Rewilding In Action
Episodes
32 - Turn your Sightings into Science with iNaturalist
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rewilding an ecosystem requires good ongoing monitoring. In this episode I visit Craigieburn Reserve in Dunedin with iNaturalist expert John Barkla to...
31 - England's most Influential Rewilding Project; what can New Zealand learn from Knepp Estate?
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does rewilding in the UK compare with rewilding in Aotearoa? Join me, Maureen Howard, during my visit to Knepp Estate in Sussex in the south of En...
30 - Beavering in the Blue Mountains with Check Dams
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Mountain Swamps of NSW rely on water to survive and thrive. However much of the water that flows into them now comes via stormwater pipes. To...
29 - Pests and Planting: Part Two with Hugh Wilson from Hinewai Reserve
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The team at Hinewai Reserve look after about 1650ha of land close to Akaraoa on Banks Peninsula: 4% of which is old growth forest with the rest alread...
28 - A Way with Weeds: Rewilding on Hinewai Reserve
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Botanist Dr Hugh Wilson from Hinewai Reserve on Banks Peninsula is arguably Aotearoa’s father of Rewilding. Hugh is best known for showing us that ...
27 - TO FRILL OR FELL, Replacing an exotic plantation with native forest
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, a very effective nursery species for natural native forest regeneration is an exotic dead plantation! In this episode I rejoin Bob Webster ...
26 - Rewilding in Later Life
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you love to buy land to rewild back to native forest but don’t think you’ll be able to afford it until you’re close to retirement? In ...
25 - Woody Weed or Nursery Plant?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Exotic woody weeds such as sycamore can lead to the permanent replacement of a native ecosystem with a exotic one. Sometimes however, woody weeds can ...
24 - The Moa - Impacts of missing keystone species
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
24 - Nine species of moa, giant flightless birds, once dominated every part of New Zealand. What effect did their rapid extinction just 500-600 years ...
23 - Wild Gardening for Invertebrates
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You don’t need hectares of land to rewild! Rewilding can go as small as you like and the urban garden is a perfect example. Join me, Maureen Howard ...
22 - Protected Forever
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Show 22 - Protected Forever - One key thing that the landowners I’ve interviewed so far on Rewilding in action have in common is an open space QEII ...
21 - A Kākā Comeback
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your garden ready for a kākā visit? With increased predator control across Dunedin we are starting to experience more native birds, including kā...
20 - United by a Stream Gully
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rewilding requires ecological corridors to connect ecologically significant habitats. However in urban areas, native forest remnants are often isolat...
19 - Rewilding: Past, Present and Future
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can looking to the past, present and future help guide our rewilding goals? Join me, Maureen Howard as I chat with my guest Associate Professor Mi...
Rewilding In Action Replay - 05 - Spongy Urban Gardens Rich in Wildlife
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this replay from October 2024 Climate change and biodiversity loss often go hand in hand - but fortunately so do the solutions. In thi...
Rewilding In Action Replay - 04 - Te Ao Māori vision of Rewilding
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this replay from October 2024 Could the plaintive calls of Buff Weka once again be heard across the Otago Peninsula? It’s already a ...
Rewilding In Action Replay - 10 - Farming and Wildlife - A No Brainer
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this replay from January 2025 In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard is back on Otago Peninsula again to meet wit...
Rewilding In Action Replay - 08 - Healthy Rivers Flood
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this replay from December 2024 Should we rewild rivers - when floods can bring damage to property and sometimes loss of life? In this ...
Rewilding In Action - 18 - Sealions and Muehlenbeckia: Rewilding Together
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Muehlenbeckia australis has a reputation as an invasive vine. On the other hand it is a native that can benefit rare species such as the local pakake ...
Rewilding In Action - 17 - Trapping Rodents on Quarantine Island - Jim Fyfe and Claire Hagglund
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
17 - Trapping Rodents on Quarantine Island - Find out what happened to the mice population on Quarantine Island in Otago Harbour when Norway rats were...
Rewilding In Action - 16 - Fight Fire with a Green Firebreak - Dr Tim Curran
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When forests are young, flammable species like manuka, kanuka and gorse dominate. To reduce the risk of fire, an effective tool is to plant a native g...
Rewilding In Action - 15 - From Gold to Green: Growing a native forest through gorse
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When conditions are right, gorse can be a good friend to native forest - acting as a nursery crop for natural native forest regeneration. How does it ...
Rewilding In Action - 14 - Comparing a Miyawaki Microforest with Natural Native Forest Regeneration
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Miyawaki approach involves densely planting a comprehensive variety of eco-sourced native forest plants into enriched soil to grow plants faster. ...
Rewilding In Action - 13 - Feeding Wild Birds Sugar Water: Time for a Rethink
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tui, korimako/bellbirds and tauhou/silvereyes are much loved gardens birds. By consuming the nectar of native plants they are also important pollinato...
Rewilding In Action - 12 - On the Home Run - Phil Seddon and Paula Cross
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could this be the year the last possum on the Otago Peninsula is caught? And can we really know? In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen ...
Rewilding In Action - 11 - Rabbits Gone Bush - John and Moira Parker
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rabbits wrecking havoc on native bush is a reality on the Otago Peninsula. In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard visits John and...
Rewilding In Action - 10 - Farming and Wildlife - A No Brainer
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard is back on Otago Peninsula again to meet with Paula Cross who along with her husband Brend...
Rewilding In Action - 09 - Dispatching Pest Plants
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SWAT (Seek Weeds and Terminate) comprise around 10 volunteers who visit properties across the Otago Peninsula to dispatch pest plants from native fore...
Rewilding In Action - 08 - Healthy Rivers Flood
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should we rewild rivers - when floods can bring damage to property and sometimes loss of life? In this episode I chat with my guest river scientist Pr...
Rewilding In Action - 07 - Knocking Back the Grass
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rewilding and herbicides aren't seen as natural bedfellows. However botanist Associate Professor Janice Lord has found that using a grass-specific her...
Rewilding In Action - 06 - Rewilding in Aotearoa New Zealand
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The purpose of Rewilding is to enrich the biodiversity of degraded ecosystems. But what exactly is Rewilding and how does it differ from other biodiv...
Rewilding In Action - 05 - Spongy Urban Gardens Rich in Wildlife
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change and biodiversity loss often go hand in hand - but fortunately so do the solutions. In this episode of Rewilding in Action I visit the g...
Rewilding In Action - 04 - Te Ao Maori vision of Rewilding
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Could the plaintive calls of Buff Weka once again be heard across the Otago Peninsula? It’s already a special refuge – for breeding penguins like ...
Rewilding In Action - 03 - Cook's Scurvy Grass, Gulls and Ticks
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to take our red-billed gulls tarāpunga for granted or to see them as a nuisance. But we’d miss them if they weren’t around - and so w...
Rewilding In Action - 02 - Kanuka - a pioneering forest maker
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Self-sown kanuka is restoring the biggest area of diverse native forest on Ōtepoti Dunedin’s Otago Peninsula. How does kanuka get established? Why...
Rewilding In Action - 01 - From Blackberry to Native Bush - Peter Cooke and Anna Moore - Hereweka Garden Retreat
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this inaugural episode of Rewilding in Action I travelled to Hereweka on the Otago Peninsula to hear the Rewilding Story of my guests Peter Cooke ...
Rewilding In Action (Trailer)
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join environmental educator and facilitator Maureen Howard as she visits with local champions and enthusiasts in the movement to increase biodiversity...