Tracking turtles - Our Changing World

In late 2024 a cluster of sick green sea turtles washed up around the Rangaunu Harbour on the east coast of the Far North. It was just another mystery in a long line of all the things we don’t know about these ocean taonga. But a new telemetry study, using these very turtles, could change all that. The study has officially kicked off with the release of five satellite-tagged honu. Liz Garton finds out what secrets the researchers hope to uncover.From now on Our Changing World will appear on Tuesdays in your podcast feed!<a href="https://radionz.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&id=81ad21bafe">Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter</a> for episode backstories, science analysis and more.Guests:<ul><li>Dr Karen Middlemiss, Department of Conservation</li><li>Dr James Chatterton, <a href="https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/meet-our-vet-hospital-team">Auckland Zoo</a></li><li>Celine Campana, <a href="h...