Takahē release in Rees Valley near Queenstown boosts wild population
A once-thought extinct native bird is now beating the odds, with a further release of 18 birds into the Rees Valley near ...
18 of world's rarest birds released to create wild population in New Zealand
For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...
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This Bird Was Declared Extinct In 1898 And Rediscovered 50 Years Later—Because Of A Footprint
I write about the world of biology. South Island takahe—a prehistoric-looking flightless bird endemic to New Zealand's rugged ... [+] landscapes—have become a shining beacon of conservation ...
New Zealand’s Tāhuna Glenorchy Achieves Dark Sky Sanctuary Status
New Zealand’s Tahuna Glenorchy has been officially certified a Dark Sky Sanctuary, marking it as the fifth International Dark ...
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New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
Inside the world of taxidermy in New Zealand
Chase Voss remembers the moment he first saw the majestic takahē - not out in the wild ... teaching people about conservation. "Poor old New Zealand has some pretty sad stats in terms of our ...
18 of world's rarest birds released to create new wild population in New Zealand
Feral species that prey on New Zealand’s birdlife have caused havoc across both islands, and more than 80 per cent are now ...