Show Notes
Take a trip to the small town of Aramoana in New Zealand - land of tranquil sandy beaches, and home to wildlife like rare Penguins & Sea Lions and listen to why once the people had to declare the town as a micro-nation.. to Save Aramoana.
Learn more about the wildlife & wild places featured in this episode - Leopard Seal, New Zealand Sea Lion, Yellow-eyed Penguin, Saltmarsh, Aramoana Ecological Area
If you’d like to join and in and help with planting trees for Sea Lions and Penguins, contact Aramoana Conservation Trust at [email protected]
Produced by Karthic SS
This show was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin, New Zealand.
This series is supported by ORC's Ecofund. Thanks to Professor Nancy Longnecker Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, NZ.
Thanks to https://oar.org.nz/ a non-profit community radio and https://accessmedia.nz/
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