18 episodes

Refreshing Nature Sounds & Stories from the Wilderness.

Join along to explore nature and listen to wildlife and conservation stories with an interlude of nature sounds recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand's wild places.
Tune into Nature with me Karthic, a Wildlife Filmmaker telling simple fun stories about nature & the wild.

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Refreshing Nature Sounds & Stories from the Wilderness.

Join along to explore nature and listen to wildlife and conservation stories with an interlude of nature sounds recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand's wild places.
Tune into Nature with me Karthic, a Wildlife Filmmaker telling simple fun stories about nature & the wild.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tuneintonature
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tuneintonatureshow/
Producer & Presenter : https://instagram.com/karthiscool

    Cryptic Birds and How to find them?

    Cryptic Birds and How to find them?

    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 90% loss of wetland area in New Zealand, their populations are in steady decline. A collaborative project is underway in the Otago region to understand more about these birds by detecting them using acoustic recorders. 



    Featuring -

    Dr. Scott Jarvie - Terrestrial Ecologist, ORC, Otago Regional Council 

    Mary Thompson - Ornithologist, Birds New Zealand

    Francesca Cunninghame - Project Manager, Forest and Bird

    Petra Simpson - Forest and Bird 



    If you’ve spotted an Australasian Bittern please contact  -Birds New Zealand at bitterns.otago@gmail.com

    You can also log your Bittern & Crake observations on citizen science platforms like eBird or iNaturalist 

    Learn about Australasian Bitterns



    Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

    Karthic SS

    Additional Sounds from 

    Department of Conservation  (CC BY 4.0) & Birds New Zealand

    Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

    Supported by OAR FM Dunedin & Science Communication, University of Otago.  

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    This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠


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

    Velvet Worms - Mysterious Creatures we know almost nothing about!

    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 in his garden in Dunedin and has been protecting them ever since. 

    Recently Prof Peter Dearden (University of Otago) has been working to sequence the Peripatus genome for the first time in the world, with the aim of unravelling secrets about these mysterious creatures. 

    Explore further about the Onychophora / Peripatus

    http://www.onychophora.com/ 

    Watch the 3 minute short film about Peripatus in Dunedin - https://youtu.be/NMKHmWT3dZg 

    Featuring

    Dave Randle-  Peripatus Advocate

    Prof Peter Dearden (University of Otago, Genomics Aotearoa) 

    Jo Carpenter  (Ecologist- Manaaki Whenua, Landcare Research) 

    Gabby Dale & Harriet Dale (Tainui School, Dunedin)

    Marcia Dale



    Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

    Karthic SS



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    Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

    Supported by OAR FM Dunedin & Science Communication, University of Otago.

    This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠ 


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    • 21 min
    Rappelling down a cliff to visit Fairy Prions

    Rappelling down a cliff to visit Fairy Prions

    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 has been consistently working to unravel interesting information on these secretive seabirds. 

    Learn more about Graeme's Work and  the Fairy Prion Fence https://www.facebook.com/fairyprionfence



    Featuring - 

    Graeme Loh - Wildlife Conservationist and Fairy Prion expert



    Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

    Karthic SS

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    Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs



    Supported by  OAR FM Dunedin, Science Communication, University of Otago and Wild Dunedin - NZ Festival of Nature.



    This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠ 




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    • 22 min
    World’s Smallest Penguins and a Small Town

    World’s Smallest Penguins and a Small Town

    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 icons of the town. 

    Philippa Agnew has been working on research and conservation of the Little Blues for over 17 years, and her team is working to learn about the penguins in the growing colony and keep an eye on how the changing climate might impact these birds. 



    Featuring - 

    Dr. Philippa Agnew, Science & Environmental Manager, Ōamaru Blue Penguin Colony

    Beth, Tia & Tour Guides at the OPBC

    Dawn Brown, Presence on the Harbour Gift Shop

    Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

    Karthic SS



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    Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

    Supported by  OAR FM Dunedin & Science Communication, University of Otago. 

    This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠ 


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    • 21 min
    Underdogs under the Ledge - Saving Rare Lizards

    Underdogs under the Ledge - Saving Rare Lizards

    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 Central Otago, a team is working to bring back endangered Lizards to the drylands wilderness they once lived in. Otago Skinks, Grand Skinks and other native lizards had gone locally extinct due to introduced pests & habitat destruction and now they are making a slow but steady comeback within the protected space.  Welcome to Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary. 

    Learn more about NZ’s lesser known reptiles on the sanctuary’s informative website 

    You can support the sanctuary’s work by donating and stay updated by subscribing to the newsletters here 

    Featuring - 

    Grant Norbury - Ecologist, Chairperson, Central Otago Ecological Trust  (COET)

    Anna Yeoman - Science Communicator, Trustee, COET

    Carey Knox - Herpetologist, Southern Scales   

    Kathryn Longstaff ,  Department of Conservation (DOC) Central Otago 

    Ross Curtis , Senior Ranger, DOC Central Otago

    Joanna -  Ranger, DOC Central Otago



    Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

    Karthic SS



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    Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

    Supported by OAR FM Dunedin & Science Communication, University of Otago. 

    This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠ 




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    • 24 min
    Crash Crash Thump! Seabirds in a Forest

    Crash Crash Thump! Seabirds in a Forest

    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 8 km patch of coastal forest on the West Coast of New Zealand.

    This is the story of how Bruce is protecting the rare petrels, his connection to these birds and the looming threats that could impact the petrels and the surrounding wilderness. 



    If you'd like to see the Westland Petrels up close, you can book a tour with Petrel Colony Tours - https://www.petrelcolonytours.co.nz/

    Learn about the Westland Petrel Conservation Trust - https://www.facebook.com/westlandpetrel/



    Featuring - 

    Bruce Stuart Menteath, Chairman, Westland Petrel Conservation Trust

    Denise Howard

    Sunkita Howard  

    Skye Stuart Menteath 

    Ischtar Toomey 



    Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter -

    Karthic SS ( @karthiscool )



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    Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs

    Supported by OAR FM Dunedin & Science Communication, University of Otago. 

    This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin and available at http://accessmedia.nz/ 




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    • 24 min

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