Kennedy Warne

Kennedy Warne  talks about the Hukerenui settler museum, started by a local dairy farmer that features everything from a 1950's dental clinic to a collection of carved Kauri gum. Audio

Kennedy talks about the Hukerenui settler museum, one of New Zealand's many early settler museums. Audio

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne Audio

What's your bird of the year? According to birding tradition, the first bird you see on New Year's morning is your theme bird for the year. Audio

Kennedy Warne discusses the connection between architecture and the human spirit Audio

With Christmas just around the corner, Kennedy reflects on the Sami people, from whom we get the idea of Santa and his reindeer.  Audio

Kennedy joins Kathryn from Waitangi this Remembrance Day to talk about the Te Rau Aroha museum that stands next to the Treaty House and is a stone's throw from the whare runanga.  Audio

Kennedy is on a National Geographic expedition called "Roots of the Pacific", a voyage from Honiara in the Solomons to Auckland via Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Norfolk Island. Audio

Kennedy joins Kathryn with a food theme today - talking about bananas and tips for growing them in New Zealand. Audio

Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about walking the Golden Stairs track at the entrance of the Whangape Harbour on Northland's west coast.  Audio

Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about recent research into humpback whales, and how researchers are now able to use an AI tool to identify individual whales using an online platform called Happywhale. 

Kennedy takes us into the mind of a Search and Rescue searcher and discusses the meaning of mana. Audio

Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about the springtime activity of backyard birds - particularly the song thrush, beloved of poets and musicians. He also looks at an author whose book sparked a major fear… Audio

Kennedy is on a ship steaming towards the Kimberley Coast of Australia from Darwin. He joins Kathryn to talk about what is in store during the expedition, and to share some experiences from a couple… Audio

We go off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne, who has just returned from an expedition in Scotland. He will detail what he got up to, and talk about the life and writing of Nan Shepherd - a mountain… Audio

Kennedy is on Northland's east coast to discuss the issue of kina barrens in the area, and some new proposals from Fisheries New Zealand to deal with the problem. Audio

Today Kennedy Warne discusses the proposed Te Kuha opencast coal mine in the hills above Westport getting an invite to have consent considered under the fast-track regime. Audio