{"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 10 | The First Chick","slug":"k-k-p-files-ii-10-the-first-chick","published_at":"2026-02-16T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-sounds-k-k-p-files-ii-7222314/k-k-p-files-ii-10-the-first-chick","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=e51d2bad-5e59-4619-93cd-74b03bd8779b","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/v1771220463/audio/kakapo/ocw-20260217-0500-kfii_ep10_the_first_chick.mp3","summary":"The first chick of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched on Pukenui/Anchor Island. DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme reports that Tiwhiri-A1-2026 hatched in foster mother Yasmine’s nest on 14 February 2026 and is the first kākāpō chick in four years. Huhū-A1-2026 is due to hatch on Whenua Hou imminently. Sixty-two kākāpō nests have been found so far and the egg tally is nearly 200, of which 78 are known to be fertile. More eggs are expected. Alison Ballance visits Whenua Hou, meets some of the kākāpō rangers and reports on the technology that enables the Kākāpō Team to conduct 24-hour surveillance on each bird. Send any Kākāpō Files questions and comments to kakapo@rnz.co.nz. In this episode: 00:00 – Introduction 00:50 - First chick hatches 04:28 – Nest and egg updates 06:26 – Kākāpō technology 07:26 – Nest tech 11:22 - The train station 13:32 - Nest controller 16:09 - Morning updates 18:28 - Closing credits… Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details","meta_description":"The first chick of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched on Pukenui/Anchor Island. DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme reports that Tiwhiri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1173,"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-10-the-first-chick/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-10-the-first-chick.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}