19 Aug 2013
Our Changing World - Discovering prehistoric New Zealand
A research programme at the University of Otago is forcing a re-think about the impact of early Maori on our fauna, especially coastal species. Alison Ballance is at Dunedin's Sandfly Bay with zoologist Jon Waters and PhD student Catherine Collins. It seems prehistoric Otago was home to different kinds of penguins and sea lions from those present now.