Podcast appearances and mentions of wellington zoo

Wellington Zoo's new capybara is settling into his new home and getting to know his future mate. Kate Green paid him a visit.

While many journalists are trawling Reddit, X and TikTok for stories, Joel MacManus is browsing Papers Past, an online archive of digitised historical media. This week he may have solved the murder case of an emu that died at the Wellington Zoo in 1907 and last year he made a near definitive ruling on whether or not Te Rauparaha really did drink at the Thistle Inn. The resulting investigations make for gripping reading. Gabi Lardies takes over the mic on this week's Behind the Story and is joined by Joel MacManus to discuss why he is so intrigued by these questions and how he sets about solving them. Windbag: The unsolved case of the Wellington emu murder Windbag: Did Te Rauparaha really drink at the Thistle Inn? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost 120 years ago, a tragic incident captured headlines across the nation. The emu at Wellington Zoo was found dead in its enclosure only ten days after it arrived. Did the emu die of natural causes? Or was it killed in an act of cruelty? 

We take you inside Wellington Zoo's animal hospital, Te Kōhanga, where they help rehabilitate native birds ready to be released back into the wild.

This week we chat to a veterinarian at Wellington Zoo's animal hospital, Te Kōhanga, we visit a peony farm in full bloom, and we hear from scientists about the pros and cons of nitrogen.

Wellington Zoo has announced their next new arrivals, and they're not quite what Kevin expected.  Onyx and Beryl aren't baby primates or giraffes, but rather two Romney Cross sheep!   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Country Life is at the last day of the kumara harvest in Northland, joins a quartet of otters at Wellington Zoo for dinner to learn more about where the animals' food comes from and speaks to Inglewood vet Neil Chesterton about a lifetime of treating lameness in dairy cows.

Have you ever wondered where all the food for Wellington Zoo's 500 animals come from? The answer might surprise you... Gianina Schwanecke meets with the zoo's animal science manager to find out more and joins a group of otters for dinner.

A growing family needs more room - and for giraffes that's no exception. Baby Nia was born four months ago and now Wellington Zoo is building a bigger home for her, mum, dad and great aunt Zahara. As Pretoria Gordon reports, it's a challenge to build a house for residents that weigh a ton and are over five metres tall.

Wellington Zoo's welcomed a baby Giraffe... the first to be born there in almost two decades. And its a girl ..born to Mum Zuri and Dad sunny, in the early hours of yesterday morning. Wellington Zoo Animal care manager Nic Dunn confirms she's just delicious. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6342039499112

Zoo Miami's treatment of Paora the kiwi sparked outrage across the country, but how does Aotearoa treat other countries' national treasures?

A lot of Kiwis are going to be relieved to hear that that Miami zoo has immediately called off any more public encounters with the kiwi bird they've got over there. The kiwi's been put back into darkness, they say. It's now out of the fluorescent lights it was under and it's not going to be cuddled and stroked by visitors anymore. The zoo has apologised for doing this, saying they are deeply sorry and they acknowledge they've made a huge mistake. And I've got to be honest, like many people, I'm stoked by that. I really personally hated seeing the cruelty, whether it was intended or not, in that video where people were handling that kiwi. Which brings me to this though- there is a bit of hypocrisy here from us, isn't there?  I mean, you and I understand that a kiwi shouldn't be handled like that, because kiwis are special to us and they're native to New Zealand and we understand that they're endangered. We've taken on the responsibility to do absolutely everything we can to help them survive. When we see other people in other countries not understanding that and not doing the same thing, it's really weird for us, isn't it?  But aren't we doing exactly the same thing to endangered animals from other countries in this very country right now? I mean, I don't want to sound like a massive hand-wringer, but you can't have a problem with the treatment of that kiwi and then happily go along to Auckland Zoo to look at lions that are locked up in enclosures that are nowhere near as big as the 1000 square kilometres they would roam in the wild. And you can not be at all comfortable going to Wellington Zoo to watch people fiddle with tarantulas like that's normal for a tarantula. And right now in Auckland Zoo, honestly the saddest thing that's happening to animals in this country is that Burma the elephant is completely by herself. She has been for ages. We all know that elephants are like humans, they get stressed and anxious when they're lonely.  To be fair to us as humans, zoos have been around for such a long time- they've been around since the Victorian era- that we've just gotten used to this. I don't think a lot of us stop to think about whether zoos are actually nice to animals or not. Whether this is normal or not. I'll tell you what, think about it a little bit, please. Because if you're offended by the treatment of that kiwi in Miami- not in its homeland, not in its natural habitat, being handled by people it when shouldn't be- next time you go to a zoo, ask yourself if that's not the same thing that we're doing to the lions and elephants and cheetahs and tarantulas and monkeys in New Zealand. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every month Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau joins Nick Mills in the studio on Wellington Mornings.  This time Nick questions the Mayor on 30kph speed reductions set for 93 percent of the capital's streets, the council flip flopping on whether to review sport facility fees and even finds out how much ratepayers have forked out for the Wellington Zoo's new snow leopards. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Herald reporter Georgina Campbell joins Kathryn for the latest on the faulty streetlight saga in Wellington, after a plan to stop light shining into people's homes were spectacularly wrong. Wellington's harbourmaster has issued an ultimatum to the owner of a leaking yacht after marina staff spent six months pumping water out of the vessel to prevent it from sinking. And snow Leopard sisters Asha and Manju have arrived at Wellington Zoo. Georgina Campbell is NZ Herald Wellington issues reporter.

