Natural Wonders

Podcast: The Detail

Our volcanic vulnerability

When should we start getting worried when our volcanic fields start heating up?

Alex Ashton

Dec 09 2019

Podcast: The Detail

Fighting the fossil miners

The Detail today looks at why an Australian/Malaysian company wants to turn 23 million year old fossils into animal food - and how far down the track its plans are.

Alex Ashton

May 22 2019

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Jungle School: Meryl and the macaque

In this episode of Orangutan Jungle School we meet Meryl. She’s like that beautiful girl we all envied at school.

Newsroom Contributor

Jan 07 2019

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Jungle School: Mema and the termites

In this episode of Orangutan Jungle School we meet Mema. She is a darling little two year-old nursery school student.

Newsroom Contributor

Jan 03 2019

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Jungle School: Beni conquers banana mountain

In this episode of Orangutan Jungle School we meet Big Boy Beni.

Newsroom Contributor

Jan 01 2019

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Jungle School: Clara and Clarita

In this episode of Orangutan Jungle School we meet new mum Clara and her daughter Clarita.

Newsroom Contributor

Dec 31 2018

Natural Wonders

A female longfin eel’s epic migration

A female longfin eel which could be up to 100 years old makes the journey on Banks Peninsula to the place where she will mate and die.

Newsroom Special Contributor

May 01 2017

Natural Wonders

Tracking humpback whales with a drone

Tracking humpback whales can prove tricky, but using a drone enabled the divers to capture some beautiful footage.

Newsroom Special Contributor

Apr 27 2017

Natural Wonders

Cod vs starfish in pāua showdown

Starfish pry paua carefully from the rocks, only to have them snatched away by marauding gangs of cod.

Newsroom Special Contributor

Apr 24 2017

Natural Wonders

Mating and cannibalism among giant crabs

Giant spider crabs are ruthless - if the female is wounded during fighting, the male will eat her alive.

Newsroom Contributor

Apr 21 2017

Natural Wonders

Diving with aggressive sevengill sharks

Divers capture rare footage of a group of increasingly aggressive sevengill sharks in the waters of Fiordland.

Newsroom Contributor

Apr 19 2017

Natural Wonders

Ducklings’ death-defying drop

When it’s time for young paradise ducks to leave the nest, they do it in breathtaking style.

Newsroom Contributor

Apr 17 2017

Natural Wonders

A glorious dolphin and gannet hunt

To the dolphins and gannets it’s simply meal time - but to a viewer, it’s poetry in motion.

Newsroom Contributor

Apr 15 2017

Natural Wonders

Scorpion fish face-off for food

Two scorpion fish end up looking quite clownish as they scrap over a morsel of food.

Newsroom Contributor

Apr 16 2017

Natural Wonders

How gannets survive volcano life

MHNZ made documentary history while filming White Island’s gannets for Our Big Blue Backyard.

Newsroom Contributor

Apr 14 2017