Podcasts about kereru

Our holiday on the West Coast of the South Island (Punakaiki) was just what we needed – weather in Christchurch was cold and wet, but on the West Coast sunny and warm. I re-discovered a tree I have missed since leaving Auckland 14 years ago: Rhopalostylis sapida is its name. Gardeners know it as the Nikau Palm. There are two species in the New Zealand Territories: R sapida is the common Nikau in North Island and South Island, occurring mostly on the coast from Okarito in the West and Banks Peninsula in the East. It also occurs on Chatham Island and Pitt Island and the variety that grow there is a lot more elegant, especially in the younger form: the fronds (leaves) have a more drooping attitude, a bit like the traditional palms in the tropics. I reckon we should have a taxonomic discussion about its identity (a different species?). The Nikau on the offshore Islands of the Hauraki Gulf show a similar elegance (Little Barrier, Great Barrier etc etc). I must say: I prefer those drooping forms over the tightly growing leaves pointing towards the sky. Flowering takes place in Spring and Summer and the colours are wonderful. The seeds that are formed a year later are one of the Kereru's favourite snacks. These birds' ecosystem service is to disperse the seeds through the forests – a lovely job! So… if you find Nikau seeds and want to have a go at germinating them: chuck them in water for a few days and take out the seeds; the flesh is easy to remove. Plant the seeds in good seed-raising mix (or even in a plastic bag!) until they germinate. Plant them in tall pots – keep them in shade. When they start to grow (My goodness… they are slow!) ensure that you give the palm's roots some space. When transplanting be careful not to damage the roots, especially the tap root! The second Native species in New Zealand occurs in Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands group). Its scientific name is Rhopalostylis baueri. This is a gorgeous form with large leaves and beautiful drooping habits. They are great to grow in large containers. I found some of these baueri (often called Rhopalostylis baueri var cheesemanii) as Christmas present for my local gardener at home. It's one of those finds that fills a space in my heart too and it gives us a few years of “advantage” to get that beauty growing. Plant in shade, out of frost sites and be very careful with the roots. In Punakaiki I learned exactly how much that time advantage is: Nikau take about 40 years to start forming a trunk They can grow to 15 meters tall Have “rings” around their trunk where old leaves were attached, so you can more-or-less guess how old the tree is: two or three rings per year Do the Maths! Too slow? Sorry to hear that. LEAVE YOUR LEGACY! IT'S WORTH IT LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13-year-old Elly Grady's debut children's book is an oral history of her Kereru, Hawkes Bay community.

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Was Tirol, Tauben und Bier gemeinsam haben....

Was Tirol, Tauben und Bier gemeinsam haben....

Kathryn goes off the beaten track on Waiheke Island, gets an update about Lucky the kereru, and gives a tribute to whale expert Ramari Stewart, who has been recognised for her contributions to both matauranga Maori and Western science with a prestigious Doctor of Science degree.

Kennedy has the story of "Lucky," a kereru chick that is being raised by its parents on photographer Rod Morris's property in Broad Bay, on the Otago Peninsula. He also talks to Kathryn about a kereru restoration project being conducted in the Auckland suburb of Kohimarama.

This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat with farmer and ex-farm show demonstrator Ru Gaddum. Ru is currently running an 880 ha deer, beef, and sheep farm in Kereru but also farms in conjunction with his brother and father so combined they cover 1783ha across 5 properties in the mighty Hawkes Bay. Ru spent 2 years in Japan as a farm demonstrator, entertaining thousands with his sheep shearing and mustering skills and shares some great stories and lessons with us about his time there.  Ru speaks incredibly high of his Grandfather and the farming legacy that he originally established and is proud to be carrying on that legacy now with his own family nestled in the foothills of the Ruahine Ranges.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rita Steel chts about the great Kereru count. Thanks to Scarecrow!