Wellington Zoo is now home to a pair of snow leopard sisters. Asha and Manju have come from Melbourne Zoo and are the only snow leopards in New Zealand. Our visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went to see them just hours after they were let into their enclosure.

A Snow Leopard expert has travelled all the way from Nepal for today's opening at Wellington Zoo. Snow Leopard sisters Asha and Manju can be seen from today in their new habitat, which has taken 18 months to build. 

They're out of quarantine and ready to charm. Wellington Zoo is on Wednesday welcoming two female snow leopards - Asha and Manju. A lot of effort has been put into their new $6 million home. Wellington Zoo chief executive Karen Fifield spoke to Corin Dann

In an effort to help reduce the effects of human-caused greenhouse gases on global climate, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums has recently produced a publicly available comprehensive guide to help facilities and individuals reduce their carbon footprint. Karen Fifield, WAZA Vice President from Wellington Zoo and Helen Lockhart, from Two Oceans Aquarium were instrumental in producing the guide and discuss its implementation for zoos and aquariums of all sizes and resources. The important takeaway they agree is for every facility to just begin wherever they can and to build greater success from there. Animal Care Software KONG Zoo Zoo Logic

Being a registered Zoo or wildlife park in New Zealand doesn't automatically guarantee best practice for animal protection. Karen Fifield is the Chief Executive of Wellington Zoo and she was also recently apppointed Vice President of World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. WAZA is a global alliance whose members are dedicated to the care and conservation of animals and their habitats around the world. She says protecting wildlife is a key plank of being an accredited member of WAZA, and it ensures facilities are progressive and do work beyond breeding animals. Zoos and wildlife parks here have to meet Government guidelines and minimum standards around containment, but Ms Fifield says that's different to conservation and protection measures.

On the eve of The Winter Olumpic Games, Staffy catches up with legendary Kiwi Sports Commentator John McBeth (Live from Wellington Zoo!) to talk through this years games.

In Part 8 of our NZ Tourism Awards special we welcome three more awesome finalists.  Tak Mutu representing MDA Group from Rotorua who are finalists in the Community Engagement Award.  Amy Hughes from Wellington Zoo who are finalists in the Environment Award Nineke Metz and Owen Taituha from Waitangi Treaty Grounds who are finalists in the Maori Tourism Award.    We announce the winner of the iFly competition last week and remind you to enter our Dart River Funyak Adventure Competition www.destinatenz.com/competitions We are also giving away a family pass to visit the Waitangi Treaty Grounds AND Wellington Zoo.  Head to www.destinatenz.com/competitions for details.    Timings:  MDA Group: 7.23 (https://www.mdanz.com/about) Wellington Zoo: 23.58 (https://wellingtonzoo.com/) Waitangi Treaty Grounds: 42.25 (https://www.waitangi.org.nz/)    Thanks for listening in. Tell your friends, share with your colleagues!  www.destinatenz.com  #tourismmarketing #NZTourismAwards #NZTourism #TourismNZ #collaboration #leadership #GirlBoss 

