Nature Podcast with Karthic
Wild Dunedin — Apr 12, 2022
Refreshing nature sounds and stories from the wilderness in ten episodes and produced in Dunedin. Karthic is a wildlife filmmaker telling simple fun stories about nature and the wild places of Aotearoa. He is from Tamil Nadu, India and is currently based in Dunedin.
Karthic is a filmmaker and content creator exploring diverse forms of storytelling - filmmaking, podcasting and immersive experiences. Image by: Nick Beckwith
Karthic has produced 10 episodes of his podcast and you can check them all out on Otago Access Radio .
We are highlighting and linking to three of the episodes below:
The first Episode takes you to Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Episode 1 - Walk through a Cloud Forest
Go on a virtual walk through a cloud forest and listen to the journey of Tahu Mackenzie, Nature Educator at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Tahu Mackenzie at home in the cloud forest of Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Image by: Karthic SS
Tahu has been the educator there for 12 years and works with 10,000 students every year- It's her absolute dream job!
Click on the links below to listen:
Spotify-https://spoti.fi/3vCCkID
Apple - https://apple.co/34aTGAQ
`OAR FM - https://oar.org.nz/tune-in-to-nature/
Karthic's podcasts give us hope that in places around Ōtepoti people are successfully repairing our ecosystem enough for some of our rare native birds to come back and live near us. The story of the rifleman is one such story.
Episode 5 - Meet the Rifleman -
NZ’s Smallest Bird
Not everyone can hear the high pitched call of the rifleman, Aotearoa's smallest bird Titipounamu. Image by: Shanta McPherson
Join us on a walk through a dense coastal forest on the Otago Peninsula, as we try to see the elusive rifleman or titipounamu. Hear the story of how these birds are using cosy nest boxes to survive, with Marcia Dale and Shanta McPherson.
Santa McPherson and Marcia Dale, both great champions of our smallest bird titipounamu. Image by: Karthic SS
Rifleman are on Peter Cooke and Anna Moore's wonderful garden property at Hereweka Garden at Portobello.
Thanks to the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group
Click on the links below to listen:
Spotify- https://spoti.fi/3qZQtgC
Apple - https://apple.co/3xhIYTe
OAR FM - https://oar.org.nz/tune-in-to-nature/
Karthic has also made some of his podcast subjects purely a soundscape. Another reason to visit Orokonui Ecosanctuary is for the sound of birds.
Episode 7 Wild Track : Lively Dawn Chorus from a Coastal Forest
Dawn over the cloud forest of Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Image by: Karthic SS
Orokonui in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, is home to some of the world's most fascinating and rare forest birds, reptiles and plants.
A predator fence surrounds 307 hectares of Coastal Otago forest, pests have been removed, habitat enhanced with weed control and planting, and many rare and endangered species reintroduced.
Click on the links below to listen to the episode
Spotify- https://spoti.fi/3pR4HiR
Apple - https://apple.co/3eP3vGg
Do let Karthic know what you think about the podcasts on
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tuneintonature
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tuneintonatureshow/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/tunenatureshow
This series is supported by Otago Regional Council's Eco Fund and was broadcast on community radio OAR 105.4FM Dunedin. Thanks to Professor Nancy Longnecker, Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago. Thanks to oar.org.nz a non-profit community radio and accessmedia.nz
Website - karthicss.com
