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.
Kākāpō Files
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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.
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Recent Episodes
June 15, 2026
Good Kākāpō Things Take Time
Kākāpō Recovery Programme experts Daryl Eason and Andrew Digby answer listener questions about kākāpō chick development and genetic research in this interview.
May 18, 2026
Kākāpō Adoption Birds
Kākāpō veterinary advisor Lydia Uddstrom and Kākāpō rangers Jess Wagner, Sarah Little, and Theo Thompson discuss the latest breeding season updates and the symbolic adoption program for kākāpō chicks.
April 20, 2026
Kākāpō Island Diary
<p>Alison Ballance spends a week on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, one of three kākāpō breeding islands. She follows rangers from DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme as they go about their daily and nightly nest visits to check on the rapidly growing chicks. All but one of the 23 nests on Whenua Hou have just a single chick, as the rimu fruit has failed to ripen and kākāpō mums are relying on supplementary food to raise their chicks. During the week, the chick Queenie-A3 is found dead, and there is news from Pukenui/Anchor Island of another chick dying in a flash flood that swept through the nest.</p><p><strong>Send any Kākāpō Files questions and comments to kakapo@rnz.co.nz.</strong></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>00:00 – Introduction<br/>01:12 – Sick chick Pearl-B3<br/>05:32 – Chick check at Suzanne’s nest<br/>09:53 – Young male booming<br/>11:18 – qPCR sex testing<br/>14:11 – Chick check at Tiaka’s nest<br/>17:44 - Dead chick Queenie-A3<br/>20:16 - Nest controller and the ‘train station’<br/>24:18 – Supplementary feeding<br/>27:25 – Chick dies in nest flood<br/>29:05 – Heather’s nest check & closing thoughts<br/>33:42 - Update on Pearl-B3<br/>35:22 - Closing credits…</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kakapo-files?share=e52ce261-8652-4019-a3e5-eeb69cb6c1ab">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
59 total episodes available with 2 transcripts
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