sanctuary’s work by donating and stay updated by subscribing to the newsletters here
Featuring -
Grant Norbury - Ecologist, Chairperson, Central Otago Ecological Trust (COET)
Anna Yeoman - Science Communicator, Trustee, COET
Carey Knox - Herpetologist, Southern Scales
Kathryn Longstaff , Department of Conservation (DOC) Central Otago
Ross Curtis , Senior Ranger, DOC Central Otago
Joanna - Ranger, DOC Central Otago
Episode Cover Art Design- @harshi.designs https://www.instagram.com/harshi.designs/
Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -
Karthic SS
Follow the Show
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Producer & Presenter: https://instagram.com/karthiscool
Kindly supported 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.
This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin and available at http://accessmedia.nz/
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About Tune into Nature with Karthic
From the publisher's feed
Best Science and Environmental Podcast - Finalist at 2025 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards
Winner - The Climate Award - Silver at 2024 NZ Podcast Awards
Best Independent Podcast - Finalist at 2025 & 2024 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards
Refreshing Nature Sounds & Stories from the Wilderness.
Wildlife conservation stories with an interlude of nature sounds recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand's wild places.
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