Pukeko
SPCA investigate Pukeko killing
25 Sep 2016
The Auckland SPCA is investigating after a video was posted on social media showing a boy killing a pukeko before ripping it in half.
Motutapu Island Takahe
15 Dec 2015
Hunter and gun safety expert Brad Johnson talks about why the shooting of takahe on Motutapu Island shouldn't have happened. Audio
Tui suffer lead poisoning
24 Aug 2015
For the first time ever tui have been found with lead poisoning and nobody can figure out how it got into the birds' food chain. Audio
Late Edition for 20 August 2015
20 Aug 2015
Four of this country's rarest birds are accidentally shot; the number of homeless pregnant women is increasing; and in Dateline Pacific, online help for victims of sexual violence in Papua New Guinea.
…Four takahē shot in pūkeko cull
20 Aug 2015
The Deerstalkers' Association has apologised after four protected takahē were shot on an organised cull targeting pūkeko. Audio