Endangered

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

The tally of infertile eggs is climbing and the kākāpō team is using artificial insemination - and a drone - to try and counter the problem, in part 5 of Voice of the Kākāpō. Audio

Forest and Bird is warning an increase in yellow eyed penguins getting caught in fishing nets is pushing the nationally endangered bird to the brink of extinction.

It estimates 30 of the penguins… Video, Audio

Exploding rat populations across New Zealand have conservationists worried and exterminators busy.

It's been blamed on a mega mast year - which basically means there is more food for predators.

And… Audio

An extremely rare critter this week, found only on one site! Only found on the limestone outcrops of the Waitaki Valley.  Audio

Kiwi free diving champion William Trubridge is attempting to swim the Cook Straight to raise awareness over the plight of the endangered hectors dolphin. He could be mistaken for one himself as he's… Video, Audio

This week's critter is the exceptionally rare nocturnal Whittakers Skink, which can live 10 times longer than most tropical lizards. Audio

The chicks that have hatched are off to Dunedin, the females have started mating again, and there is breeding action on Hauturu, all in episode 8 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio

Forty eight out of fifty kākāpō females on the southern islands have mated, nesting is well underway and the first AI has been carried out, all in episode 6 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio

Many of New Zealand's rare and endangered native creatures do not have their own wikipedia pages. A team of citizen scientists is out to change that. A team of wiki-nerds as they call themselves, are… Audio