Researchers sampled almost 140 kākā nestlings born in Wellington over two seasons, finding that more than a third had detectable levels of lead in their blood, something that’s usually rare in wild populations.
Joe spoke to co-author of the study Professor Brett Gartrell, a Professor in Wildlife Health at Massey University, on the subject.
Denzel takes over the late morning hours to liven up your Thursdays with an eclectic set of tunes accompanied by some stellar chat and good nostalgic vibrations as he delves into video game soundtrack history to bring everyone’s favorite radio spot ‘video game soundtrack gems.'
Playlist
Four Tet - Scythe Master
Laura Jean - Teenager Again feat. Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding
Green MP Teanau Tuiono fills in for the party co-leader Marama Davidson today. Rachel and Teanau talk about the results from the People’s Inquiry into Student Wellbeing, his call for an independent review of Fire and Emergency NZ, and the Green Party annual conference this weekend. Whakarongo mai.
Bassist from Te Whanganui-a-Tara band Goya, Jono, phones up to chat about their gig celebrating the release of their EP 'Being Earnest'! Whakarongo mai nei!
On this week's installation of Eurovision, Aneeka chats with our European Correspondent Cameron Adams about the heatwaves tormenting the continent, updates on Ukraine, and Russian gas imports.
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