In today's episode Tara talks about a Kiwi guy who tried to steal a monkey from Wellington Zoo to give to his girlfriend for her birthday, a Florida man who went on a crime spree racking up 19 charges in under an hour, an English woman who stole a ferry whilst tripping balls and shouting "I'm Jack Sparrow!" and much more.Sources:Man “High As A Kite” Tries To Steal Monkey From Zoo For Girlfriend — Gets Roughed Up Instead, By Caroline Redmond, allthatsinteresting.com, Sept 10, 2018. ‘I'm gonna get her that monkey': Man's outrageous quest for love revealed, By Stephanie Bedo, news.com.au, May 4, 2021. Drunk woman steals 45ft ferry while shouting 'I'm Jack Sparrow', By Richard Smith, Dailyrecord.co.uk, Sept 21, 2012. Alison Whelan Who Stole Ferry in Devon Shouting 'I'm Jack Sparrow!' Jailed, Huffingtonpost.co.uk, Sept 20, 2012. Naked Florida man accused of bizarre crime spree that included trying to kiss elderly woman, Adrienne Cutway, clickorlando.com/news, June 9, 2020. #FloridaMan strips naked at flea market, steals car, breaks into home, rips out mailbox, kisses old lady, gets arrested, By rgarguilo, 96rock.com, June 8, 2020. Mayfield wrestling champ pins down suspected kidnapper at convenience store, By Bethany Brunelle, lcsun-news.com, March 26, 2020. Caught on video: Hero Las Cruces teen wrestling champ stops kidnapping of children, By Associated Press, Kvia.com, March 28,2020. Man who robbed bank wearing pillow case without eye holes arrested after fleeing 'very slowly' then stopping to pat a dog, court hears, By Matt Drake, independent.co.uk, Jan 18, 2020. Actor Aaron Defant Arrested For Heist He Reenacted On TV, Newser.com, May 23, 2012. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Samantha Chiew on understanding the effects of animal-visitor interactions, learning from little penguins, and animal welfare policy Samantha Chiew starts by sharing some of her first memories of connecting with animals at a children's farm. With so many other ways to study and work with animals abound, Samantha reflects on different pathways and how she obtained an MSc and joined, like Sabrina, the CAWSEL course in Cambridge. Samantha shares about her work at the Healesville Sanctuary as a customer service representative, learning about why zoos are so important. Looking at both animal welfare and the visitor experience. She then pursued a PhD in zoo animal welfare studying penguins and human and visitor interactions. Samantha shares research findings and how outcomes were used to modify environments and regulate the visitor animal interaction. "Findings have increased our understanding of the multifaceted nature of visitor attitudes and have identified some influencing factors on attitudes that can be used to inform the way zoos manage visitor-penguin interactions." Currently, Samanta is working for the Australian Federal (Commonwealth) Government as a Policy Officer in the Animal Welfare team within the Agricultural Policy Division, with a focus on the field of farm animal welfare. Her work revolves around ensuring that the recommended changes in policy are supported and backed by science. Samantha concludes the podcast with a story about penguin poo and what she learned from Bandit, a little penguin at Wellington Zoo. Learn more about Healesville Sanctuary and Zoos Victoria HERE Visit Dr Chiew's ResearchGate HERE Learn more about CAWSEL HERE View the special issue HERE Become a PAWS member HERE

Rob and Danny were excited to welcome Shirley Rourke from GoWay Travel to talk about Australia!Shirley Rourke surely is a passionate travel industry veteran, has specialized in the South Pacific for over 25 years.After working in several sectors of the industry that includes education, inbound, retail and wholesale, Shirley found her home and go away for the past 17 years. Shirley's traveled extensively internationally and has enjoyed many trips to the South pacific for both business and for pleasure. Her role as vice president allows her to fully embrace her passion for all things South pacific. Surely welcome to the show. Thank you. We are glad to have you. So let's talk about Australia. So for families that are wanting to visit Australia for maybe the first time and they're intent on tackling the entire country at one time, which is ambitious.I know, but what strategy would you suggest maybe like hub in spoke or going city to city? What's the best strategy to try to tackle the entire country on one visit? Okay, first of all, I would suggest that they really think about what their interests are, what activities they enjoy and really try to make sure that they incorporate all those things and those activities into their trip so that it can be completely customized to their particular interests and needs and wants. So it's good to say, oh we want to see this, this and this, but try and incorporate those activities and interests in so that they can truly make their trip to Australia really there's sure.And we talked a little bit beforehand about some clients of mine that went to see went to New Zealand and they based their entire trip on a visit to the Wellington Zoo. So it can be any number of things that I would imagine to what you said, make the trip their own. Absolutely. And if you want to try to learn how to surf, put that in and we'll put it in along the way. As far as choosing where to start. It does depend on how long you have.But at minimum what people will always want to do is see the highlight of Sydney and of course the great barrier reef. So those are two of the main things that they want to see. And then from there start to add in the extra activities that they want to see. The other areas that they want to see once they tell us the areas that they want to see and experience is that they want to do experts like go away. We'll put it together based on what airfare makes the most sense.And we'll also talk about what makes sense according to weather. And we'll talk about whether a little bit later on. So it really looking at an itinerary that makes the most sense based on geography and airfares because there will be some flying involved. Well that brings us to the length of stay. If you're trying to tackle the entire country on one visit. What's the minimum amount of days that you would imagine coming from the U. S. Or Canada someplace around that area? What's the minimum amount of days that you would suggest?Well my very first trip to Australia, I spent 13 months there and there are still bits of the country that I missed. So 13 months might be a little ambitious but who knows? Maybe not. So what I would suggest is the length of state really all depends. We see the U. S. Market tends to stay a little bit shorter, 2 to 3 weeks. If you can squeeze a little bit longer that's better the Canadian market. They usually start at three. They stretch it out maybe to about six weeks. So the longer you can stretch it out the more you can see.Listen to the podcast for more of this show!

