Critter of the Week

Jesse Mulligan

Critter of the Week is a weekly RNZ National programme about endangered and neglected native plants and animals of New Zealand.

Beginning in 2015, Critter of the Week is an approximately 15-minute discussion between Nicola Toki (originally the Department of Conservation Threatened Species Ambassador) and RNZ Afternoons host Jesse Mulligan on an "uncharismatic and lovable" New Zealand species.[1] Despite its name, the show features animals, plants, and fungi, with each species receiving an "attractiveness" score from 1 to 10.[2] The show currently airs on Friday afternoons, and has a regular listenership of 100,000.[2]

  1. ^ "Critter of the Week". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dickison, Mike (Winter 2023). "Let's talk about critters and Wikinerds". Forest & Bird. 388: 28–30.