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Inquiry Topics: adaptations of birds, biodiversity, birds, competition, conservation, environment, Fiordland, flightless birds, future focus - sustainability, gadgets, habitat, kakapo, life cycle, masting year, native birds, pest control, predators, protected environments, recovery programme, Southland, threatened species

Kakapo - Term 3, 2009

What you will do

With special permission, share a helicopter ride with a kakapo and land on the beach of Whenua Hou (Codfish Island). Join DOC staff working with Kakapo on this restricted access island. Head into the bush to track a kakapo in the wild and administer a health check. Find out about the gadgets used to help kakapo. Soak up the atmosphere of Conservation Week and "get involved" as you learn about this world-famous conservation project.

Where you will go

Step into another world. Fly into Whenua Hou, a forested island to the north west of Stewart Island. It's home to most known kakapo. Without possums, weka, and Pacific rats the island now has an abundance of native flora and fauna, including kakapo. The island is a restricted nature reserve and has special status under the Conservation Act 1977.

Curriculum

Science: Living World Levels 2-4

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