I write this last update from my study in Dunedin, where I am resting for a couple of days after my few weeks of hard work on the island.  I was pretty sad to leave my feathered friends and the magical Whenua Hou where I had such an amazing experience with this fantastic and successful […]

After receiving our training from the four friendly DOC rangers on the island my 2 compadres and I are now fully fledged kakapo supplementary feeders.  On the first day we each did a round of feeding stations alone with one ranger.  This was a perfect introduction to the feeding and cleaning protocols and also to […]

I write this diary from the Sealers Bay hut, Codfish Island, Whenuahou.  I have just arrived on this beautiful 1396 hectare nature reserve which lies to the north west of Stewart Island, in the most celebratory fashion.  I was flown in on a fixed wing light aircraft across the Foveaux Strait which homed in on […]