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RNZ News
6 days ago
- Health
- RNZ News
Our Changing World Getting ready for H5N1 bird flu
2020 saw the start of two global pandemics. Covid-19, of course, but also H5N1 bird flu. The latter has swept around the world leaving millions of dead wild birds and marine mammals in its wake. It has reached everywhere â€" except Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Alison Ballance has been finding out why this strain of bird flu is so deadly, and what we are doing to get ready for its possible arrival on our shores. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
05-06-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Light earthquake in Wellington region
Hundreds of people reported feeling the light quake. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck the Wellington region. Geonet says the light earthquake occurred at 6.14pm and was at a depth of 21km and centred 15km west of Martinborough. By 6.20pm more than 1500 people had reported feeling it. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
02-06-2025
- Science
- RNZ News
The Chatham Island tui translocation
One from the archives! By the 1990s Chatham Island tūī had all but disappeared from the main island. Slightly different to their mainland counterparts these songbirds had survived on nearby Pitt and Rangatira islands. So a local conservation group decided to try bring them back. In this episode from 2010 Alison Ballance joins the ‘tūī team’ tasked with moving 40 birds from Rangatira island back to the main island. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
