DOC's work with saddleback/tīeke
Dick Veitch banding saddleback/tīeke,
Cuvier Island
The Department of Conservation has established a recovery plan for the endangered South Island saddleback/tīeke.
The plan aims to:
- Maintain the existing wild saddleback populations, including protecting the 10 existing populations on Titi, Breaksea, Motuara and Allports islands.
- Adopt stringent rodent, weed and disease quarantine measures for the islands.
- Remove predators from islands suitable for saddlebacks and translocate the birds to these refuges.
- Maintain a population in captivity. The value of captive breeding is to learn more about the management of a species. North Island saddlebacks are held at the National Wildlife Centre, Mount Bruce, Wairarapa.
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