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  • Protecting Jaws - New Zealand's Rarest Freshwater Fish

    October 28, 2025 · 24 min

    Produced for Radio New Zealand Tiny, rare and under the radar…some streams in the South Island of NZ, are home to one of the country's rarest freshwater fish - the lowland longjaw galaxias aka Jaws. Featuring - Dean Nelson - Senior…

  • Declining Nationally, Thriving Here: Red-billed Gulls of Otago

    October 18, 2024 · 22 min

    Red-billed Gulls are  declining nationally in New Zealand, but the story in Otago is different.  Join us as we head out to one of the largest Red-billed Gull colonies at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula with Dr. Chris Lalas, who has been…

  • Tackling a Tricky Predator in a Unique Seabird Colony

    October 5, 2024 · 21 min

    Earlier this year, a ferret attack wiped out over 40 tītī sooty shearwater chicks in one of the few places they nest on mainland New Zealand. Francesca Cunninghame and the team from Forest and Bird are working to protect the unique seabird…

  • Counting Spoonbills - Will the Trend Continue?

    September 21, 2024 · 20 min

    While many of New Zealand’s native wetland birds are in decline, one relative newcomer has been thriving… Royal Spoonbill (kōtuku ngutupapa) made its way across the Tasman Sea and has found a new home in New Zealand. Join birders as they…

  • From Common to Rare : The Story of a Yellow Songbird

    September 13, 2024 · 22 min

    In search of a rare Songbird… Mohua were once one of the common forest birds of in the South Island of Aotearoa, but today most populations are declining. Featuring Marion Rhodes (Department of Conservation, Mohua Charitable…

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  • Cryptic Birds and How to find them?

    February 16, 2024 · 21 min

    In the southern corner of New Zealand, a team is working to detect secretive, cryptic wetland birds… using sound.  Matuku Hūrepo Australasian Bitterns are so shy and cryptic, that they are rarely seen. They are wetland birds and with a…

  • Velvet Worms - Mysterious Creatures we know almost nothing about!

    February 2, 2024 · 22 min

    Velvet Worms or Peripatus have been around for 540 million years, way before the dinosaurs…but we know almost nothing about them. Over 30 years ago, Dave Randle, a Peripatus Advocate accidentally found these fascinating creatures right…

  • Rappelling Down a Cliff to Visit Fairy Prions

    January 20, 2024 · 22 min

    Ever since finding a colony of Fairy Prions, a type of small seabird on a cliff in Dunedin, Graeme Loh has been working to explore the birds for 30 years. This is the only mainland colony of Fairy Prions in all of Aotearoa NZ, and Graeme…

  • World’s Smallest Penguins and a Small Town

    January 6, 2024 · 21 min

    In the evenings in small town of Ōamaru, hundreds of people wait eagerly, to see the stars of the night… the World’s Smallest Penguins - the Little Blue Penguins. The birds were once called ‘trespassers’ by some locals, but today they are…

  • Underdogs under the Ledge - Saving Rare Lizards

    December 23, 2023 · 24 min

    In New Zealand, Lizards are as fascinating as they are endangered - there are 125 species and most of them give birth to live young …and they’re true wildlife underdogs - so rare and out of sight,  not many people know they exist. In…

  • Crash Crash Thump! Seabirds in a Forest

    December 9, 2023 · 24 min

    Decades ago Bruce Stuart Menteath discovered something that would direct the purpose of his life - rare Westland Petrels nesting in a lush forest right on his property.   Westland Petrels are endangered seabirds that nest only on a small…

  • Season 2 is Here!

    December 9, 2023 · 0 min

    Tune into Nature is back for Season 2! From seabirds that crash through the trees...to rare reptiles...and the world's smallest penguins... Come along to meet Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique wildlife, and listen to the stories of the…

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About the show

Best Science and Environmental Podcast - Finalist at 2025 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards Winner - The Climate Award - Silver at 2024 NZ Podcast Awards Best Independent Podcast - Finalist at 2025 & 2024 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards Refreshing Nature Sounds & Stories from the Wilderness. Wildlife conservation stories with an interlude of nature sounds recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand's wild places. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tuneintonature Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tuneintonatureshow/ Producer & Presenter : https://instagram.com/karthiscool Website : https://www.karthicss