Bird Feeding stations and Bird Counting We've often talked about the food of birds, especially in winter. Many folks have got bird feeders that will attract a range of native and introduced birds: Seeds (on seed dispensers or stuck to solid blocks of dripping) are preferred by sparrows and finches (chaffinch, green finch)  Nectar feeders in the form of SUGAR Water attract tui, bellbird, silvereye (and kaka if you're so lucky to have them around – Yes Wellingtonians, you're lucky.  Fruit feeders love those bits of apple, orange and banana; tui bellbird kaka and Kereru are some of your guests, but I have literally seen wars break out when silvereyes spot a peeled banana! Education and Observation  In the school holidays these feeding stations could be great subjects for a little bit of Citizen Science and education. Let's see who comes to which feeding station and observe their behaviour. Do they travel in flocks, like silvereyes tend to do? Is there any animosity? Can you identify the local “owner” of the territory that is trying to chase away the interlopers? Tui are good at that!  See the different types of territorial behaviour, or even hear the different types of territorial behaviour.  Primary feathers (flight feathers) of tui and bellbird have oddly-shaped notches that create that whirring sound in flight: “listen, mate! This is MY territory!” Calculate landing rates of certain species – guess how much they eat; How long does it take for a flock of silvereyes to demolish one of those lard balls you can get from your local butcher's? How many birds of a certain species can you count at one time on your feeding station – it's all maths and statistics, but it's also art and joy and creative writing!!  What to look out for  Of course a lot of birds feed on insects and invertebrates, but at this time of the year they may be hard to find, also for the birds. Here are some ideas of what to look for! With the recent rain you'll find lots of earthworm holes and casts on lawns and bare soil. This is food for blackbirds, thrushes, starlings, magpies and even owls and harriers. Note how these casts are often found in association with rabbit poo! Starlings have a habit of probing into the soil at this time of the year: they leave heaps of distinct holes, all over the place. I reckon they are looking for the larvae of grass grubs, who are settling just below the surface during raining periods, within easy reach.  And then there are the various shrubs and trees that still bear fruits, berries and seeds. Always good for a nibble! While you are at it: count the number of birds you see within an hour and record those for the Annual Garden Bird Survey. Find it on the LandcareResearch website: https://gardenbirdsurvey.landcareresearch.co.nz/ LISTEN ABOVE  

Today marks 90 years since the Hawke's Bay earthquake. At 10.47am on Tuesday, February the third 1931, a 7.8 magnitude shake all but levelled Napier and Hastings. Hamilton Logan, who was six at the time, was at his family farm in Kereru, west of Hastings. The 96-year-old told his story to our Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin.

Bird Food We’ve often talked about the food of birds, especially in winter. Many people have got bird feeders that will attract a range of native and introduced birds: Seeds: These can be via seed dispensers or stuck to solid blocks of dripping. They are preferred by sparrows and finches (chaffinch, green finch) Nectar feeders: In the form of sugar water, they attract Tui, Bellbird, Silvereye and Kaka if you’re so lucky to have them around. Fruit feeders: Some birds love those bits of apple, orange and banana. Tui, Bellbird Kaka and Kereru are some of your guests, but I have literally seen wars break out when silvereyes spot a peeled banana!! In the school holidays these feeding stations could be great subjects for a little bit of citizen science and education. Let’s see who comes to which feeding station and observe their behaviour. Do they travel in flocks, like silvereyes tend to do? Is there any animosity? Can you identify the local “owner” of the territory that is trying to chase away the interlopers? Tui are good at that!! See the different types of territorial behaviour, or hear the different types of territorial behaviour. Primary feathers or flight feathers of Tui and Bellbird have oddly-shaped notches that create that whirring sound in flight: “Listen, mate! This is MY territory!!!” Calculate landing rates of certain species. Guess how much they eat. How long does it take for a flock of silvereyes to demolish one of those lard balls you can get from your local butcher’s? How many birds of a certain species can you count at one time on your feeding station? It’s all maths and statistics, but it’s also art and joy and creative writing! A lot of birds feed on insects and invertebrates, but at this time of the year they may be hard to find, also for the birds, so here are some ideas of what to look for. With the recent rain you’ll find lots of earthworm holes and casts on lawns and bare soil. This is food for blackbirds, thrushes, starlings, magpies and even owls and harriers.  Starlings have a habit of probing into the soil at this time of the year. They leave heaps of distinct holes all over the place. I reckon they are looking for the larvae of grass grubs, who are settling just below the surface during raining periods, within easy reach. And then there are the various shrubs and trees that still bear fruits, berries and seeds. While you are at it: count the number of birds you see within an hour and record those for the Annual Garden Bird Survey Find it on the LandcareResearch website: https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/birds/garden-bird-surveys LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE   

