WHAKARONGO! Whakarongo kite Korero o Te Whara Nga Popokatea.
A Video of the Whitehead/Popokatea Release
November 14, 2017
The Popokatea (Whitehead) has been extinct in Northland for over 140 years. Watch this commentary about their return to the mainland at Bream Head Scenic Reserve.
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"I'm walkin on sunshine, yeh yeh, I'm walking on sunshine, yeh yeh...."🎶
Thats the tune i immediately thought of yesterday walking up Mt Lion/Maturiki as i came across this path of kowhai flowers and the incredibly clear waters at Smugglars beach. And as if that wasn't good enough I was treated to whitehead/popokatea song along the way too!
BTW - the great news...we have concluded the whitehead survey results and for this season amd we have found 45 whitehead, 5 of those this years juveniles just fledged!! 100 birds were released last spring...and at that density they are incredibly hard to detect, so to find 45 with a high % of found birds being progeny of the released birds is a very big success!! Big ups to all those wonderful volunteers who helped with the survey and those who continuously work so hard to protect them...you are all my heros!!
kia pai to ra!
Adam, Bruce and the team
