24 Mar 2022

Bumper Kākāpō breeding season at an end

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 24 March 2022

The last Kākāpō egg of the season has hatched.

To find out how the breeding season has gone, we've invited conservation biologist for endangered birds Dr Andrew Digby to join us.

Dr Digby is a Kākāpō and takahe scientist for the Department of Conservation and he's currently on Anchor Island. He talks to Jesse about their bumper breeding season.

The kākāpō Weheruatanga-o-te-Po nesting in 2019. Kākāpō are predicted to breed again in 2022.

Photo: Department of Conservation / Andrew Digby