- 61
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 76
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About Kākāpō Files
The Kākāpō Files podcast is back with what’s set to be the biggest breeding season of all time for the world’s favourite parrot. Monthly episodes from late May 2026.
- Publisher
- RNZ
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Dec 2018
- Latest episode
- 31 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 61 episodes have a transcript.
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kākāpō Numbers Soar
13 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kākāpō Goings On
15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Good Kākāpō Things Take Time
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Kākāpō Numbers Soar
Published 31 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] To blow through that 300 population mark just knocks my socks off, man. Even as I say it now, I think, really? 325? Has that actually happened? This is true. This is fantastic. So, yeah, very exciting. Amazing, amazing. I remember when I started playing along with Kākāpō many years ago, there were 51 birds. Yeah, well, when I joined the team, there were, I think, 86. Sorry. Isn't that exciting that we can look back on those numbers? And I think it took about 16 years to make 90 chicks in the early days of the recovery programme. And we've just done that in one season. So yeah, 90 chicks, amazing. […]
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- Deidre Vercoe
- Daryl Eason
- Andrew Digby
- Lydia Uddstrom
- Louise Porter
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 34 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 42 ratings
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