Wildlife and Bird Watching in Southland
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Recent Southland news
- NZ minister turns down marine reserve creation
- 700kg rat poison dropped into kakapo reserve by mistake
- Squid fishing threatens New Zealand’s sea lions with extinction
- New Zealand Rock wren thriving on new sanctuary
- New Zealand government drawing up plans to allow mining on conservation land
- Kakapo euthanized after health fails
- Jewelled gecko smuggler caught in New Zealand
- Record number of critically endangered Takahe chicks born
- Successful artificial insemination of Kakapo gives hope to critically endangered bird
- Critically endangered Takahe numbers crash – But some good news
- Kokako released onto Doubtful Sound Island to boost new population
More Southland news
- Endangered New Zealand sea lion shot
- Stowaway threat to New Zealand’s island sanctuaries
- Young Kakapo recovering in hospital
- Battle to protect New Zealand’s native birds continues
- Kakapo Encounter 2009
- Record year for kakapo breeding leads to kakapo chick relocation
- Kakapo numbers top 100 for the first time for some 30 years
- Kakapo population edging towards 100, may reach 120 in next few weeks
- Another mutilated Hector’s dolphin found in New Zealand
- Long lost kakapo rediscovered after 21 years
- Tuatara becomes 1st time Dad at 111 years old
Long lost kakapo rediscovered after 21 yearsA male kakapo last seen 21 years ago on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, just off Stewart Island, has been rediscovered, adding his genetics to the small but increasing kakapo population.
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