A detailed write-up by the TDN on some work I've just finished: https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/97434514/kkako-returned-to-taranaki-forest-survive-first-months-alone
translocations
Pureora to Pirongia kōkako translocation
pureora, pirongia, kokako, birds, conservation, natureComment*19 January 2018* 16 kokako have been re-sighted. Not bad at all!
*4 October 2017* 20 kokako were caught at Waipapa and released safely at Mt Pirongia. This is the first attempt at reestablishing a population on the maunga since the last few old birds were lifted out in the 1990s.
*20 June 2017* The Waikato Times covers the release of the first pair of kokako at Pirongia, handsome boy Rongomau (below) and Rangimarie: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/93882074/the-first-kokako-have-returned-to-mount-pirongia
