Great Barrier Island

Emergency services on Great Barrier Island are on standby for the arrival of Cyclone Cook. Audio

Kim Hill talks to behavioural ecologist Dr Rochelle Constantine, Senior Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland. She discusses whale strandings. Audio

Police divers have recovered the bodies of two men who drowned while diving for crayfish near Great Barrier Island on Saturday night. Audio

Sixteen years and 44,000 dead rats later, the Windy Hill Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island finally has a dawn chorus Audio

Great Barrier Island's Karen Walker looks after sick, injured and orphaned birds, such as banded rails, black petrels and pateke Audio

Katherine Clements talks about her experience of volunteering for the Department of Conservation and working with seabirds Audio

Black petrels are a common sight at sea in the Hauraki Gulf, and are at risk from being accidentally caught by recreational and commercial fishers Audio

Glenfern Sanctuary is the vision of the late Tony Bouzaid to restore the forest and wetlands of Great Barrier Island, and inspire other people to become involved in conservation Audio

Botanist and bird watcher John Ogden is passionate about making Great Barrier Island pest-free - and keeping an eye on his local shorebirds Audio

New Year's Eve was celebrated throughout the country this week with pub gigs, beachfront shows and large-scale music festivals. Music 101 embedded The Wireless' editor Marcus Stickley at one of these… Audio

Long-time conservationist who has written (with Tony Lindsay and Janet Hunt) the history of New Zealand's wildlife sanctuaries, Paradise Saved. Audio

David Watson at the 'Milk Honey and Grain' museum on Great Barrier Island. Themes include dairying, gum digging, logging, timber milling, mining, bee-keeping, shipwrecks, long drops and whaling. Audio