Episodes

  • 21 - A Kākā Comeback

    21 - A Kākā Comeback
    Aug 7 2025
    Is your garden ready for a kākā visit? With increased predator control across Dunedin we are starting to experience more native birds, including kākā, in our backyards. Join Maureen Howard, as she visits with Communications and Advocacy Lead Taylor Davies-Colley at Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Listen in to find out - how we can live well with kākā, the benefits of big old trees - native or exotic, and why having a 1000 year plan is a perfect timeline for successful rewilding. This episode of Rewilding in Action is supported by Bin Inn Dunedin. For more information go to www.bininn.co.nz/otago/dunedin This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    27 mins
  • 20 - United by a Stream Gully

    20 - United by a Stream Gully
    Jul 24 2025
    Rewilding requires ecological corridors to connect ecologically significant habitats. However in urban areas, native forest remnants are often isolated from one another, surrounded by multiple landowners. Join Maureen Howard, as she chats with her guests Rachel Gibb and Ursula Ellenberg from Ravensbourne - where landowners have been working together to restore a stream gully spanning eight property blocks and where donkeys have helped restore native bush on Rachel's land! This episode of Rewilding in Action is supported by Carey’s Bay Hotel. For more information go to www.careysbayhotel.co.nz This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    27 mins
  • 19 - Rewilding: Past, Present and Future

    19 - Rewilding: Past, Present and Future
    Jul 9 2025
    How can looking to the past, present and future help guide our rewilding goals? Join me, Maureen Howard as I chat with my guest Associate Professor Michael Knapp from the Department of Anatomy at Otago University. Taking a long time scale perspective, Michael helps shed some light on some of the ecological issues in recent rewilding episodes and how we can work better with nature. This episode of Rewilding in Action is supported by Carey’s Bay Hotel. For more information go to www.careysbayhotel.co.nz This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    25 mins
  • Rewilding In Action Replay - 05 - Spongy Urban Gardens Rich in Wildlife

    Rewilding In Action Replay - 05 - Spongy Urban Gardens Rich in Wildlife
    Jun 26 2025
    Please enjoy this replay from October 2024 Climate change and biodiversity loss often go hand in hand - but fortunately so do the solutions. In this episode of Rewilding in Action I visit the garden of urban ecologist Professor Yolanda van Heezik from Otago University. We discuss 'Garden Rewilding' particularly in the context of the broader urban landscape, and the value of gardens to reduce extreme flooding events in urban areas. Yolanda explains how and why we should allow our own gardens to become that little bit wilder - for nature’s sake - and ours. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    27 mins
  • Rewilding In Action Replay - 04 - Te Ao Māori vision of Rewilding

    Rewilding In Action Replay - 04 - Te Ao Māori vision of Rewilding
    Jun 12 2025
    Please enjoy this replay from October 2024 Could the plaintive calls of Buff Weka once again be heard across the Otago Peninsula? It’s already a special refuge – for breeding penguins like hoiho and kororā, for toroa Northern Royal Albatrosses and tarāpunga Red-billed Gull colonies. In this show I chat with my guests Hoani Langsbury and Tūmai Cassidy about some of the commonalities between their Māori world view, knowledge and vision – and those of Rewilding. They tell me how the values behind Te Ao Māori are guiding ecological restoration on the peninsula particularly as it relates to the possible reintroduction of Buff Weka. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    27 mins
  • Rewilding In Action Replay - 10 - Farming and Wildlife - A No Brainer

    Rewilding In Action Replay - 10 - Farming and Wildlife - A No Brainer
    May 29 2025
    Please enjoy this replay from January 2025 In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard is back on Otago Peninsula again to meet with Paula Cross who along with her husband Brendan farm 880 ha of the predominantly steep hill country they own and lease there. Join me to find out from my guest what it’s like to combine rewilding native forest with farming, how cutting back Muehlenbeckia australis in the native forest has impacted it, and why we might want to keep some of the non-native trees and shrubs until the native forest gets established. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    27 mins
  • Rewilding In Action Replay - 08 - Healthy Rivers Flood

    Rewilding In Action Replay - 08 - Healthy Rivers Flood
    May 15 2025
    Please enjoy this replay from December 2024 Should we rewild rivers - when floods can bring damage to property and sometimes loss of life? In this episode I chat with my guest river scientist Professor Gary Brierley about the importance of seeing rivers as dynamic entities within the landscape, rather than water channels to manage. We discuss how we can live well with our water catchments - from those that feed our magnificent glacier fed rivers to those that supply the streams on our properties. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    27 mins
  • Rewilding In Action - 18 - Sealions and Muehlenbeckia: Rewilding Together

    Rewilding In Action - 18 - Sealions and Muehlenbeckia: Rewilding Together
    May 1 2025
    Muehlenbeckia australis has a reputation as an invasive vine. On the other hand it is a native that can benefit rare species such as the local pakake / sealion population. Today we’re headed to the harbour mouth of Dunedin along the West Harbour, to the small coastal community of Aramoana. Join me, Maureen Howard as I chat with conservationist Bradley Curnow, chair of the Aramoana Conservation Charitable Trust, about the pakake that have returned to breed here. Today’s episode of Rewilding in Action is supported by Carey’s Bay Hotel. For more information go to www.careysbayhotel.co.nz This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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    26 mins