Wellington Zoo's closed its kiwi house indefinitely while it investigates what's killed three of the precious birds in its care in the past few months. Tahi, a one legged kiwi, that had been with the Zoo for 15 years, died a fortnight ago after suffering similar symptoms to two other birds who died earlier. Zoo chief executive Karen Fifield says they're still trying to work out what went wrong.

In the Pod today: Taiwan is a sobering warning for us with Covid-19 rampant; the government wants all of our new vehicles to be electric by 2035 - we ask a couple of experts how; the perks of dining out if you forfeit your phone for the meal; a conspiracy of ring tailed lemurs arrive at Wellington Zoo and the long awaited return to the North Island of one of its earliest - and clumsiest - residents, the grey-faced petrel or northern muttonbird

Wellington Zoo has defended plans to have more African lions at some point in the future.This morning, 20-year-old lioness sisters Djane and Zahra have been euthanised.Djane's health was precarious - and it was decided Zahra couldn't be alone.The pair have been at Wellington Zoo since 2002.Wellington Zoo chief executive Karen Fifield told Heather du Plessis-Allan that they are all hurting after the decision. On replacing the pair, she says they are part of the global breeding programme."Lion populations are in trouble, and they are regarded as vulnerable." Fifield says that their lions will come from other zoos rather than being pulled from the wild. She says that lions live longer in captivity, and get regular medical care."Lions live in the wild for 10-15 years, and our lions would have been 20-years-old."LISTEN ABOVE

Carey Gardiner and Rory Barker cover the cross country meet at Jollyville High School, when an emergency at the Malakoff Bubble Bath Factory suddenly takes over the broadcast. UncleASAR interviews Ox Lennon of Wellington Zoo in New Zealand. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A South Island business operator who missed out on a government tourism grant believes the scheme has totally missed the mark and could land the government in court. About 80 businesses have got more than $40 million in funding and or loans as part of the government's Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme - including AJ Hackett Bungy, Discover Waitomo, Rotorua Zorb and Wellington Zoo to name just a few. As part of the qualifying criteria businesses had to be a key attraction, nationally or internationally recognised, and generate significant spillover benefits for the region. Two dozen South Island tourism operators are questioning the way the money was carved-up and want a please explain from the Minister before they decide whether to take the matter to court. Abbe Hutchins is chief executive of Marlbourough Tour Company. She made an application for funding and was turned down. She tells Lisa Owen the process could have been fairer and simpler and she thinks they got it wrong.

The Goliath Bird Eater Tarantula is the largest tarantula in the world and can grow to be bigger than two human hands. So we sent our reporter Logan Church, who we later found out is absolutely terrified of spiders, and cameraman Dom Thomas, to Wellington Zoo to meet them.

