{"podcast":{"title":"Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II","slug":"wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314","podcast_index_feed_id":7222314,"rss_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcasts/acast/wild-sounds.rss","website_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/wild-sounds","image_url":"https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--X4v28y6x--/t_kt-podcast-external-cover-feeds/4JV6575_kakapo_files_2_cover_external_2025_ws_v2_png.jpg?_a=BAMAMiiu0.jpg","author":"RNZ","episode_count":65,"summary":"The Kākāpō Files podcast is back with what’s set to be the biggest breeding season of all time for the world’s favourite parrot. Monthly episodes from late May 2026.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T08:17:13.139086+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314"},"episode":{"title":"Kākāpō Files II 07 | Full Steam Ahead","slug":"k-k-p-files-ii-07-full-steam-ahead","published_at":"2026-01-26T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314/k-k-p-files-ii-07-full-steam-ahead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/wild-sounds?share=6a5b4790-1040-440c-a78e-665457c96574","audio_url":"https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1769392917/audio/kakapo/ocw-20260127-0500-kfii_ep7_full_steam_ahead.mp3","summary":"The 2026 kākāpō breeding season is all systems go: nearly half of the females of breeding age have mated and so far 15 females are nesting. Technical Advisor Daryl Eason talks about record-breaking female Ongaonga who, at 4 years-old, is the youngest female kākāpō ever to breed. There are plenty of other first-time breeders as well. Six females were successfully inseminated with sperm from under-represented males. Ranger Maddy Whitaker updates us with the latest numbers, including a single fertile egg so far, and tech expert Jake Osborne introduces the kākāpō nest cam, beaming live from Rakiura’s nest on Whenua Hou. Send any Kākāpō Files questions and comments to kakapo@rnz.co.nz. In this episode: 00:00 – Introduction 01:25 - Youngest female to mate 04:53 - Daryl Eason on Artificial insemination progress 09:17 - Maddy Whittaker with mating and nesting updates 16:00 - Jake Osborne on the kākāpō nest cam 20:32 - Closing credits… Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details","meta_description":"The 2026 kākāpō breeding season is all systems go: nearly half of the females of breeding age have mated and so far 15 females are nesting. Technical Advi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1286,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314/episodes/k-k-p-files-ii-07-full-steam-ahead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314/k-k-p-files-ii-07-full-steam-ahead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}