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Kākāpō Files II 08 | Peak Breeding
Season 7 Episode 8
More than three-quarters of female kākāpō of breeding age have mated so far, and the number of nests is growing rapidly. Kākāpō operations manager De…
4 months, 1 week ago
Kākāpō Files II 07 | Full Steam Ahead
Season 7 Episode 7
The 2026 kākāpō breeding season is all systems go: nearly half of the females of breeding age have mated and so far 15 females are nesting. Technical…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 06 | Kākāpō Action Heating Up
Season 7 Episode 6
There have been 24 kākāpō matings so far, and the number is increasing as mating action heats up on all three breeding islands. Deidre Vercoe, from t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 05 | The First Nest
Season 7 Episode 5
Early bird Pearl has laid the first eggs of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season but Kākāpō Recovery Programme science advisor Andrew Digby tells Alison B…
5 months ago
Kākāpō Files II 04 | Any Minute Now
Season 7 Episode 4
It’s the New Year and we’re in the early days of a big kākāpō breeding season. Daryl Eason from the Kākāpō Team tells Alison Ballance that Esperance …
5 months, 1 week ago
Kākāpō Files II 03 | Kākāpō Countdown
Season 7 Episode 3
It’s nearly the New Year and we’re counting down to the start of a big kākāpō breeding season. Island ranger Maddy Whittaker tells Alison Ballance th…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 02 | Meet the Team
Season 7 Episode 2
It’s the summer solstice and we are waiting for kākāpō breeding to begin. Alison Ballance chats with island ranger Maddy Whittaker, who reports that …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 01 | The Birds are Back
Season 7 Episode 1
The Kākāpō Files returns for a second season, to follow everyone’s favourite parrot through what is predicted to be the biggest breeding season on re…
6 months ago
Introducing: Kākāpō Files II
Season 7
In 2019 Alison Ballance followed the bumpy, rollercoaster ride that was the kākāpō breeding season. Now she returns, six years on, to do it all over …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
New Video: Antarctica in a Warming World
Season 6 Episode 9
In Antarctica in a Warming World researchers talk about the present impacts of climate change on the icy continent, and what they mean for our future…
6 months, 3 weeks ago