Hauraki Gulf
NZ is sinking on ocean conservation - and being reeled in by Australia
New Zealand is making Australia look good when it comes to new efforts to save the world's biodiversity and protect its oceans.
Protecting our fishers from conservation efforts
New Zealand is making Australia look good when it comes to new efforts to save the world's biodiversity and protect its oceans. Audio
Summer science: Seabirds in Auckland
The summer science fun continues with an episode from RNZ podcast Voices. Meet Gaia Dell'Arriccia, a scientist originally from the south of France who studies the seabirds that live around Auckland's… Audio
Govt plan to revitalise Hauraki Gulf met with staunch opposition
Ten years in the making, the government has launched its plan to revitalise Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, and it's immediately been slammed for not including an outright ban on trawler fishing. The new… Audio
Measures to improve depleted Auckland Hauraki Gulf mussel beds
A collaborative conservation project to rewild the Hauraki Gulf with green lipped mussels/kutai is underway. The joint initiative between Kelly Tarlton's Marine Wildlife Trust, the University of… Audio, Gallery
The Noises Islands: Part 2
This week, Claire Concannon returns to the Noises Islands in the Hauraki Gulf. While conservation action on the islands has led to thriving terrestrial ecosystems, under the water, it's a very… Audio
Marine protection for the Noises Islands
Claire Concannon visits the Noises Islands in the Hauraki Gulf, where conservation efforts on land have created a haven for native wildlife. Under the water, however, it's a very different story. Can… Audio
The Noises Islands: Part 1
The Noises are a conservation success story in the Hauraki Gulf. Claire Concannon joins a team surveying the wētāpunga, seabirds, and other flora and fauna that now thrive on these predator-free… Audio
Bird monitoring on the Noises Islands
Claire Concannon joins a research team on the Noises Islands in the Hauraki Gulf to check up on its bird residents. How are the birds faring on these predator-free havens? Audio
What feathers can tell us about the past lives of seabirds
Behind the scenes at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a "menagerie" of specimens is a treasure trove for curator Dr Matt Rayner, who is researching how the Hauraki Gulf's seabirds are faring using… Audio
Seabird secrets in the museum backroom
Claire is back this week with a new story for Our Changing World. Inspired by Bird of the Year, she heads to the Auckland Museum to meet curator Dr Matt Rayner, and discover what the feathers of old… Audio
For the love of seabirds
Edin Whitehead inherited a love of birds from her father and became captivated by the majesty of seabirds on a trip to the Subantarctic Islands. Now a PhD student at the University of Auckland, she is… Audio
Our Changing World – Seabirds under threat
Edin Whitehead is a PhD student at the University of Auckland researching how best to help the birds of the Hauraki Gulf, who are facing many threats, including warming waters. Audio
Iwi to place rāhui on Hauraki Gulf to help scallop beds recover
Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust chief executive Nicola MacDonald says the rāhui will be put in place on Waitangi Day.
Looking into the details of the Hauraki Gulf new safe guards
Last week the government announced 18 new protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Marine scientist and conservationist Veronica Rotman has been looking through the changes in depth and talks… Audio
Hauraki Gulf marine park plans cautiously welcomed
A major new environmental plan for the Hauraki Gulf is being cautiously supported on all sides.
The government has announced protection zones which will prohibit fishing, as well as a severe… Video, Audio
The Panel with Chester Borrows and Georgie Stylianou (Part 1)
Panellists Chester Borrows and Georgie Stylianou discuss new protections for the Hauraki Gulf, an increase in home loan interest rates, and Cromwell's fruit scultpure. Audio
Hauraki Gulf marine protections a boon for sea life
The government has announced 18 new protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, along with limiting trawl fishing.Otago University Zoology Professor Emeritus Liz Slooten is very happy about the… Audio
Iwi view on Hauraki Gulf plan
The government has unveiled its plan to better protect the Hauraki Gulf - Tiikapa Moana - for future generations. Successive reports in recent years have warned about the impact of overfishing… Audio
Hauraki Gulf plan to arrest ecosystem's decline
The government has unveiled its plan to better protect the Hauraki Gulf - Tiikapa Moana - for future generations. Successive reports in recent years have warned about the impact of overfishing… Audio