One of world's oldest bird species has been found in North Canterbury.
Bony-toothed birds, an ancient family of huge seafaring birds, were thought to have evolved in the Northern Hemisphere - but that theory has been upended by the discovery of the family's oldest, but smallest member in New Zealand.
At 62 million-years-old, the newly-found Protodontopteryx ruthae is rewriting the history of the seabird family.
And as Eleisha Foon reports, while the discovery was made last year, it's taken until now for experts to determine exactly what it was.
