The Wire with Castor

The South Island Kōkako Charitable Trust has introduced a new reward system. If anyone can provide definitive proof that the South Island Kōkako still exists, the trust will pay them out $5000. The bird was thought to be extinct, but wavering evidence over the last decade suggests that the bird may well be frollicking within the South Island bushlands. Dylan Kelly speaks to Geoff Reid, a photographer and environmentalist who is determined to find the South Island Kōkako.

This week on the show, Ximena & her producer Dylan look at rising petrol prices, botched science experiments, a new reward scheme to find the once-thought-extinct South Island Kōkako bird, and more.

Victoria University Associate Professor in media studies Jo Smith has published a new book looking at the history of Maori Television. The Book titled "Maori Television: The First Ten Years" shines a light on the complex dynamics underpinning state-funded Maori media. In the process it all offers five frameworks to help understand Maori Television as an organisation and how it operates within a wider non-Maori context. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to Smith about the book and Maori Television's history. 

Check out the full podcast for this week's Tuesday show, which includes a report on the Labour-Greens State of the Nation address, a look at Trump's new executive order, an interview with the author of a new book on the history of Māori Television, and more.