A conservation project tracking kaka has found the parrots are travelling more than 150 kilometres to breed on islands in the Hauraki Gulf.
The discovery was made during a project - led by Manaaki Whenua and the Department of Conservation - that tagged 11 parrots in Waikato in September.
Gloomy spring weather saw most of the tag batteries go flat but three kaka birds have reappeared online and their GPS locations show they're far, far away from home.
Manaaki Whenua researcher Neil Fitzgerald told our reporter Anneke Smith it's a missing piece in the parrot puzzle.
