# Ruud Kleinpaste
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Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste (born 23 April 1952), generally known as ruud kleinpaste, is a New Zealand naturalist and host of the Animal Planet series Buggin' with Ruud.
== Biography ==
Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 23 April 1952, Kleinpaste was educated in The Netherlands, and then studied plant sciences at Wageningen University, eventually earning a degree in silviculture. At the age of 20, he became interested in entomology.
The Gardening Show with Pete and Ruud: September 13, 2026
On The Garden Hour with Pete Wolfkamp and Ruud Kleinpaste Full Show Podcast for 13th September 2026, Ruud chats about the dealing with too many worms in your compost, fertilisers for native trees, and growing plum trees.
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Ruud Kleinpaste: Famous Cherry Blossoms
Over the last few days, I simply couldn’t help but visit the various botanical highlights where flowering trees attract loads of people for a walk.
Years ago, I worked in Japan on a regular basis, where the Cherry Blossoms traditionally attract millions of people having lunch under those magnifi…
Ruud Kleinpaste: Ruru - my clever bird of the year
The owl of New Zealand was having a go at Bird of the Year. And it wasn’t just Pete Wolfkamp and I that voted for the Ruru…
We're both supporters of Wingspan in Rotorua – it’s the place where falcons, harriers, and owls find a useful and caring home, especially when these birds have been whacke…
Ruud Kleinpaste: The legacy of Sir Peter Blake
The legacy of Sir Peter Blake is a lot bigger than many people are aware of. We know him from his yachting around the world: America’s Cup, Whitbread, etc, etc. Wonderful stuff!
My first connection with Peter was via his mother Joyce, who rang me on talkback radio (Newstalk ZB of course) to see …
Full Show Podcast: 10 October 2026
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday October 10, 2026, Kiwi author Catherine Chidgey has a new novel on the shelves, so she joined us to tell us all about 'The Starving Bride'.
Jack recently found out a product he thought was left in the nineties has come back int…
Ruud Kleinpaste: The Australian two-spined spider
Spring and summer time is spider time.
If you take the time to look around your garden from now on, you'll find that these useful little helpers are everywhere, taking advantage of the abundance of prey that comes with the warmer days.
Some hunt on foot while others construct a web or a snar…
📻 NZs Top Sausage - FULL RADIO SHOW
Today on the show we talk to Richard from Mapari Meats in Mt Wellington in Auckland - he's just been told hes got the best sausage in NZ! (0:23:28)
Plus Manaia has a list for us of the most common dog names in Christchurch, and it's Animal Noise Thursday... is it the hardest one yet?
And Ruud Kle…
Ruud Kleinpaste: A Phoenix Palm PSA
Phoenix Palm Trees are fairly common in New Zealand, but what isn't commonly known is how dangerous they are.
After hearing about Jack's experience with the trees, Ruud Kleinpaste decided to break down some of the problems with them and give a few tips around getting rid of them.
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The Gardening Show with Pete and Ruud: October 18, 2026
On The Garden Hour with Pete Wolfkamp and Ruud Kleinpaste Full Show Podcast for 18 October 2026, Ruud talks about how destructive ants can be to wood, how to eradicate lawn weeds effectively, why cherry trees can change colours, and how concerned we should be about spiders in our gardens.
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Ruud Kleinpaste: Bold and beautiful - the carmine rātā
This is a native organism. Firmly established in NZ, it’s origin could be from overseas (or an ancient continent like Gondwanaland), but it got here, somehow, on its own accord (flying, drifting on logs, floating in the air, etc) without assistance from humans (luggage, commercial goods, planes, bo…
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