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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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!
Great footage - Really enjoyed watching the Seven Black Robins and how they actually managed to capture them.
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Television, 1987 (Full Length)
A doco narrated and written by Peter Hayden
Available to buy from NHNZ.
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Peter
Posted at 06.44PM - 01.01.2010
Thank You For Rescuing The Black Robins For Us!
-Peter & Alex
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