Kennedy Warne
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy takes us off the beaten track to Bruny Island, off the coast of Hobart, and returns to Uluru, where climbing of the sacred rock ceased in 2019, but tourism is bigger than ever. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about the gravitational attraction of ice, and why the Nepalese government is shifting Everest Base Camp. Kennedy also mentions a recent visit to a prolific stand of kauri… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy has been travelling in Iceland and Greenland where he says the weather has been unseasonably warm. It's estimated that the Greenland ice cap has lost the equivalent of 72 million Olympic… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy is heading well off the beaten track to the land of the midnight sun. In a few days he joins a National Geographic voyage with French cruising company Ponant, exploring the western coast of… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
It's the the annual Garden Bird Survey this week, where the public is invited to count birds in their backyard or local park or reserve for an hour any time between now and Sunday and report the… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne - godwit migration
Kennedy looks at the incredible migratory journeys of godwits from New Zealand to Alaska, which are happening at the moment, and which inspired a piece of choral music in praise of the birds. Also the… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne visits the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangarei, initiated in 1993 and which finally opened in February this year. Austrian-born Friedensreich Hundertwasser lived the last 30 years of… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne and kereru
Kennedy has the story of "Lucky," a kereru chick that is being raised by its parents on photographer Rod Morris's property in Broad Bay, on the Otago Peninsula. He also talks to Kathryn about a kereru… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about his summer of islands and the places he's visited during voyages from the Hauraki Gulf to Whangaroa Harbour, and also the tsunami damage to Tutukaka marina. Audio
Haere Ra 2021 - Part 2
Nota Bene sing 'The Blessed Son of God' and 'Ding Dong Merrily on High' - Te Radar, Irene Pink, Kennedy Warne, Beau and Sam Ackerman bid farewell to 2021. Audio
Haere Ra 2021 - Part 1
Te Radar, Irene Pink, Kennedy Warne and Sam Ackerman bid farewell to 2021. And, we're joined by Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene for some Christmas songs. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne - out of Auckland, at last!
Kennedy shares some thoughts from the road during a celebratory taste of travel freedom. He has journeyed North to places of his heart: Russell/Kororareka and Urquharts Bay, at the head of Whangarei… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Today Kennedy talks about two of the landscapes featured in a new book, Shifting Grounds, which explores the deep histories of Tamaki Makaurau. As is fitting for a city of volcanoes, both landscapes… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about the historic reserve connected to the Chelsea Sugar Refinery, on Auckland's North Shore and park's ongoing nature legacy. He also mentions a new book, Treasures of the… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy explore the impact Covid restrictions having on the natural world. Does nature respond to the reprieve? Also, is there anything to learn from the spate of young seals washing up on beaches in… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about a cherished patch of forest, wetland and sandspit on the banks of the Tamaki River in Auckland - Tahuna Torea, "the sandspit of the oystercatchers." Once slated to… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne - The cuckoos' return
Spring sees the return to Aotearoa of not one but two species of native cuckoo, whose migrations are among the longest of any songbird. Kennedy will focus specifically on the long-tailed cuckoo, which… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy travels the Coromandel Coast, he also talks about Tui and their many and varied sounds and looks ahead to National Poetry Day. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy takes us on the scenic route from Blenheim to Picton. Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy speaks to Kathryn about Patricia Grace and her recently published memoir, "From the Centre." Audio