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Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II

The Kākāpō Files podcast is back with what’s set to be the biggest breeding season of all time for the world’s favourite parrot.

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00:22:46

Voice of the Iceberg 04 | Endeavour

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/08/20

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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00:24:55

Voice of the Icberg 03 | Adventure

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/08/20

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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00:25:46

Voice of the Iceberg 02 | Revelation

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/08/13

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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00:22:50

Voice of the Iceberg 01 | Discovery

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/08/06

Artist Joseph Michael and a team of eight film-makers head to Antarctica on the yacht Australis, to discover and record the sights and sounds of icebergs. But before they reach the frozen continent and encounter their first bergs they must face the challenge of the notorious Drake Passage.This episode was first released in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:00:27

Introducing: Voice of the Iceberg

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/08/06

The next series to join the Wild Sounds feed is Voice of the Iceberg, first published in 2017. Artist Joseph Michael and his team record the characters and sounds of icebergs in Antarctica as he prepares for a major art installation.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:12:11

Voice of the Kākāpō 08 | Success

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/07/30

The 2019 kākāpō chicks are becoming independent and birds sent to be scanned for aspergillosis are getting clean bills of health.This episode was first released on 19 March 2020.The 2019 kākāpō breeding season successfully weathered the aspergillosis crisis, with 72 chicks reaching the milestone of 150 days. Seventy of those juveniles are still alive, although two juveniles subsequently died from late cases of aspergillosis.Since September 2019 the kākāpō population has remained steady at 211

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00:12:10

Voice of the Kākāpō 07 | Dark days

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/07/23

A deadly fungal disease strikes the kākāpō population on Whenua Hou and the Kākāpō Recovery team calls on New Zealand wildlife vets to help.This episode was first released on 17 March 2020.In April 2019, disaster struck the kākāpō population.There was an outbreak of the deadly fungal disease aspergillosis, which would eventually kill two adult females and seven chicks.But against expectations, veterinary experts were able to nurse many birds back to health.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more

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00:12:24

Voice of the Kākāpō 06 | Kākāpō chicks

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/07/16

The kākāpō eggs are hatching, and chicks are being hand-reared or returned to their mother's nest... but not every chick is thriving.This episode was first released on 12 March 2020.The 2019 kākāpō breeding season set many records. It was the earliest, the longest - and of course, the biggest breeding season ever recorded.Two hundred and fifty two kākāpō eggs were laid over three months, starting on Christmas Day 2018.They began hatching at the end of January 2019, when Kohitatea became the

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00:11:04

Voice of the Kākāpō 05 | Kākāpō sperm takes to the air

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/07/09

The tally of infertile eggs is climbing and the kākāpō team is using artificial insemination - and a drone - to try and counter the problem.This episode was first released on 10 March 2020.The 2019 kākāpō breeding season was one for the record books, but it had more than its fair share of problems, including the fact that more than half of the eggs laid were infertile.It's an ongoing issue, not helped by the birds' low genetic diversity. The Kākāpō Recovery team are using artificial

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00:11:13

Voice of the Kākāpō 04 | Promise

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/07/02

Most of the female kākāpō have bred and the team is carrying precious fertile eggs to the 'egg room' for incubation. Meanwhile, on Anchor Island, the rain is falling.This episode was first released on 5 March 2020.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:12:17

Voice of the Kākāpō 03 | Nest checks

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/06/25

Kākāpō breeding is in full swing after an early start, and DOC's Deidre Vercoe and Andrew Digby are checking to see if eggs are fertile.This episode was first released on 3 March 2020.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:11:45

Voice of the Kākāpō 02 | Whenua Hou, kākāpō island

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/06/18

The kākāpō team know all the signs are good for a big kākāpō breeding season - the question is exactly how big and when will it start?This episode was first released on 27 February 2020.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:10:04

Voice of the Kākāpō 01 | Kākāpō - night parrot

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/06/11

The kākāpō is a giant flightless parrot whose fortunes are tied to the rimu tree and to a dedicated team of rangers from the Department of Conservation. This episode was first released on 25 February 2020.The kākāpō, or night parrot, is one of the world's most unusual birds.It's a giant flightless parrot whose fortunes are tied to the rimu tree and to a dedicated team of kākāpō rangers from the New Zealand Department of Conservation.Join Alison Ballance on an audio adventure through the

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00:00:38

Introducing: Voice of the Kākāpō

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/06/10

Claire Concannon introduces you to the next series from Wild Sounds. Hosted by Alison Ballance, hear the adventure through the bumpy bumper 2019 breeding season of NZ's rare flightless parrot.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:29:16

Voice of Tangaroa 08 | Turning the tide

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/06/04

Kate Evans visits a passionate team as they carpet a remote volcanic island in Tonga with poisoned bait, hoping to eradicate rats. What does it take to complete this kind of project, what are the chances of success, and what will it mean for the island's ecosystems if they manage to remove the rats once and for all?This episode was first released 18 April 2024.Rat eradication from islands is a team sport. It's not a competition - but if it were, New Zealand would surely be up there

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00:29:27

Voice of Tangaroa 07 | Summer 34

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/05/28

Journalist Rebekah White meets two people who have been counting albatrosses on remote islands in the subantarctic for more than three decades. Their research shows that at least one species is en route to extinction. A few changes to the way we fish could save it.This episode was first released 11 April 2024.Gibson's and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high

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00:30:51

Voice of Tangaroa 06 | Taking on water

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/05/21

New Zealand once led the world in marine protection. Now it looks like we will fail to meet our international promise to protect 30 percent of our ocean estate by 2030. Why is stopping fishing so politically fraught? How might our ideas about marine protection need to change? And why, when our seas are in need, is it taking us so long to learn to talk to each other?This episode was first released 4 April 2024.Updates/Learn more:Read the New Zealand Geographic article by Kate Evans, with

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00:28:00

Voice of Tangaroa 05 | A tale of two islands

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/05/14

The Bounty Islands are tiny in terms of area - just some bits of granite jutting out of the ocean. But they are huge in terms of seabirds. James Frankham joins a team researching the erect-crested penguins who breed in this remote archipelago. Recent counts suggest the penguins of the Bounties are doing fine. But this is not the case on the Antipodes Islands, and the researchers desperately want to know why. This episode was first released 28 March 2024.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more

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00:32:00

Voice of Tangaroa 04 | The stuff of life

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/05/07

What roles do our ocean ecosystems play in capturing carbon? Kate Evans speaks to iwi Māori working to improve the health of an estuary in the Bay of Plenty, and to scientists studying the fiords of New Zealand's southwest coast. There's potential for huge amounts of carbon to be locked away, if we don't mess it up. This episode was first released 21 March 2024.To avert the worst of the climate crisis we need to reduce our emissions. One way is to phase out fossil fuels, to leave forms of carbon

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00:32:33

Voice of Tangaroa 03 | Fish out of water

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II ·

2025/04/30

People and livestock gobble so much fish that the seas soon won't keep up. Is the answer to grow fish on land? Kate Evans meets scientists figuring out the puzzles of how to farm some of New Zealand's iconic ocean creatures.This episode was first released 14 March 2024.Many of our fisheries are under pressure. At the same time people are eating more fish. Could farming iconic New Zealand species be the future? And what are the advantages of growing fish on land?A new lease of lifeOcean Beach used

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