Every summer, a plague of wasps gathers, ruining picnics, harassing trampers and disrupting ecosystems.

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The coming swarm

Where wasps abound, biodiversity suffers: butterflies disappear, songbirds stop breeding and invertebrate communities are looted.

But there’s hope on the horizon. Scientists are developing weapons, both biological and genetic, in a bid to cure the pestilence, once and for all.

Star struck

Aerospace engineer Mana Vautier helps ensure the International Space Station runs smoothly. One day, he hopes to step aboard.

Flight potential

Round or oval? The shape of a bird’s egg reflects its ability to fly. The less aerodynamic the egg, the more likely the bird is to be flightless.

#SundayDoco: Nature's war zone

Raine Island is a cradle of life for thousands of Pacific green turtles who come to nest each year. Waiting for them are one of the ocean’s most ferocious predators—tiger sharks.

Return of the ancients

Sea turtles survived a meteor that killed the dinosaurs, millions of years of predator attacks, even the slow warming of the seas, only to be threatened by nylon fishing lines and plastic bags. Those that wash up in New Zealand almost always need the help of humans.


	Bicycle horns New Zealand’s most entertaining group of cyclists, the intrepid Christchurch Bicycle Band, operated for a quarter of a century from 1895 until WWI. These suited daredevils cycled in formation down the city’s streets, melodiously trumpeting with one hand.


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WET WEATHER TESTS VEGGIE GROWERS

Second-generation farmer Gordon Sue grows more than 10 different crops on his land near Levin, but has been struggling to stop them failing in the waterlogged soil.

BIG IRRIGATION

A glimpse into the future of water and agriculture in New Zealand.

FLUFFY, THE BABY GREAT WHITE SHARK

When a baby great white washed up on a Sydney beach, a crowd gathered to help the sea creature find its way back to safety. They named the shark Fluffy.

The coming swarm

Star struck

Flight potential

#SundayDoco: Nature's war zone

Return of the ancients

Bicycle horns