Today's episode is with Karen Fifield MNZM, the Chief Executive of Wellington Zoo in New Zealand, who shares the philosophy, experiences and insights of the zoo on animal welfare and care. About what leading zoos and aquariums are doing for animal welfare today.The importance of social media to bring people with us to understand the work we are doing in zoos, as well as the importance of transparent messages, focusing on the visitor experience, and how we can work together with the staff and the public for animals and conservation. Karen discussed the opportunities we have regarding animal welfare, as well as potential tensions with other goals such as conservation, education, research, and recreation, and animal welfare being the basis and being fundamental to all other programs. And the importance of continuous improvement, to do the research and ask 'Could we do this better?' To be thinking all the time, to do the best we can, to know that we have it right through continuous research, collaborations with experts university, and others to gain insights and have constructive and in-depth conversations. To work together and to have research and information to back up our animal care programs, including designing new habitats. Karen shares her views on naming animals, their personality, starting from the basis of love, animal's personal stories, like Sunny the giraffe, how storytelling is key, and how together we can do something to make the planet a better place for animals.Learn more about the Wellington Zoo, connect with the zoo on Facebook, Twitter, wonderful photos on Instagram, and videos on YouTube!

The inhabitants of New Zealand's zoos have gone without their usual stream of visitors for the past seven weeks. That's set to change, as zoos and wildlife parks reopen under Alert Level 2. Wellington Zoo opens on Monday, and entry will be free until the end of June. Karen Fifield is the chief executive of Wellington Zoo.

Wellington Zoo has reached a "huge milestone" after successfully hatching 13 Goliath bird-eating tarantulas. It's the first zoo in Australasia to breed the species. However, as Amelia Langford finds out, not everybody is so excited about this development.

Welcome to Trans-Tasman Tales, the free podcast by the Australian High Commission in New Zealand.In the latest episode of Trans-Tasman Tales, Anna Brown, Second Secretary at the Australian High Commission and speaks with David Schaap from the Save the Tasmanian Devils Program and Carnivore Keeper at Wellington Zoo, Amy Saunders, about the iconic Tasmanian Devil and the challenges they face. Keep up to date with the Australian High Commission in New Zealand by following us on social media: Find us on FacebookFind us on TwitterFind us on LinkedInVisit our website Music by Lee Rosevere

Wellington Zoo recently celebrated it's 110th year by throwing the Wild Ideas Conservation Symposium, which was about sharing conservation learnings from the world's leading global conservation organisations. B-Side Stories were able to talk to Esther Conway of 21st Century Tiger and Ang Sherpa from the Red Panda Network about the challenges these animals face, how their organisations support them and some tips for us as consumers.

CLICK HERE for the podcast outline. CLICK here for a podcast episode with Sarah Van Herpt (previously from Wellington Zoo) who talks about her application of the shape or enrichment – “enrichment process” Valerie Hare – Bio Val is currently the chief financial officer and workshop coordinator for the shape of enrichment incorporated. She s also worked […] The post Valerie Hare – Co-founder of the SHAPE of enrichment, part 2 (Episode 30). appeared first on Animal Training Academy.

CLICK HERE for the podcast outline. CLICK here for a podcast episode with Sarah Van Herpt (previously from Wellington Zoo) who talks about her application of the shape or enrichment – “enrichment process” Valerie Hare – Bio Val is currently the chief financial officer and workshop coordinator for the shape of enrichment incorporated. She s also worked […] The post Valerie Hare – Co-founder of the SHAPE of enrichment, part 1 (Episode 29). appeared first on Animal Training Academy.

Podcast outline. 00:00 Introductions 3:58 Sarah shares her experience from attending the Shape of enrichment workshops held at Wellington Zoo in 2014 and about the process of enrichment she learned about there. 9:37 Sarah talks about the importance of goal setting when coming up with new enrichment ideas. 13:15 Sarah and I discuss a specific […] The post Talking enrichment with Sarah Van Herpt from Wellington Zoo [Part 2] appeared first on Animal Training Academy.

In this podcast episode we talk to Sarah Van Herpt from Wellington Zoo. This is part one of what will be a two-part episode where we cover a large range of information regarding Sarah’s experience in implementing and managing enrichment programs as a zoo keeper, wildlife nurse and pet owner. Podcast outline. 00:00 Introductions 3:50 […] The post Talking enrichment with Sarah Van Herpt from Wellington Zoo [Part 1] appeared first on Animal Training Academy.

Ben Dowdle, the Campaign Director of the Unmask Palm Oi Campaign talks about why he has devoted every spare hour in the last four years to getting mandatory labeling on Palm oil and the simple thing we can do to help.

Part 2 of Wins in 2014, from generation Zero, the Wellington Zoo and Action Station.

Jacqui Hooper, Wellington Zoo's primate keeper volunteered at the Jane Goodall Institute's Chimp Eden to learn more about chimpanzee's and what we can do about helping to stop their diminishing numbers.