Birds

Listen to the warou, named ‘welcome swallows’ in English because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Audio

Listen our distinctive native pigeon, which, as the only disperser of large fruits, are essential for the regeneration of our native forests. Audio

Listen to the New Zealand falcon, which, despite being able to fly at speeds over 100 km/h, are more endangered than the kiwi. Audio

Listen to the Okarito brown kiwi, New Zealand's rarest kiwi which is confined to a small area of lowland in South Westland, Audio

New Zealand's four kinds of finches with Hugh Robertson. Audio

Listen to the Chatham Island mollymawk, a rare albatross that breeds on an isolated, almost inaccessible rock stack south of Pitt Island in the South Pacific Ocean. Audio

Conservationist Gerry McSweeney talks about old growth forest and using 1080 for biodiversity restoration at a landscape scale Audio

Listen to the southern skua. Audio

Listen to the tauhou (the silvereye). Audio

Listen to the riroriro (the grey warbler). Audio

Listen to the redpoll, the smallest and most acrobatic of New Zealand's introduced finches, often seen hanging upside-down on trees in the South Island's hill country. Audio

That's the boom of the kakapo and if a group of Waikato conservationists is successful, it could be heard once again on New Zealand's mainland. Audio

Two rare taiko seabird eggs have hatched in the first breeding attempt on the Chatham Islands. Audio

Jim Mills' study of red-billed gulls at Kaikoura has been going for 50 years and has revealed many interesting results. Audio

Wild birds such as kaka, shags and ducks bring their own challenges for the managers of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. Audio

One of the biggest drawcards to Stewart Island are the Rakiura tokoeka, the kiwi. Audio

The Department of Conservation and Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust have been counting hoiho in their subantarctic stronghold at the Auckland Islands Audio

We head out with Hugh Roberston to spot the California quail. Audio