Weta, Whales and the Wildlife Capital

Which insect has a superpower to survive freezing mountain temps for days?

Did you know that the city of Ōtepoti Dunedin has about 30 types of wildlife found nowhere else?

And what’s it like when you get very close to a Whale and it decides to (splash) breathe out….

Join along on a nature walk with Neville Peat an award winning writer and storyteller and hear stories from decades of exploring the wilderness.

Neville Peat is an award-winning author and photographer of over 30 books, covering themes of geography, natural history and the environment. He has explored much of New Zealand, the South Pacific and the frozen wilderness of Antarctica.

Episode cover photo - Neville Peat

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Explore Further:

Learn more about the wildlife & wild places featured in this episode- Mountain Stone Weta, Jewelled Gecko,  Southern Right Whale 

See Neville’s work here

Producer/ Host:  http://instagram.com/karthic.ss

This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin.

This series is supported by ORC's Ecofund. Thanks to Professor Nancy Longnecker Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, NZ.

Thanks to https://oar.org.nz/  a non-profit community radio and http://accessmedia.nz/

Music from Blue Dot Sessions

Sound of Whale Blowing from BBC Sound Library