Bird Of The Year
Late Edition - Bird of the Year is back
The birds are back in town! The ever growing beloved Bird of the Year campaign will once again have the nation in a flap. But this year - there's a very important difference. The Bird of the Year… Audio
Endangered kea are doing themselves no favours with their antics
Hugely intelligent, insatiably curious, kea are more endangered than kiwi - and their bold antics are partly why the alpine parrot's population is shrinking. Audio
The serious message underlining NZ's fun election
Rigged voting, furious social media attacks - New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition brings out the claws. But this fun election has a serious message, and is helping to raise awareness about… Audio
An 86yo woman’s mission to cast a vote for Bird of the Year
Frustrated at not being able to vote online for the prestigious, sometimes scandalous Bird of the Year competition because she doesn't have a computer, 86-year-old Nicky Dunne took things into her own… Video, Audio
Banding together for banded dotterels
George Hobson is a teenager with a passion for birds - especially the banded dotterels that nest on Eastbourne's beach. Audio
Arthur's Pass kea heads to hospital with lead poisoning
It's been a big week for the kea, named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2017 Bird of the Year contest. But it hasn't been the best of weeks for all of the alpine parrots. A kea with lead poisoning has… Audio
Kea wins Bird of the Year
The kea has been crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year after two weeks of heated campaigning.
Kea wins Bird of the Year 2017
The votes are in, they've all been counted and without a single coalition negotiation required, we can finally reveal the winner of the Bird of the Year.
The annual competition is run by Forest and… Audio
Bird of the year - why I've flipped
First Person - RNZ business editor Gyles Beckford is putting forward his support for the hoiho - the "engagingly comical" penguin - for Bird of the Year. Video, Audio
Kahurangi – half human, half bird
The kōkako has been named Bird of the Year. One special kokako is Kahurangi, who lives at Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre. Conservation manager, Todd Jenkinson, explains what's so special about… Audio
Feathers ruffled as kōkako crowned NZ Bird of the Year
The kōkako has been crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year, pushing the kea into second position and the pīwakawaka, despite celebrity backing, into third. Audio
And the Bird of the Year is...
The kokako is the Bird of the Year. The blue-wattled crow was more than a thousand votes ahead of its nearest rival, the kea. Audio
Endurance champ takes Bird of Year
The bar-tailed godwit - also called the kuaka - has been crowned New Zealand's bird of the year.