The Jowsey family are among many Hawkes Bay farmers struggling with drought. The daily grind of feeding and watering stock on the parched paddocks is being documented on camera by the youngest in the family, 12 year old Selby.

Steve and Andrew zoom in for a chat with Dwight Grieve, Te Anau cop, and the fastest runner in Fiordland. Topics include policing during the lockdown, moose in Fiordland, running and resting from running, trout of all races, how to stay positive when surrounded by shit, and how humans are mostly really nice people. Warning! This episode sways from ridiculous to philosophical without a seconds notice! Special thanks to Emerson's Brewery, Kereru and Matt Hamblett

Rigged voting, furious social media attacks - New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition brings out the claws. But this fun election has a serious message, and is helping to raise awareness about endangered species. 

Episode Ten:Guest: Steven ‘Gatesy’ GatesThe voice of the podcast steps in as our guest bar fly on this episode of That's The Drink Talking. It's great mate, comedy royalty and wonder drinker Steven "Gatesy" Gates. Your bartenders bring in a wonderful coconut porter from New Zealand brewery, Kereru, and for some reason also by a bottle of devil's nectar known as Buckfast. Gatesy steps into the bar just in time to taste the tonic of doom and it may just well be the first time that the drink truly does do the talking... Enjoy the podcast responsibly and spread the word.

News bulletin read by Lee-Andria Jones Hero saves child, cyclist shot dead, native pigeon Kereru.

Kanye West has a new father in Trump and an in depth look that the phenomenon of Pet Play where humans act like and animal for a couple of hours a day and it is fun.  Follow us at: TWITTER: @BaboonYodel FACEBOOK: @BaboonYodel WEB: www.baboonyodel.com INSTAGRAM: BaboonYodel

Ruth and Laura close the show by chatting about Forest & Bird's annual Bird of the Year competition! Kereru, kakapo, and kaki are in the lead this year. The last day to vote is Sunday! Visit www.birdoftheyear.org.nz to take part.

Kereru by NZ Radio Training School

Tony Stoddard talks about the Great Kereru Count.

Tony Stoddard talks about his Great Kereru Counting Mission and we need you all to join him.

