Amanda Gillies
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2,688 appearances
50 recordings
4 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Amanda Gillies’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Thank you to Tony Wall and Alexia Russell.
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This episode was produced by Gwen McClure and engineered by Phil Benj.
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I'm Amanda Gillies.
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Mā te wā.
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Bird flu has decimated flocks around the world.
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More than 140 million farm birds have been culled since January last year.
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Now strain H5N1 has been detected in Australia just a short flight away from New Zealand.
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Hi, I'm Amanda Gillies, and today on The Detail, it's the virus threatening poultry industries around the world.
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Now, with bird flu on New Zealand's doorstep, are we prepared?
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And is it just a worry for our native birds and poultry, or for humans too?
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That's the end of that flock.
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And how quickly does that, once it gets into one, into that flock, how quickly does it spread?
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Oh, I didn't realise it was that quick.
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How soon do you think it could make that short flight over here?
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As soon as tomorrow or as long as never?
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That's Fiona McMillan, the boss of the Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand and Eggs Producers Federation of New Zealand.
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I'll have more from her in a moment.
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But first, newsroom senior political reporter Mark Doulder, who has been covering bird flu in detail for years.
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He says New Zealand is closely watching its spread overseas and labels the current strain lethal.
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I read a stat, I think it's 140 million birds have been culled since January last year alone.
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