Kennedy Warne
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Temperature records on land and in the oceans are toppling. Climatic extremes once considered rarities have become the "new normal," but what does "normal" even mean any more? Kennedy discusses recent… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
For the first time in nearly forty years, kakapo have returned to the New Zealand mainland. Kennedy talks about his experiences with the iconic, remarkable parrot of the night. Audio
Kennedy Warne on the Tasmanian tiger
Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, which was one of Australia's apex carnivores. Why did it go extinct? And could genetic science bring it back to life? Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy reflects on a visit to what is regarded as one of the most important cultural sites in Polynesia: the marae complex at Taputapuatea, on the island of Ra'iatea, from where the voyagers who… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne in French Polynesia
Today Kennedy speaks to us from the island of Ra'iatea in French Polynesia, the island from which the discovers of Aotearoa set forth centuries ago. He also speaks about his new underwater memoir… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
This week, Kennedy Warne takes in a visit to Broome and the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, and evidence of the Aboriginal renaissance in Australia. Audio, Gallery
Kennedy Warne: Exploring humanity's relationship with the sea
Kennedy Warne, the founding editor of New Zealand Geographic connects his lifelong exploration of the underwater world with a global story of humanity's relationship with the sea in his new book… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk predator eradication on Aotea Great Barrier Island. A project led by local Maori on the island called Tu Mai Taonga aims to free the island of ship rats and feral cats… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy has his eyes on the Pacific, and the endeavours of two Australians who have been bitten by the rowing bug across the great ocean. He'll also look at the growing concern over whether island… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne : From mountain to sea
Kennedy discusses about the historic decision to restore the mana of Mt Taranaki by dropping the name "Egmont" from the mountain and its associated national park and recognising the entirety of the… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne: Urban green spaces
Kennedy talks about the new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment into urban green spaces, and how they're being threatened by the need for housing. He'll talk about the… Audio
Off the beaten track: Seaweek and the solace of wild places
Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne looks at Seaweek, a country-wide programme held annually in New Zealand which involves beach clean-ups, community snorkelling days, film screenings, lecturers and - in… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy joins the show from Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands. He talks to Susie Ferguson about the overwhelming sense of Maori history in the area and also about how the popular understanding of the… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy brings us news from Tongareva/Penrhyn Atoll, the northernmost of the Cook Islands, where solo Pacific rower Tom Robinson is staying until the summer cyclone season passes and he can recommence… Audio, Gallery
Kennedy Warne joins the show from the Auckland Islands
He is on board a National Geographic expedition cruise to the sub Antarctic islands. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks about tuke, the rock wren, which has been declared Bird of the Year. This endangered alpine bird is one of the two remaining species of New Zealand wren. Five other species have gone… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy joins Kathryn from the Southern Ocean - he's midway through a National Geographic expedition cruise, taking a loop from Ushuaia to Falkland Islands to South Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula and… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne highlights the efforts of a young Australian attempting to row solo across the Pacific. Tom Robinson has been rowing for 4 months, having left Peru on 1 July. The 23 year old is almost… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy has an update on incoming flights of bar-tailed godwits, arriving on our shores from Alaska.
He also explores a remarkable new decision from the Supreme Court on the place of tikanga in New… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about godwits which are currently en route to New Zealand from Alaska, the gannets of Cape Kidnappers and one of the most ancient Gondwanan forests: the Daintree rainforest. Audio, Gallery