Celebrating Voices of the Sacred Earth; Feb 8,9 & 10th of Feb 2013Kawai Purapura - Mills Lane, Oteha Valley Rd, Albany on the North ShoreWith  Jenny Cottingham, Dyana Wells, Te Ngako Ngaropo & Dr Jyoshna La Trobe'Sacred Earth Festival' & Symposium & Gathering of All BeingsKIA ORA: You are invited to celebrate the sacred in a festive setting of community and sharing of gifts, knowledge, spontaneity and song within a context of expansive enjoyment and kinship.We ask that you commit to something DIFFERENT this weekend and involve yourself by either observing, listening, or participating in open, light hearted discussion and join in an event that brings forth a collective of NZ's top story tellers; of Maori, metaphysical ecologists, healers, artists and indigenous ideals of how as one seamless organism we can anchor a vision of a bio harmonic lifestyle and community.With a holistic understanding that integrates scientific principles people are awakening to the need to creatively build community into a dynamic field of possibility. And that 'cultural creative's' need to be communing together. By showing up at this event, this in-breath of connectivity will carry you deeper into your heart and the fabric of your being and, of all being.http://voices2013.kawaipurapura.co.nz/wordpress/ Attending, speaking & workshops:Presenters & Wisdom Keepers Barry Brailsford MBE: Author and StorytellerBarry, the vehicle for 'The Song of Waitaha', has spent much of his life researching, learning and sharing the history and ancient lore of the Maori and Polynesian people. He is an elder story teller of ancient times.Makuini Ruth Tai: Aroha Ambassador For Peace and Kaitiaki Pa Manawa.Makuini sees herself as an Aroha Light Language Scholar and linguist as well as an Aroha Ambassador for Peace and Goodwill. Being a bridger in languaging ancient lore - towards a more expansive understandingDr Richard Nunns QSM: Taonga Puoro (Maori Musical Instruments)Dr Richard Nunns QSM is a living authority on Nga Taonga Puoro (Maori traditional musical instruments). He has been described as one of New Zealand’s most remarkable musicians.Michael O’Donnell: Artist, Environmentalist, Storyteller CatalystMichael of Tarariki Pottery Paeroa is an artist, environmentalist, storyteller and catalyst. In his own unique way he has learned to walk the path of the old peoples of New Zealand and Ireland.Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber: Matakite (Medicine Woman)Franchelle is a New Zealander of Russian and Native American Cherokee descent, born with highly developed clairvoyant and healing gifts and comes from a lineage of medicine men and women.Atarangi Muru: Maori ‘Hands On’ Healer, LecturerAtarangi is a Maori Healer and is affiliated to the Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri and Te Rarawa tribes. She was raised in the small, remote, coastal community of Ahipara Northland.Gary Cook: Researcher, Author, Temple KnightGary is a leading writer on the special nature of the mystic realms that are to be found in New Zealand and the South Pacific and leader of The Secret Land project. Showing his new video Friday Night called 'Voices of the Forest.'Te NgakooterangiHe will share knowledge around ” Revitalising the authentic spiritual power of the Tōhunga Ahurewa (Traditional Māori Spiritual Practitioners) in a modern world” (Masters thesis) – and “A new perspective towards reconstructing the traditional “Whare Wānanga” (Māori Spiritual Wisdom Schools) in a contemporary context” which is his PhD topic.Ojasvin and Iris Davis: Grandmother’s Healing HakaOjasvin Kingi Davis is Maori from the people of Ngaitupoto, Ngatihine, Ngapuhi of Aotearoa, New Zealand. His bloodline and family traditions reaches back to the stream of Waitaha and Waiomu.Antion: Guitarist, Sikh, Sacred Sound CelebrationAntion: 60’s world-class guitarist of rock star fame, he was the first Kundalini Yoga teacher in UK and Europe in 1970, the first non-Indian to sing sacred Kirtan in India’s Golden Temple, and the first non-Hawaiian to be honored as a master of chant.Elandra Kirsten Meredith: “Hawaian Chanting For Healing”Elandra LMT, BA:  is a  Yoga teacher of 40 years, a 16-year director of a West Coast Yoga Center, author of five Yoga Manuals, midwife, and international founder/director teacher-trainer of her own healing work, Lomi Chi Holographic Healing.Dr Jyoshna La Trobe: Composer, Ethnographer, Workshop LeaderJyoshna  is a composer, ethnomusicologist and international workshop leader who has authored over 25 albums of original and ethnographic albums. Jyoshna’s speciality is devotional music of India, and completed her PhD on “Kīrtan and Ecstatic performance in Bengal, India”, becoming the first westerner to gain a doctorate in Rarhi Bangla Kirtan.Plus: Tania Batt, Lyn Kriegler, Jimi Dale, Georgia Wood, Shakti Band, Gus Simonovic, Brant Secunda, DJ Anirvan, Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Bhadrasena, Margaret-Mary Hollins, Daring Donna, Elisabeth von Madarasz, Nicky Hammond, Kereru, Kerry Strongman, Bill Watson and Michael Fleck plus many, many other musicians.These are just some of the  speakers, presenters, healers and artists that will be present from the 8th, 9th and 10th of February 2013.Kawai Purapura - Mills Lane, Oteha Valley Rd, Albany on the North Shorewww.kawaipurapura.co.nzPh 09 415 9468Tickets Required.

Episode 27 Drunk Kereru and "Humane" calf killing Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals.  I've been lucky enough to be included on two Animal Rights shows recently, Wild Time, an Irish radio show, and also on the fir