Kākāpō have returned to the North Island for the first time in more than 60 years. Photo / Jake OsborneKākāpō have returned to the North Island for the first time in more than 60 years. The four Kākāpō, named Bunker, Māhutonga, Ōtepoti and Motupōhue, have been rehomed from remote Fiordland to Waikato. Photo / Jake OsborneFour of the world’s rarest flightless parrots have been relocated to New Zealand’s North Island as the Kākāpō breeding programme expands from Whenua Hou/Codfish Island. The birds were last seen in the North Island in the mid 1960s and completely vanished from mainland New Zealand by the 1980s.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 20, 2023 13:53 UTC