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What's a better mix than dogs, birds and beaches? The Karioi Project has a charity auction featuring all three. They're trying to raise fund for a specialist seabird dog to visit Raglan in search of… Video, Audio, Gallery

In November 1948, Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell discovered two pair of South Island takahē living in a high valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. Video, Audio, Gallery

Eight years ago volunteers began translocating fluttering shearwater chicks to Wellington's Matiu Somes Island to establish what is now a growing seabird colony. Audio

Adam Hattaway from Adam Hattaway and The Haunters introduces their song 'Turn Around'. Audio

Rare native New Zealand falcons are thriving in some unexpected places, including recently logged pine forests. Audio

Reintroducing wild kiwi to Wellington within the next five years is no doubt an ambitious plan but it's also achievable, says Paul Stanley Ward, the founder and leader of the conservation project… Audio, Gallery

Twenty-five years of bird counts have revealed an unexpected consequence to the creation of the predator-free Zealandia Sanctuary. Audio

The first hihi or stichbird breeding season in Taranaki for 130 years has beaten expectations with 17 chicks raised. A community-led conservation project in Taranaki has celebrated by releasing yet… Audio

Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin. Video, Audio

Scientists are discovering that tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins, living in MIlford Sound are thriving - and breaking all the penguin rules. Audio

Kings, Jack Tame, Kanoa Lloyd, Graeme Hill and Tami Nielson tell us about their favourite New Zealand albums. Video

The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust has been trying to solve the many mysteries of our smallest seabird, the New Zealand storm petrel, which breeds on Hauturu / Little Barrier Island. Audio, Gallery

Wellington's Polhill Restoration Project volunteers are looking after rare birds such as nesting kaka and tieke that are spilling into the 'halo' around Zealandia Sanctuary. Video, Audio, Gallery

A new genetic study shows that a once abundant kākāpō population declined in numbers and genetic diversity soon after stoats were introduced in the late 1800s. Audio

New Zealand is importing millions of kilograms of fish that men die to catch, but Customs won't reveal who's selling it. These are the stories of the men who catch that fish: the lost years of their… Audio

Nick Bollinger delves into a mid-seventies epic from Texan sculptor and songwriter Terry Allen. Audio

The Chatham Island Taiko Trust has made flowerpot nests for 50 Chatham Island albatross chicks that are part of a pioneering translocation from The Pyramid to the main Chatham Island. Audio, Gallery

In an ambitious world-first, scientists are using crowd-funding to pay for genome sequences for all 125 living kakapo - the first time an entire population will be sequenced. Audio

A team of biologists and chemists are developing super lures, based on pheromones found in animal urine, that they hope will be more attractive and longer lasting than food lures Video, Audio

The ruru, or morepork, is our only surviving native owl and locals living on Banks Peninsula are giving them a helping hand by providing luxury accommodation. Audio

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson has been based in Portland, Oregon for seven years now, but we'll never stop claiming him as our own. Melody Thomas met up with him for a tour of the city he… Audio