Takahē stories

Blog posts

• Celebrate takahē and the Takahē Recovery Programme with us this April
  01 April 2021
  Welcome to Takahē Awareness Month 2021. Following 2020’s Takahē Awareness Month (Version Lockdown), we are thrilled that this year we can all head to our local takahē sanctuaries to meet a takahē.
• Returning takahē to the wild: lessons learned
  10 July 2020
  Two years ago, the Takahē Recovery Team made the first step towards what has never-been-done-before: to re-establish a new wild population in the Kahurangi National Park.
• Making more takahē: The work of the Takahē Recovery Programme
  20 April 2020
  The Takahē Recovery Programme is one of DOC’s dedicated conservation programmes, designed to ensure that takahē are never again considered extinct.
• Is it a takahē or a pūkeko?
  06 April 2020
  Takahē Awareness Month is a chance for us to celebrate takahē and recognise Ngāi Tahu, the Takahē Recovery Programme and the network of people involved in ensuring the takahē is never considered extinct again.

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