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The Unnatural History of the Kākāpō

Film (Excerpts) – 2009

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Meet the Locals: Sirocco the Kākāpō

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Bandits of the Beech Forest

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Nightclub

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The Edge of Extinction

1970s documentary about saving the kākāpō

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Seven Black Robins

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Primeval New Zealand

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Moa's Ark : Invaders of the Last Ark

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The Black Stilt

Another dramatic conservation story

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A Winter's Tale

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Weekly Review No. 437 - Ornithology ... Notornis Expedition

NFU newsreel on the rediscovery of the takahē

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The Black Robin - A Chatham Island Story

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Tales from Te Papa - The Tale of the Hakawai

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Kiwi - A Natural History

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Grandma

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Meet the Locals: Conservation Week Special

Kākāpō also feature in this programme

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In Search of the Moa

Documentary about New Zealand's legendary moa

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Tales from Te Papa - Who Killed the Huia?

More bird tales touching on extinction

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Country Calendar - A Bird in the Hand

Kiwi conservation in the Coromandel

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The Prince of Nosey-Parkers

Another New Zealand parrot