Kennedy Warne
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne has just come back from 10 days on the road guiding a National Geographic tour group through the country, and is en route to the South Island again to report on the Paparoa… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne has been traveling around the country for the past 10 days, visiting the geographic centre of the North Island and the geographic centre of the South Island. Tour Aotearoa is… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
The fallacy of drowning islands, the case of the unstoppable mutant crayfish and New Zealand's most unwanted export. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy discusses the politics of place, as displayed in two recent ventures that have attracted both praise and criticism: a new track on Te Mata Peak and a satellite launched from Mahia Peninsula. Audio
Music, humour and a bit of love
Kennedy Warne, Te Radar, Irene Pink and Grant Smithies help us bid farewell to the year, by reflecting on the best, worst and funniest stories of 2017. Nota Bene performs Christmas songs. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about extinction, including a recording of the extinct huia, the last laughing owl ever collected, and naturalist E. O. Wilson's book on extinction, Half Earth. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks to Kathryn about the two threatened species: kauri and te reo - picking up on the news of a rahui imposed on the Waitakere Ranges and the flap over reo-speaking broadcasters. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
More on Kennedy's Australian expedition, including his first-ever dive on the Great Barrier Reef -- in a place that lost half of its coral through bleaching in 2016 and 2017. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Today is Columbus Day in the Americas, or Leif Erikson Day, if you prefer, or Indigenous Peoples Day or Native American Day - the variety of names indicative of the vexations inherent in commemorating… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne - a visit to China
China's exhibition on the history of New Zealand's national parks on display at Beijing's Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture; the inspiring Chinese sense of landscape aesthetics, and… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne talks to Kathryn Ryan about the historic agreement signed on Saturday that Rua Kenana is to be pardoned 100 years after his unjust (and illegal) arrest and subsequent trial for sedition… Audio, Gallery
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
A foray into the Red Hills, part of the Richmond Range, in Marlborough; a visionary community project in Kerikeri, Northland, to restore access to a waterfall that had fallen from memory for 60 years… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne discusses environmental tipping points. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy discusses the climate report issued last week by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and shares stories from a few off the beaten track places he's visited in the last couple… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy discusses the Supreme Court ruling on the Ruataniwha dam, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, considered one of the guiding lights of the environmental movement and some… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy discusses declining fresh water quality and possible solutions to the problem. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne takes us on climb up Editor Hill and a walk through Alice's Restaurant. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy tells Kathryn about his most recent trip, travelling south through the islands, ending up in Otago to explore some of the Taieri River catchment inland from Dunedin. He is writing about the… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne joins Kathryn from the Hen and Chicken Islands, off Bream Head in Northland, to talk about recent releases to bird sanctuaries. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy talks about Earth Day, an unwanted invader and Wellington's singing whales. Audio