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By 1976 there were only seven Chatham Islands' black robins left. It was the world's rarest bird. In a bid to save the species, the surviving birds are taken from one island to another more hospitable island in a desperate rescue mission. This is part of an incredible conservation success story led by Don Merton and a NZ Wildlife Service team. Along with Black Robin, and The Robin's Return this documentary was one of the acclaimed Wild South series of 'rare bird' documentaries, upon which the formation of TVNZ's Natural History Unit was based.
This is an incredible conservation success story filled with adventure and high drama.
It is one of three documentaries made by TVNZ's Natural History Unit (later NHNZ) that follows the efforts of the NZ Wildlife Service team (led by ...
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Thank You For Rescuing The Black Robins For Us!
-Peter & Alex
From:Slovakia
Great idea. They are all really good documentaries. But we will have to check on their availability with Natural History New Zealand. We'll look into it...
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Any chance of the other two documentaries - "The Black Robin" and "The Robin's Return" being added to the site?
Cool video, it's good to know that the population is about 200 black robins by now!
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Television, 1993 (Full Length)
An award-winning bird doco directed by Rod Morris
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
Another award-winning natural history story directed by Rod Morris
Short Film, 1950 (Full Length)
A doco on the rediscovery of the takahē
Television, 2007 (Full Length)
A doco on the people who live on bird sanctuary Kapiti Island
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
Another NHNZ production featuring many of the same crew
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Hatesa S
Posted at 11.52PM - 30.11.2010
One of the best docos I've seen in a long time!